I don't think I have first problem (I'm not even sure I understand what it is), but I do have the second one.
[quote=Joebugs]Andrei,
I've been testing this great new feature and I would like to point out two problems I've encountered.
I don't think I have first problem (I'm not even sure I understand what it is), but I do have the second one.
[quote=Joebugs]Andrei,
I've been testing this great new feature and I would like to point out two problems I've encountered.
When entering the collaboration artists, it is not possible to set the sort name of the artist. Existing artists are recognized and the existing sort name is used, but new artists are sort on their full name and I have to change it in the artist view.
The rest of the new album collaborations functionality is working good for me.
Hi,Originally Posted by Jazz_North
When I view the album in the Album Overview page the artist's name is also including the collaborators.
And it can get very complicated eg:
Crosby Stills Nash & Young and David Crosby and Stephen Stills and Graham Nash and Neil Young and Crosby Stills & Nash and Crosby & Nash.
It does not make sense. Only the artist's name should be included in the Album Overview.
Joe
I'm not trying to be obtuse, but I don't know what you mean by "album overview page". I've tried all the views I know about and don't get this problem.
[quote=Joebugs]
Hi,
When I view the album in the Album Overview page the artist's name is also including the collaborators.
And it can get very complicated eg:
Crosby Stills Nash & Young and David Crosby and Stephen Stills and Graham Nash and Neil Young and Crosby Stills & Nash and Crosby & Nash.
It does not make sense.
Hi,Originally Posted by Jazz_North
In fact if you go in any view including the Record Properties you get the name of the artst as Artist + Collaborators.
I can send you a screenshot if you send me your email.
Mine is [email]joebugs@onvol.net[/email]
Joe
Hi
I have now realised that I was trying to get something that this feature was not intended for.
I was trying to see albums for ex; by "Crosby Stills Nash & Young" also listed in the album pages by "David Crosby", "Stephen Stills" etc.
It appears that this feature splits up two or more combined main artists into separate individual main artists. An album say "Riding with the King" by BB King & Eric Clapton is now listed under BB King and Eric Clapton separately; however it is no longer listed under BB King & Eric Clapton. The main artist "BB King & Eric Clapton" disappear from the lists of artists.
Ideally the album should be listed in "BB King & Eric Clapton", "BB King" & "Eric Clapton"
Joe
Additional controls for setting sort names will be added eventually. I ran into problems implementing it - hopefully it is not a deal breaker.Originally Posted by VendenBos
You can always add sort names via menu Library -> Manage Artists.
Andrei
Originally Posted by Andrei
I didn't understand the complaint in the first place. Everytime I add a new artist, whether through the collaboration feature or simply because it is someone I had never entered before, I have to specify the sort name. If you are going to make it easier to do that, that is great, but it has nothing to do with collaboration (which is great).
I have found another display issue as I work with the very useful collaboration feature and my classical collection. If an artist has a collaboration in addition to solo pieces, then the full name of the collaboration appears before the album title in the list under the artists name. The cd is correctly sorted by title, but the collaboration obscures the title. Here's what I mean. I have several Viktoria Mullova cds. Several are solos, such as 3 Bach Partitas, and others involve collaborators. Here is how they get listed using Browse By artists (no compilations)
Mullova, Viktoria
Bach: 3 Partitas (1994)
Bartok & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (1997)
Brahms: Violin Concerto - Sonatas - Trio
Viktoria Mullova, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa :: Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Twentieth-Century Violin Sonatas
Viktoria Mullova, Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini :: Vivaldi: 5 Violin Concertos
It should display:
Mullova, Viktoria
Bach: 3 Partitas (1994)
Bartok & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (1997)
Brahms: Violin Concerto - Sonatas - Trio
Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos :: Viktoria Mullova, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
Twentieth-Century Violin Sonatas
Vivaldi: 5 Violin Concertos :: Viktoria Mullova, Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini
Or at least I should have the option of it displaying this way.
This was done on purpose so you could see that the specific album is released as "John Lennon & Yoko Ono" and not just "John Lennon".
You can disable this behavior. Right-click tree view and select Customize View. Switch to Options tab. You will see this format string in first box:
Remove the first part in curly braces and press OK. Your new format string should look like this:Code:{%b :: }%T{ (%Y)}
(Technical explanation: %b expands to full artist name if it's collaboration album, or expands to empty string if it's simple artist album. If you remove %b, artist will never show up.)Code:%T{ (%Y)}