disaggregation of compillation albums and lack of queueing

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December 23, 2024
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I’ve been looking on here for months now, and I still see no sight or sound of a resolution to two essential problem with this new? (7 months old!) app. First, all my compilation albums appear as single tracks; second, I can no longer queue anything as the function has disappeared. Usual comments about significant investment building a system over some years. Are there any answers to these two fundamental problems? I have tried all the suggested solutions using advanced settings and still no joy. Will someone from Sonos reply, or is it left to some other poor user who has had to struggle through the problems caused by this app upgrade?

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Best answer by Jamie A

Hi @Phantom 1483

Hi ,

thanks for your reply - how do I do the first para please? I’m no expert on this stuff so a step by step noddy guide would be useful, and, can I do this in mass or is it album by album - I have many. Main principle is “why should I have to fiddle with this stuff? Will I do damage to my library if I do it wrong”

I can’t recommend anything myself as I don’t have a music library nor do I use this software, but from what I’ve seen on the community, a few users have suggested the app Mp3tag. You wont damage your library since you can always change the metadata. The following thread also talks about this and has other user suggestions:

the second part re queueing, here is my three dot screen

As you can see - no queueing options !

further help needed please!

The ‘Play Now’ option on that screen will add the item to the queue, you’ll see that as the option if you have nothing in the queue. Once you have something in the queue, you’ll see the other options I mentioned above.

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Airgetlam

@MoPac , in the DC area in the 80s/90s, were you? I’m amused and pleased to see WCXR, a station I listened to heavily after they changed format to classic rock. Although the changeover was a bit of a shock. ;)

Bruce

MoPac

Headliner III

I acquired that compilation album when tagging a friend’s library. I think he acquired that album from someone else because it was in a folder named From Others. So I have no idea where that album actually came from. The stuff in that folder was so varied it could not have been a single person. My friend worked at Audio Consultants at the time so he met a number of folks from all over the country. Those 4 Audio Consultants stores were very popular. Closed now.

I’m a Chicago area guy all my life. Our station of choice for Rock was WXRT. In the 80s-90s they were very good at playing tracks you would never hear on other Rock stations. They have since digressed into more mainstream.

Merry Christmas.

Airgetlam

If memory serves, I have three of those WCXR compilation albums. I always assumed some company made them available for rebranding by whatever ‘local’ classic rock station would pay them, and then resell them. But I moved away from the DC area years and years ago, I fear. It was a pleasant ‘see’ in this forum.

And Merry Christmas to you!

Bruce

MoPac

Headliner III

WXRT has some very cool live album compilations.

https://musicbrainz.org/series/00997785-003e-4c04-a70b-086a53bb9edd

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