Track artists in compilations (Again)

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(08-07-2013 22:09)simoncn Wrote:  

(08-07-2013 20:17)dan186 Wrote:  Would this change the title for all albums? I just want the title to display like this for compilations.

Thanks.

Yes, this would change the title format for all albums.

If you want to do this for compilations only, you would need to create a custom tag such as TitleArtist and set this tag for your compilations only. You would also need to add TitleArtist to the itemTags property. Then you could use the tagFormat setting

Title.displayFormat={$titleartist^^ - ^$title}

to get what you want.

Hello there,


new to the forum and to minimserver, so please bear with me!

Out of the above instructions, I understand that in order to use the tagFormat setting specified,

- 'tagCustom' needs to include 'TitleArtist'
- 'itemTags' needs to include 'TitleArtist'

.. but I don't understand how to "set this tag for your compilations only".

Ideally, I would like the artist name to be "Various Artists", and then - as is implied above - the actual performer as part of the song title, separated by a hyphen.

Example:

Album Title: "Marching Band Evergreens 1950 - 1960"
Album Artist: "Various Artists"

..and track 1 should be displayed as something like: "Mfftataaa, Mfftataa - The German Marching Band All Stars"


Many thanks & best regards,
Samuel.


PS:
Thank you Simon for producing a great media server - still need to get my head around a few things but I'm sure I'll get there!