Sorting a Compilation Album by "Album" bugged ?

[Fred]

I have ripped a Compilation CD. When the Artist is set to Various Artist and
if I sort my library by Album, I see only one one Album with all the titles
in it.
When I change the artist to the real name and I sort my library by album, I
have as many album as artists on the CD. Looks like the library is being
sorted by Album AND by artist.
Is there a way to prevent this ? or a workaround ?

[Tim De Baets]

What version of WMP and Windows?

WMP has two different fields for artist: Contributing Artist and Album
Artist. If you set the Contributing Artist of the tracks to the real
artist, and Album Artist to Various Artists, WMP will still group the
tracks as one album.

To edit these fields, switch to Details view in the library, right-click
a column header, select Choose Columns, and make sure that the
Contributing Artist and Album Artist columns are enabled. If this is WMP
11 or lower, you can edit the fields with the Advanced Tag Editor too.

Regards

--
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk

Post by Fred
I have ripped a Compilation CD. When the Artist is set to Various Artist and
if I sort my library by Album, I see only one one Album with all the titles
in it.
When I change the artist to the real name and I sort my library by album, I
have as many album as artists on the CD. Looks like the library is being
sorted by Album AND by artist.
Is there a way to prevent this ? or a workaround ?

[cory johnson]

This is exactly the answer I was looking for. Thank you!

Post by Fred
I have ripped a Compilation CD. When the Artist is set to Various Artist and
if I sort my library by Album, I see only one one Album with all the titles
in it.
When I change the artist to the real name and I sort my library by album, I
have as many album as artists on the CD. Looks like the library is being
sorted by Album AND by artist.
Is there a way to prevent this ? or a workaround ?

Post by Tim De Baets
What version of WMP and Windows?
WMP has two different fields for artist: Contributing Artist and Album
Artist. If you set the Contributing Artist of the tracks to the real
artist, and Album Artist to Various Artists, WMP will still group the
tracks as one album.
To edit these fields, switch to Details view in the library, right-click
a column header, select Choose Columns, and make sure that the
Contributing Artist and Album Artist columns are enabled. If this is WMP
11 or lower, you can edit the fields with the Advanced Tag Editor too.
Regards
--
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk
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