• Login
  • Register
  • Login Register
    Login
    Username/Email:
    Password:
    Or login with a social network below
  • Forum
  • Website
  • GitHub
  • Status
  • Translation
  • Features
  • Team
  • Rules
  • Help
  • Feeds
User Links
  • Login
  • Register
  • Login Register
    Login
    Username/Email:
    Password:
    Or login with a social network below

    Useful Links Forum Website GitHub Status Translation Features Team Rules Help Feeds
    Jellyfin Forum Support General Questions Compilation album display issue

     
    • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average

    Compilation album display issue

    Depending on the storage of the files the compilation album showed as one album or multiple
    bandiba
    Offline

    Junior Member

    Posts: 2
    Threads: 1
    Joined: 2025 Oct
    Reputation: 0
    Country:United States
    #1
    2025-10-04, 11:55 PM
    Hi,

    I'm fairly new to Jellyfin and self hosting of media. 
    I have many compilation disks (Bravo Hits and the like). I followed https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/music to distribute my files in folders, but I found, that this results in multiple album entries for the same album in Jellyfin, one entry for each song. As I have already tagged and saved the files by artists for my entire collection, I'm looking for a solution to salvage the situation.

    I did the following experiment on a RPi5 to see where things go wrong (from my aspect):

    I took one compilation album (Bravo Hits 107) and updated the metadata using MusicBrainz Picard. The metadata was not changed between the two tests just the filenames and location.

    1. I renamed and moved the files using my script in Picard: %artist%/%album%/%tracknumber%. %title%
    2. This resulted in many folders - for each artist one with a subfolder for the compilation album.
    3. I added the folder where I moved the renamed and tagged files as a music library, keeping every setting as it is by default
    4. This also resulted in many entries for the same album in Jellyfin
    [/url]

    [Image: screenshot-ordered-by-artist.png]

    [Image: screenshot-ordered-by-artist-in-jellyfin.png]


    1. I removed the library and stopped the Jellyfin server
    2. I renamed and moved the files using Picard's  built-in Preset 3: [album artist]/[album]/[disc and track #] [artist] - [title]
    3. This resulted in one folder for the album with many file entries for the songs
    4. I added the folder as a music library, keeping every setting as it is by default
    5. This also resulted in one entry for the album in Jellyfin

    [url=https://postimg.cc/cK1GvWPt][Image: screenshot-ordered-by-album-artist.png]

    [Image: screenshot-ordered-by-album-artist-in-jellyfin.png]

    I browsed the forum and tried to change metadtata in different ways, but the issue persisted.
    I already tagged and structured a larger collection using Picard. If I there is a way to display the compilation albums as one, even if the content of the compilation album is sorted by artist I would be very happy.

    Thank you for all your help and insights.
    « Next Oldest | Next Newest »

    Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)


    Messages In This Thread
    Compilation album display issue - by bandiba - 2025-10-04, 11:55 PM
    RE: Compilation album display issue - by jaja - 2025-10-05, 01:56 PM
    RE: Compilation album display issue - by bandiba - 2025-10-06, 01:59 AM

    • View a Printable Version
    • Subscribe to this thread
    Forum Jump:

    Home · Team · Help · Contact
    © Designed by D&D - Powered by MyBB
    L


    Jellyfin

    The Free Software Media System

    Linear Mode
    Threaded Mode