Various Artists Not Displaying [#15956][#16034]

[dypsis]

That doesn't fix it for me.

It was bug in the application, it is already fixed and will be included in the next release.

Well done, MiPi. I knew there was something wrong. I can't wait for the next release. There was some pretty weird stuff going on there.

[Jp01]

Installed the latest version 5 and if you insert "various artists" in the "album artist" section the album is not being listed under "various artists" as it was in Media Monkey 4. Are you still working on this?

[Lowlander]

This works fine for me. Are you sure you're not looking at the Artist node?

[Jp01]

You are correct I am in the artist mode rather than the album mode. My confusion stems from the fact that MM5 no longer has an "artist / album artist" tab under "Music" like we had in MM4. If you can bear with me I will try to explain why I wish we still had that tab instead of the separate tabs for artists and albums currently present in MM5.

In Media Monkey 4 we had the option of choosing “Artist & Album Artist” on the tree under the “Music” heading. When you clicked on an artist under that heading you could view all of the songs and albums by that artist, including songs the artist performed on “various artist” albums. That list presented itself in the middle of the screen.

In Media Monkey 5 we are required to choose “Artist” or “Album” separately on the tree under “Music.” Choosing “Artists” results in all of the artists included in your data base being listed in the middle of the screen. If you then single click on one of those artists their album covers appear as an additional window. Those album covers include any “various artist” albums upon which the artist performed. If you dig down further and click on one of those “various artists” albums, all of the tracks on that album appear on the screen in a new window. This includes the songs that were not performed by the artist you are interested in. In addition, when using the “artists” section clicking on various artists does not give you a list of albums that are tagged as “various artists” under “album artist” the way it did in MM4.

You can get a list of various artist albums under the album tab, but it was easier to access in MM4 when you didn’t have to open another tab to see a list of those albums.

Is there any reason there can't be a separate tab in MM5 for “Artist & Album Artist” that works the way it did in MM4?

[Barry4679]

UPDATE: redacted ... I misunderstood the question

[Ludek]

Is there any reason there can't be a separate tab in MM5 for “Artist & Album Artist” that works the way it did in MM4?

Hi, “Artist & Album Artist” was replaced by "Artists" in MM5, but you are true, there was actually a bug that has been already fixed for 2205, see:
https://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=16034

So please wait for 2205 and test again, should be all right then.