Multi-disc CD collections not separating by disc number
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:41 pm
I've transferred a large Windows Media collection of CD's into the latest portable version of MM5 on Windows 11. A number of the CD's are from multi-disc sets but were originally catalogued as individual discs in WM. An example would be if Artist: Beatles issued a collection of 3 CD's titled "Our Best Songs" and denoting them as Disc 1, 2, and 3. They were originally ripped, each disc into its own separate directory. When imported into the MM library, I get 3 separate albums shown, with artwork, in the Albums or Artists nodes.
I went to the tracks for each separate disc and, using Properties, entered the correct disc # for each track. Many collections do as I wish in that they all end up under a single icon in albums or artists with all 3 discs shown separately as Disc 1, 2, and 3 and the corresponding tracks listed below. IE, Beatles; "Our Best Songs"; Disc 1, tracks 1-xx; Disc 2, tracks 1-xx; Disc 3, tracks 1-xx.
Many of the collections did what I want, but several will not break up the long list of tracks by Disc #. I've been very careful to make sure Album, Album Artist, Year, Original Year are exact across all discs. Not all discs started with the same artwork due to changes that occurred during Auto-Tag when the music was originally imported into MM, if that matters.
What am I doing wrong as I get the results I want only sometimes?
I went to the tracks for each separate disc and, using Properties, entered the correct disc # for each track. Many collections do as I wish in that they all end up under a single icon in albums or artists with all 3 discs shown separately as Disc 1, 2, and 3 and the corresponding tracks listed below. IE, Beatles; "Our Best Songs"; Disc 1, tracks 1-xx; Disc 2, tracks 1-xx; Disc 3, tracks 1-xx.
Many of the collections did what I want, but several will not break up the long list of tracks by Disc #. I've been very careful to make sure Album, Album Artist, Year, Original Year are exact across all discs. Not all discs started with the same artwork due to changes that occurred during Auto-Tag when the music was originally imported into MM, if that matters.
What am I doing wrong as I get the results I want only sometimes?