Album Artist not populating on scan

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Spaceknight
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Album Artist not populating on scan

Post by Spaceknight »

I've got a media server full of well-tagged files, including Album Artist tags on most of the files.
I've set up MMW5 on a new laptop, and scan the whole library here.
None of the Album Artist tags are filling in.
This all worked somehow on my old laptop, though I remember having to make a setting change somewhere. Unfortunately the old laptop isn't functioning. At all. So I can't go compare my preferences on the old install. But I had it working. So there's a setting somewhere, but what is it?
thanks!
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Re: Album Artist not populating on scan

Post by Lowlander »

Are you scanning files from a Media Server (DLNA) instead of scanning files directly? If so, what media server are you scanning from? Please detail any specifics on what you're doing, what File Type(s) are involved and which Build (Help > About) of MediaMonkey you're using.
Spaceknight
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Re: Album Artist not populating on scan

Post by Spaceknight »

Aha! I was scanning from the media server, scanning from the networked folder seems to have solved it. Thanks!
If it helps anyone in the future with similar questions, these are plain old MP3, running a Synology DS220j as my file server.
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