Hi.
This is a split from another thread about a problem which I originally believed to be limited to virutal libraries but which I also find in built-in LMS menus (genre). From my understanding it could be linked to how LMS handles compilation albums.
Two examples:
#1
You have an artist with some studio albums (artist = album artist) and who also has contributed a couple of tracks to some compilations. Some tracks (only studio album tracks) have "SOMECOMMENT" in their comment tag. None of his compilation tracks has "SOMECOMMENT" in the comment tag.
Now I do a search for "SOMECOMMENT" in the comment tag & create an artist menu for that library view.
Then when I look up this artist in the newly created artist menu (for all tracks with "SOMECOMMENT"), it shows all of the correct albums with the correct tracks in them. But it also shows some of the compilations but with no content (it says "empty").
The connection is: these compilations have tracks with "SOMECOMMENT", but from other artists. Why do these albums show up here at all?
In short:
in the artists menu, you have artist > (false compilation) album > empty
virtual library has tracks from this artist, virtual library has tracks from this compilation, but not from this artist on this compilation.
There should be no intersection between this virtual library (all tracks with SOMECOMMENT), this artist and this compilation but it still shows this compilation (empty content) in his albums list.
#2
The second example is similar, with different "variables". And it can be found in the built-in genre menu as well.
You have an artist ARTIST A who has a studio album tagged GENRE 1. She has also contributed songs to compilations that have songs from other artist tagged as GENRE 2, GENRE 2 etc.. A compilation with songs of more than one genre.
When I go to the built-in LMS genres menu to GENRE 1 > ARTIST A, it will show me the correct albums with the correct songs (tagged as GENRE 1), but it will also show me an entry (without content) for one or more compilations to which ARTIST A has contributed a song but not tagged as GENRE 1.
In short:
in the LMS genres menu, you have genre > artist > (false compilation) album > empty
this genre has tracks from this artist, this genre has tracks from this compilation, but not from this artist on this compilation.
There should be no intersection between this genre, this artist and this compilation but it still shows this compilation (empty content) in his albums list.
I hope someone can figure this out. Additional information can be found in the parent thread.
Thank you.
This is a split from another thread about a problem which I originally believed to be limited to virutal libraries but which I also find in built-in LMS menus (genre). From my understanding it could be linked to how LMS handles compilation albums.
Two examples:
#1
You have an artist with some studio albums (artist = album artist) and who also has contributed a couple of tracks to some compilations. Some tracks (only studio album tracks) have "SOMECOMMENT" in their comment tag. None of his compilation tracks has "SOMECOMMENT" in the comment tag.
Now I do a search for "SOMECOMMENT" in the comment tag & create an artist menu for that library view.
Then when I look up this artist in the newly created artist menu (for all tracks with "SOMECOMMENT"), it shows all of the correct albums with the correct tracks in them. But it also shows some of the compilations but with no content (it says "empty").
The connection is: these compilations have tracks with "SOMECOMMENT", but from other artists. Why do these albums show up here at all?
In short:
in the artists menu, you have artist > (false compilation) album > empty
virtual library has tracks from this artist, virtual library has tracks from this compilation, but not from this artist on this compilation.
There should be no intersection between this virtual library (all tracks with SOMECOMMENT), this artist and this compilation but it still shows this compilation (empty content) in his albums list.
#2
The second example is similar, with different "variables". And it can be found in the built-in genre menu as well.
You have an artist ARTIST A who has a studio album tagged GENRE 1. She has also contributed songs to compilations that have songs from other artist tagged as GENRE 2, GENRE 2 etc.. A compilation with songs of more than one genre.
When I go to the built-in LMS genres menu to GENRE 1 > ARTIST A, it will show me the correct albums with the correct songs (tagged as GENRE 1), but it will also show me an entry (without content) for one or more compilations to which ARTIST A has contributed a song but not tagged as GENRE 1.
In short:
in the LMS genres menu, you have genre > artist > (false compilation) album > empty
this genre has tracks from this artist, this genre has tracks from this compilation, but not from this artist on this compilation.
There should be no intersection between this genre, this artist and this compilation but it still shows this compilation (empty content) in his albums list.
I hope someone can figure this out. Additional information can be found in the parent thread.
Thank you.