Album split

[haljeff]

When adding files from same album when dated added date updated don't match it seems to split tracks into multiple albums. I think this has been discussed before. I am running play store version 3.4.8 on android 13 Samsung galaxy a42

[GoneMAD]

gonemadmusicplayer.blogspot.com/p/dealing-with-split-albums.html

[haljeff]

After doing some research and testing
Transfered single album contain 11 tracks
next day transfered a 12th track from same album
In gonemad it spilt it into 2 albums
deleted whole album from gonemad
transfered album with the full 12 tracks
it does not split in gonemad
Cant figure out what im doing wrong

[MotleyGord]

Feb 12, 2024 5:44:43 GMT -5 haljeff said:

Transfered single album contain 11 tracks
next day transfered a 12th track from same album
In gonemad it spilt it into 2 albums
deleted whole album from gonemad
transfered album with the full 12 tracks
it does not split in gonemad

My work around is to always delete the current database, then run a fresh library scan. On a fesh scan GMMP always groups them together as expected, but always creates a separate Album if I simply rescan without deleting the database.

My library is obsessively tagged and includes Title, Albumartist, Album, Artist, Year, Genre, Track, Discnumber, Disc and Track Totals along with others for every file. Album covers are embeded in every file as well. The combination of Album/Albumartist/Year for each album is the same in all cases. It doesn't matter if the files are mp3 (very few), FLAC (some) or ALAC (most).

TBH I have had the same issue for a very long time. So long I don't even think about it any more, I just refresh the library and move on.

[GoneMAD]

"If the album files are in different folders or you adding extra files to an existing album:
Make sure Advanced Scanner Settings - MultiFolder Albums is turned on
Make sure not only the albumartist and album tags are identical, also make sure the year tag is identical. All 3 are used by the scanner to group albums in multiple folders."

This means you must have all 3 tags. If you are missing the albumartist tag it wont find the existing album. If its not being grouped with the existing album than that means those 3 are not matching (whether it visually looks like they are the same.. text in software can have hidden characters and other things that make them different). The database query to find the album uses all 3 of those fields and returns the resulting albums

Its why i always recommend making sure the entire album is tagged using the same tool (like mp3tag) at the same time