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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0021062 | MMW 5 | Main Panel | public | 2024-06-27 15:10 | 2024-07-18 18:26 |
| Reporter | lowlander | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | urgent | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 5.1 | ||||
| Target Version | 5.1 | Fixed in Version | 5.1 | ||
| Summary | 0021062: Album Artist node can include Artist albums/tracks | ||||
| Description | When viewing the Album Artist node in Grid view the Artwork can include Album covers from the Artist value, but where Album Artist doesn't match (for instance for Album Artist = Bob Dylan, it might show Album Art from the album 'Rolling Stones Top 500' in which Album Artist = Various Artists just because 'Bob Dylan' is one of the Artists on that Album). | ||||
| Additional Information | https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=520174#p520174 | ||||
| Tags | todoc-help | ||||
| Fixed in build | 3037 | ||||
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Nice to have: Artwork associated with an Album Artist would be from the album by that Album Artist with the highest average rating. |
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It seems that this issue isn't specific to the Grid view. i.e. when the user is in Music > Album Artists > AlbumArtistName, MM shows Albums and Tracks by Album Artist=AlbumArtistName and Artist=AlbumArtistName! Raising priority. |
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On further experimentation, the current behavior is puzzling. If there are 2 tracks: - Track A, Artist=B, Album Artist=B, Album D - Track B, Artist=B, Album Artist=C, Album E Then: 1) Navigating to Entire Library > Album Artists > B --> Only track A is shown (as expected) 2) Subsequently navigating via hotlinks in the Preview window to the same node --> Both tracks A and B are shown--but the behaviour isn't consistent, so I suspect that this is a bug. One a separate note, I couldn't find any rationale for why Album Artist nodes should contain both Album Artist=X OR Artist=X (i.e. as far as I can tell, it should always display only content for Album Artist=X). There's a possibly related comment 0018545:0069658, that may have resulted in such a misunderstanding, but I'm not sure (it reads as if it did lead to a misunderstanding in which Artist nodes are populated incorrectly, though I haven't tested this yet). |
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As noted by Rusty, this seems to be somewhat random. If I expand an album and click its Album Artist, it always leads to Music > Album Artists > [AA name], but the _content_ of the node differs: 1. Sometimes its Artist + Album Artist (e.g 16 Deep Purple albums in my case) 2. Sometimes its Album Artist only (10 Deep Purple Albums) |
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Fixed in 3037 |
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Verified 3037. Important note (to be documented): FMFS Artist and the Preview link to Artist links to the Artists node and _not_ the Contributing Artists node. Considering that the Artists node represents Artists and Album Artists, this could be unexpected for some, but I still think that this is desirable/preferable in most cases. |
