[REQ:] "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist" [#10381 #19899]

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Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by rusty » Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:29 pm

Thanks for the feedback!

In MM 1.x, this limitation was kind of by design since there was a limit of 3 'groups' that could be used to divide up Classical Music.

In MM 2.x, when we added the ability to configure 'Top level nodes' and 'Subnodes' and allowed both/either 'artist'/'album artist' to be configured as subnodes to Music, but overlooked doing the same for other Top Level nodes.

Tracked at https://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=19899

-Rusty

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by Barry4679 » Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:50 pm

Lowlander wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:56 am Album Artist is not available for Classical Music. I guess the assumption is that Composer would be used commonly for classical music.
I was hoping that you are wrong, and that it was an oversight.
But I see that the AlbumArtist node is missing from the or first attempt of MMA also.

If this was a "decision" it was by someone who doesn't listen to Classical Music too much.
It is like they see classical music as being just about a bunch of old guys, most of whom are already dead.

The thing is that classical music comes in albums, just like other music.
The AlbumArtist tag collects together all albums by whomever or whatever I put in the albumartist tag. It is whatever is relevant to me; the player, or the primary soloist, or the orchestra or the Composer. ... Whatever it is, it is import to me. And MMA shouldn't just disappear it.

If Composer was the only thing of importance, they would have stopped recording most classical music many years ago as there is already thousands of versions of each of the major works.

This has been an upward battle since the original release of MM5 alpha. IE. a lack of understanding of the needs of album-oriented customers.

Can you see if you can get this omission fixed please?
I have the AlbumArtist subnode enabled in the Classical Node in MM5. It should be possible in MMA also.

PS. I have the same complaint about the default sync location mask for Classical music.
It is unhelpful that syncing a classical album causes loss of structure.
Ie. not only is there no AlbumArtist subnode, but if I try to workaround by using the the Folder I can't, because you have busted and splattered the album structure into a lot of composer shaped pieces. ... And Yes, I know that I can reconfigure it, but the default is unhelpful, and will probably be detected only after the customer has already sync'd their collection, just to find that navigation of it is broken.

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by Lowlander » Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:56 am

Album Artist is not available for Classical Music. I guess the assumption is that Composer would be used commonly for classical music.

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by Barry4679 » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:32 am

Peke wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:22 pm You can customize Home screen in MMA 2.0 so this is fixed.
Only partially fixed.
I can't find how to add the AlbumArtist subnode to Classical Music.

I have only started looking at MMA v2, so maybe I missed something?

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by jwhitworth » Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:08 pm

Sorry. Thought I was posting in a topic related to the lack of "Album Artist" in Android Auto.

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by Peke » Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:22 pm

Hi,
You can customize Home screen in MMA 2.0 so this is fixed.
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Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by jwhitworth » Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:18 pm

Any update on this issue?

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by hamish » Mon May 11, 2015 4:28 pm

I see this still isn't available in free, can I add album artist only in pro? I would pay for this, but not use mm without it

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by Lowlander » Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:44 am

MMA 156 already has a personalizable home screen and has the option to choose Artist, Album Artist and/or Artist & Album Artist.

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by jwhitworth » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:39 pm

Thank you for this enhancement.

Any chance the album art can be turned off. I do not think it is necessary when browsing lists of artist and album artists.

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by dtsig » Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:58 pm

As always ... yeah!!!!!

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by Peke » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:46 pm

Future Versions of MediaMonkey should have customizable Home Screen so you will be able to make choice what will be shown.

Re: REQ: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by dtsig » Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:26 am

jwhitworth wrote:I would definitely prefer the later.

I want to have my cake and eat it too.

For some genres my "Artist" list is four time longer than my "Album Artist" list.

Navigating can be some much easier with the "Album Artist" list but sometimes it is necessary to have all "Artists" available for browsing.
I agree. There should just be a new *icon* for Album Artist. If I am looking for all album/tracks with Maynard Ferguson I want to see them all. But when I want just his albums I don't want to see all of Stan Kenton's albums.

An option might be to have an *icon* that lets you select which of the properties you want to work with ...

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by Dedi » Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:53 pm

I miss this really too.

I dont want "Artists" listed unter "Artists and Album Artists". I want only "Album Artists", as my Library is completely build on that, and the "Artist" always include the feat. or on compilations. Entrys with one track are pretty annoying.

Same thing after Navigating through Genre.

For me, a global option to always use "Album Artist" instead of "Artist" would be the best solution.

Re: REQ #10381: "Album Artist" in addtion to "Artist"

by arthurb » Tue May 28, 2013 8:31 pm

This, sorting by 'Album Artist', is of paramount interest to me; without it I am completely uninterested in MM on Android.

I should add that I would also like to see filters and libraries come along some time after the initial release as well, even though that will probably take some work (just what help do developers get from Android libraries/APIs?).

Can anyone say when the 'Album Artist' option may appear?

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