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    Jellyfin Forum Support Troubleshooting Media Scanning & Identification 'various artists' albums

     
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    Various Artists albums - how to identify?
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    2025-07-23, 03:35 PM
    I tag my compilations with "Various Artists" as the "albumartist", and individual tracks use the "artist" tag. As a result, all my compilations show up under Various Artists in my library.

    I've never tried using Discogs for metadata, but Musicbrainz IDs tend to work well for me.
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    'various artists' albums - by gizmomelb - 2025-07-23, 08:54 AM
    RE: 'various artists' albums - by kandykarter - 2025-07-23, 03:35 PM
    RE: 'various artists' albums - by jimmyjammy - 2025-07-23, 03:53 PM
    RE: 'various artists' albums - by gizmomelb - 2025-07-24, 06:17 AM
    RE: 'various artists' albums - by jimmyjammy - 2025-07-24, 01:41 PM
    RE: 'various artists' albums - by gizmomelb - Yesterday, 03:38 AM

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