Displaying Artist on Various Artist Albums

Posted by: Gavin B on 11 January 2016

I generally browse my collection using the Album Artist / Album option displayed through Asset (as this doesn't scatter these albums across individual artists).  If I look at a compilation album like this it only shows the track titles and not the artists.  Is my only option to add the artist into the track titles (for compilations)?  Is there a better way (and one that doesn't involve me editing thousands of track titles!)?  

Posted on: 12 January 2016 by blythe

In the Asset configuration page, there is an item: "[artist] - [title] for Various Artist album tracks"

Have you got the tick in the box for that?

Posted on: 14 January 2016 by Gavin B

Thanks for the suggestion, Blythe, I'll have a look this evening.

Posted on: 16 January 2016 by Gavin B

I've checked the setting on my Asset set up and it is selected. I've also looked into this on the Asset forum. As a result I installed the Asset Control software on the PC I run Asset on (as suggested on the forum). This browses the library like the Naim app does. All the Various Artist compilations display correctly with Artist - Title. So it looks like this is down to how the Naim app deals with what's coming from Asset. I'll email Naim to ask about it (unless Phil Harris is reading this).

Does anyone get Various Artists albums displaying correctly? With Asset?

Posted on: 16 January 2016 by fathings cat

I don't either but a fix by Naim would be very much appreciated. The Naim app is good but for some unknown reason there are some albums I simply can't edit I.e. The edit button is greyed out..... Be good to get Naim to fix these niggles. 

 

Gary

 

Posted on: 13 February 2016 by Idris Roberts

Use tagging programme and add =1 to 'compilation' tag, leave album artist blank.

had similar problem, I  use a combination of dbpoweramp / MP3 tag for flac music files on asset nas, and mp3's on buffalo nas unit. Various artist compilations show title and artist on naim streamer and I pad using naim app.

Posted on: 13 February 2016 by hungryhalibut

With MinimServer, it just works. This is a ripped CD (dbpoweramp) with no metadata editing whatsoever.