iPhone and compilation albums?

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iPhone and compilation albums?

Can the iPhone iPod app be set to hide compilation artists in Artists mode?

I know this is possible in older iPods, and in Itunes by selecting "Group compilations while browsing", but the option in the iPhone seems to be missing.. unless I'm missing something. If this functionality isn't possible, Apple really needs to implement it, because I'm seeing hundreds of artists in that list that I really don't want to see!

Also.. if it isn't possible, can anyone suggest a way to emulate this functionality, without losing all my ID3 data? I wouldn't mind shuffling ID3 tags around, provided there's an app that can batch-process them, and provided I can change the tags back at some later date.

Any input would be appreciated, thanks!

- Ben

Macbook Pro 17", Mac OS X (10.4.10), iPhone 3G

Posted on Jul 16, 2008 9:26 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 27, 2018 1:09 PM in response to faridzadeh

compilations (various artists) the album artist tag has to be empty, then in ipod/iphone the complication is shown as 1 album, not every artist with the same album name differently

when the artist is one then the album tag can be empty or can be the artist name - in ipod/iphone the album is shown as 1 album

when the one artist albums contains feature artists (original artist ft. another artist) and this is tagged the album artist tags then the ipod/iphone will show them as differnet albums (compilation rule will apply)

hope it will helps and sorry if the problem has been answered before, pretty new in this forum

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Andrew J

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Jul 16, 2008 9:54 AM in response to ckbcowboy

In iTunes select the song(s) you mention. In the menu bar go to file/get info. The info window opens. Click on the info button. At the bottom of the window is a box "part of a compilation". Uncheck it and your songs should be freed.

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ckbcowboy Author

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Jul 16, 2008 10:08 AM in response to Andrew J

I'm not sure that you understand.

I want the songs to be set as "Part of a compilation" because I like that compilation album artists are hidden in Itunes' Artist view. I want to see that behavior in the iPhone iPod app as well.

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Andrew J

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Jul 16, 2008 10:14 AM in response to ckbcowboy

So you want the songs as a part of a compilation in iTunes but you want them hidden on the iPhone? Don't think you can have both.

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ckbcowboy Author

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Jul 16, 2008 10:44 AM in response to Andrew J

No, I don't want that either. Please reread what I originally posted, thanks!

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synth7

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Jul 16, 2008 1:00 PM in response to ckbcowboy

Andrew J just isn't getting it. He is saying that in iTunes, the compilation "flag" is correctly honored and artists that appear on compilations do not show up on the list of artists on the Browser in Album View. However, the iPhone iPod app does not honor this flag and just dumps a list of every artist on the Artists page. I can verify this and am wondering why it is like this. Even on firmware 2.0 of a iPhone 3G this is a huge error/mistake/oversight.

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Answer 7

Jul 16, 2008 3:12 PM in response to synth7

This drives me INSANE

I got rid of my old ipod classic to buy an iPhone
But its compilation handling is shocking

I have 20 or so compilations, so the artists list is unuseable

How hard is it in the ipod software on the phone to say "select artists where compilation=false"

sigh

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RIckNunn

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Jul 17, 2008 3:02 AM in response to ckbcowboy

I couldn't agree more this is an awful oversight and really needs to be addressed.

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Jul 17, 2008 4:39 PM in response to ckbcowboy

Agreed! I need my compilation view!

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Answer 10

Jul 24, 2008 11:52 AM in response to ckbcowboy

Got my vote too. My Artist view is a mess at the moment....

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Jul 24, 2008 12:17 PM in response to Ralph_London

Just found a useful tool for rearranging track data using apple script. I have moved the artist name to the composer name and changed the artist name to the name of the compilation - for my songs that are a part of a compilation. That way my compilations are listed as one entry on the Artist view on my iPhone....

Would still appreciate a fix from Apple to select whether to group compilations or not.

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Jul 24, 2008 12:24 PM in response to Ralph_London

Here is the link http://dougscripts.com/itunes/

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tinue

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Jul 25, 2008 6:08 AM in response to LongLiveAnalog

The compilation view is there (touch on the bottom right to see the views that don't fit onto the first page).

Unfortunately, I can't find a way to mask the compilation artists from the artist view either...

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Answer 14

Jul 26, 2008 8:15 PM in response to ckbcowboy

You could make a Smart Playlist with the rule 'Compilation is false' for your "normal" music.
Not a perfect solution, but easier than monkeying with your tags with scripts

Message was edited by: phreakocious

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Answer 15

Jul 29, 2008 6:21 AM in response to phreakocious

I did that!

I created a playlist of albums where compilation=false

But then when you go into playlists on the iPhone all you get is a list of tracks, it doesnt split them into artists

Its so ********, I still cant beleive this hasnt been fixed, its driving me insane!!!

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