Skakner Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Hello everybody! This is my first post. 🙂 build 911-arm32-play[911002-faf436fb] Samsung A3 2016 Android 6.0.1 My library consists from mp3 files. All of them have embedded cover arts (with Mp3tag v.3.0.2). All mp3 filenames are in this format: ARTIST-ALBUM-TRACK-TITLE (ie Pink Floyd - The Wall - 01 - In The Flesh) and the respective tags are based on the filename (using Mp3Tag). The problem appears when some albums have identical names. For example Led Zeppelin - Greatest Hits, Deep Purple - Greatest Hits or Brahms - Piano Concerto no.1, Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.1 etc. When there are identical Album names, Poweramp shows correctly only one of them but only in Library or Folders screen. In Now playing screen, all covers are correct. Without being 100% sure (it's many years that I live with this problem), when three or more albums have identical names, only one of them appears correctly. For example Led Zeppelin - Greatest Hits (correct cover) Deep Purple - Greatest Hits (wrong cover, Zeppelin's one) U2 - Greatest Hits (wrong cover, Zeppelin's one) etc The solution I have thought of, is not to have albums with identical names so I make small changes(Led Zeppelin - Greatest Hits of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple - Greatest Hits of Deep Purple etc). To be honest though, I would prefer not to make these inconvenient (and silly) changes like the above, as far as the app could show all the covers correctly. Any idea? Possible solution? I hope that these pictures will make the problem better understood. Thank you in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Sounds like you may have the Title, Album and Artist tags set correctly, but do you have the Album Artist tag set too? That's the tag which separates album content where an album may have the same title as another unrelated album. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skakner Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 I don't use Album Artist Tag. The Tags I use are: Artist, Album Artist, Year, Track, Genre. Adding Album Artist tag, could be a solution. I think I should give it a try. Thanks for the answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotleyG Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Skakner said: I don't use Album Artist Tag. The Tags I use are: Artist, Album Artist, Year, Track, Genre. Adding Album Artist tag, could be a solution. I think I should give it a try. Thanks for the answer! The AlbumArtist tag is definitely the solution. It is what separates any Albums with identical,titles, as it is unlikely an Artist will release a duplicate. At least not without some other differentiators like “Deluxe” or “Remaster” or similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6b6561 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Peter Gabriel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotleyG Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, 6b6561 said: Peter Gabriel... Right, but those albums are also known as Car, Scratch, Melt, and Security. Or can be identified by year. Or as others prefer Peter Gabriel 1/2/3/4. But this is an extremely rare case that was already discussed in this forum as a stand-out. The solution still applies in the OP’s case to use AlbumArtist to distinguish albums with the same name by different artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Peter Gabriel is his own problem there of course. The confusion he created by naming four different albums with the same eponymous title is far wider than Poweramp, and any listing format needs to be clarified. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6b6561 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 I know, but I couldn't resist the besserwisser bait... And you are right that album artist is what will do the magic for @Skakner as currently all his albums are by the artist "". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skakner Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 The Album Artist tag was the solution indeed! I tried with some test files and it worked fine. Now I 'm gonna make extended changes in my library. Thank you all!🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 @Skakner Time to set some batch tag editing tasks going... Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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