why does iTunes show a 2 disc CD set as 2 separate CDs?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)
SeaBeast wrote:
It is really your choice. I do prefer to have CD set seperated but you don't. That's why you can change the info as you want.
iTunes seperate albums as soon as there is a difference in info fields. So, if you enter 1 of 2 and 2 of 2, the result will be to CD as defined. If you want the 2 CD to appears as one, simply remove 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 in the info field and make sure that the title of both album are the same.
I had the same problem and it was really beginning to get under my skin after spending WAY too much time trying to get one 2 disc set to show under one title. Then a moment ago another cd I was importing did the same thing. But this time I was determined to find the answer and here it is:
Right click the album art and go to "Get Info".
Click on the tab for "Options".
Make sure the option for "Part of a compilation" is "no".
Do this for both discs and you will have one set together. Both of the issues I had involved one of the discs being marked "yes" and as soon as I marked "no" they went together. I hope this helps others with the same problem in the future.
mecium, thanks for your response. I'll add a bit to it.
Having read this, I checked both disks thinking this MUST be the problem! After all, I tried EVERYTHING else. However, both "compilations" were identically unselected. So... I tried something. I took disk 2 (it didn't have the album artwork) and selected compilation to turn it on, saved, then went back and unselected compilation! It worked!!!
Not sure what was going on, but despite looking as both infos were identical, iTunes treated it separately so making them different, then making them the same again did the trick (ironically, since it was the double disk for Silver, by Cheap Trick).
why does iTunes show a 2 disc CD set as 2 separate CDs?