iTunes 12.4 - Various Artist(s) Compilation Woes
Discovered an interesting "quirk" when scrolling through my iTunes music section today. I'm an avid collector of Now That's What I Call Music compilations (do it for completeness sake these days...) and I spotted that 2 albums weren't in the Compilations section in the "Album View" (39 and 58, for those that are interested).
I am fairly meticulous with my albums, so I checked the following:
1. Is the compilation box checked on all songs in the album? Yes
2. Is the album artist the same for all songs in the album? Yes (Various Artists, btw)
3. Is the album stored in the compilations folder on the hard-drive? Yes
4. Is the sort-by information the same for all songs, i.e. the defaults? Yes
5. Are the songs in the same format (AAC) as the rest of the library? Yes
6. Is the album artwork the same? Yes (here is where I started clutching at straws)
I then started trying a few different things:
1. Deleted the songs from iTunes but not the hard-drive location. Result - no change
2. Deleted the songs from iTunes and the hard drive location (reloaded from trash). Result - no change
3. Saved the files to a different location then deleted them from the original location. Result - no change
4. Changed "Various Artists" in the Album Artist box to "Various Artist". Result - moved to the correct location...
5. Changed a single song from "Various Artist" back to "Various Artists". Result - moved to wrong position again...
Does ANYONE have any idea why this is happening and how to fix it permanently? My neuroses can't handle scrolling through the song view and seeing that little wobble between "Various Artists" and "Various Artist" at 2 places along an otherwise immaculate Compilations section 😟
For info:
Running OSX El Capitan - Version 10.11.6
On MacBook Pro Retina 15" Mid-2015
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)