My iTunes library shows NO compilations at all but for some reason, my iPod Touch 7 shows album compilations for some reason and I cannot delete them without deleting the specific album(s) from the iPod library. Is there any remedy at all for this?
iPod, iOS 15
Annoyingly iTunes/Music on your computer and Music on iOS don't necessarily handle the same metadata completely consistently. Without knowing more I suspect that you do have some compilations in your library, but don't have an option selected that would highlight them, although there may be other explanations. Select the Songs view of the library, then make sure that View > Column Browser > Group Compilations is ticked. The Compilations section of the library may now show the same set of albums as show up on your iPod.
The compilations flag is used somewhat inconsistently both to mark a collection of tracks by different artists all on the same album (e.g. "That's What I Call Music #451") and an anthology of a single artist's work from across their career (e.g. "Greatest Hits"). The mechanism in iTunes is functionally more useful when only applied to the first type of album. In either case populating Album Artist can help link the tracks of album together for best results.
See http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp for further background.
tt2
Annoyingly iTunes/Music on your computer and Music on iOS don't necessarily handle the same metadata completely consistently. Without knowing more I suspect that you do have some compilations in your library, but don't have an option selected that would highlight them, although there may be other explanations. Select the Songs view of the library, then make sure that View > Column Browser > Group Compilations is ticked. The Compilations section of the library may now show the same set of albums as show up on your iPod.
The compilations flag is used somewhat inconsistently both to mark a collection of tracks by different artists all on the same album (e.g. "That's What I Call Music #451") and an anthology of a single artist's work from across their career (e.g. "Greatest Hits"). The mechanism in iTunes is functionally more useful when only applied to the first type of album. In either case populating Album Artist can help link the tracks of album together for best results.
See http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp for further background.
tt2
Thank you Turingtest2 for the reply. Can't wait to get home to see if I can resolve this matter.
Compilations of Music Albums in iTunes
