Re: Itunes Question

"Andy Hewitt" <abh at dsl dot pipex dot com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Sorry if this seems a stupid question but I've been searching for an answer
> but can't find anything and its driving me mad!
>
> I'm a windows user who's just got an Ipod and is in the process of adding
> all my existing MP3s to the Itunes library.
>
> I'm currently having problems with the compilation albums, even though every
> track is named correctly with ID3 v1 and v2 tags and they display fine in
> WMP and Winamp when I add them to Itunes the artist tag just shows Various
> and it has no artist info.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on why this happens and how to fix it?

This is a 'feature' of iTunes to prevent your artist list being polluted
with individual songs from compilation albums.
I didn't think it would make a difference to music you had already
ripped though.

What happens if you change the preference 'group compilations when
browsing' ?

--
Woody
Alienrat Design Ltd
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