Seperate singles (or at the very least, specify that they are)

[dvcky]

Hi! I have noticed that when singles are put together into the same folder, Tauon groups them and labels it as an album by the name of one of the singles.

Along with this, it groups them into one album in the gallery view as well.
While this isn't a super huge complaint, I think it would be really nice to have a way to detect this and...

1. bunch them together, and call the album "Singles". You could also change the album art in gallery to either a picture of the artist, or a grid of the single covers all in one image (in the case of the example I provided, it could look like this:)
   
   ...or some other rendition that somehow expresses that they are singles in both gallery and track view. You already have tools to generate a chart, so I assume this is possible (however, not sure how difficult it may be)

2. split them up, and give them entirely different entries. An example of this would be here, where I have manually put each single in their own folder (although ideally Tauon wouldn't do this and would just be able to detect the singles all in the same folder):
   
   ...personally I like this option less since it takes up a lot of space in both views, but it does differentiate the singles, and other people may prefer this more.

3. something else! These are just ideas I'm throwing out there, and I'm not expecting any of them to be perfect - or even good, by any standards. It doesn't matter what it is, I just want better distinction with singles that don't have their own folder.

Would love to see something like this implemented!

[Taiko2k]

This is common complaint, so seems I need do do something about it. I actually never thought of your idea number 1, that seems like a good solution.

In the track view, might just have it give the folder name as the title, rather than calling it "singles" maybe.

[Solarunit]

I really hate those Singles/EPs! I wish artists would stop doing this. Albums are just fine 😄

[dvcky]

This is common complaint, so seems I need do do something about it. I actually never thought of your idea number 1, that seems like a good solution.

In the track view, might just have it give the folder name as the title, rather than calling it "singles" maybe.

Sweet, taking the folder name sounds like a great idea! Glad this is considered worthy of implementing, it's pretty much my only complaint with this software right now.

I really hate those Singles/EPs! I wish artists would stop doing this. Albums are just fine smile

Yeahhh I can't say I'm too happy about it either. EPs aren't too bad, but both definitely clutter up a view much more than larger-scale albums. When you want a song that hasn't been/won't be released on album though, you're kinda stuck with it :(

[Taiko2k]

I've committed some changes in regards to this.

It's hard to detect exactly when something is intended to be an album or intended to be a folder of singles. There will be times it gets is wrong, but at least it reduces the chance of that dissonance where singles are presented as albums, which perhaps is more important to avoid.

Here's a preview of what it looks like in the gallery now (when it works well). Here its a folder of singles named "Ambient".

[Solarunit]

or intended to be a folder of singles.

Would they be grouped in the playlist and what this group will be called (in the same playlist)?

[Taiko2k]

or intended to be a folder of singles.

Would they be grouped in the playlist and what this group will be called (in the same playlist)?

Grouped. With the folder name as the title.

[dvcky]

Wow! 😲 Really love that illustration for the folder, super creative! Here's to hoping it'll work well! 🥂

[Solarunit]

Grouped. With the folder name as the title.

Sounds cool, I will test after update.

[Taiko2k]

This is live now, let me know what you think

[dvcky]

This is live now, let me know what you think

For the most part, this works great! That being said, it does seem to have some issues with this folder I have.

I tried tinkering with it, and that only seemed to bring up more issues, but my guess is that the two untagged wav files (first and third in the list on the picture) are the issue here.

[AftDawn]

I love this, only gripe i have is that it says "Various Artists" when most of the time it's just one artist, it that could be changed to show the artist name if the collection is only from one artist tag then that would be amazing

[AftDawn]

Also, for albums or collections that aren't singles and have different album art per song, can there be a toggle or something to show it as a stack like for singles?