I have a lot of bands that also contribute to compilation albums. I have the compilation albums tagged with the same "album artist", I usually go with the record label or studio that made the comp. When I select shuffle on MMA for that artist, I also get all the songs from other artists who are on the same compilation. I like having comp albums grouped together, so I don't want to make all the album artists different on each track. How can I get other comp artists out of shuffles for a single artist? I think the shuffle should ignore album artists, the tracks don't appear under the artist anyway, so it is odd behaviour.
In the image below, I selected shuffle for the band "Catbite". There are a bunch of other bands on the queue from a comp album:
Sorry. No image. I tried following the instructions for a screenshot, but every time I try to submit I get an error that I don't have permission to include a url, even if i "insert a space" as suggested by the error message
Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
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Re: Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
Attaching screenshots is explained in the first sticky post. What are you browsing in MMA when you select Shuffle. Also which build of MMA are you on?
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Re: Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
I tried the instructions for a screenshot. As I mentioned, I kept getting an error saying: "You don’t have rights to post image, email or url links that are external to this domain. You can edit ... by inserting a space into the URL (e.g. H T T P etc website) and a moderator can later fix the link."
I will try again here... nope. Same error, even when I add a space in the address after h t t p
Anyway:
MMA version = 2.0.0.1173, standard version
I am browsing by artist when I hit shuffle. So I expect it to only shuffle the songs by the artist, but then it brings in other artists who are on a compilation album that the artist I shuffled is also on. (These would share an album artist).
I will try again here... nope. Same error, even when I add a space in the address after h t t p
Anyway:
MMA version = 2.0.0.1173, standard version
I am browsing by artist when I hit shuffle. So I expect it to only shuffle the songs by the artist, but then it brings in other artists who are on a compilation album that the artist I shuffled is also on. (These would share an album artist).
Re: Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
Did you try https:// website. com/?
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Re: Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
Go to Tracks instead of Albums and hit Shuffle Play to get the desired result. Does that work?
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Re: Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
Aaah. Of course. That totally works. Thanks for the help!
Re: Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
Hmm. Actually, it is working on my MMA but my wife's is still having the problem. Maybe I got to uninstall it and put it back on?
Re: Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
Using Tracks it loads others? It's expected under Albums which loads the full Album, but Tracks should match the Artist you're browsing? If so, is she on the same build of MMA?
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Re: Shuffle for artist brings in other artists on a compilation
Yep. We both have most recent version of MMA and using the same MM. I have made all the sync settings the same for both of us. When I go to tracks, I only have Catbite songs. When she goes to tracks she also gets songs from other bands in a shared comp album. I've got the exact same music collection she has. I have deleted her MMA a couple times and just getting same result. I can't figure out what is different between her MMA and mine. I have a Galaxy S23 and she has a Galaxy A53.