Group Compilations When Browsing

I just got the new iPod Classic firmware update, and the group compilations option is still not fixed! Come on Apple! I have 733 artists without the compilations grouped and only 340 when they are grouped. If it's an option in iTunes, there's no reason for it not to be an option on my iPod, just like it was on the 5th generation! Those of us with huge libraries really need this option back, ASAP!

OK, I called tech support about the no compilations thing, and they told me to fill out a feedback form. He said that a lot of the firmware updates are dependent on what people ask for in those forms. So if everybody could start requesting the group compilations option, hopefully we can get it really soon. It will really help the messy coverflow as well.. until then, I guess I'm going to take all my compilations off my iPod!

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How do u get the Ipod touch to group compilations for browsing ?

How do u get the Ipod touch to group compilations for browsing ?
With Itunes 9 like earlier versions u have the option to group compilations for browsing, having the effect of not putting a huge list of artists in your view by artist list because they played one song on a compilation you have got. With my old Ipod classic this option was also available through the setting menu. Meaning my ipod exactly mirrored my itunes lists.
I have recently purchased a ipod touch 32 and can find no settings that allow me to do the same. My artist list has risen from 200 to 400 because of this and makes finding albums by artists very annoying.
I have looked on the itunes software and can find no mention of syncing this ability to the ipod either.
Help
Mike

Yes i do this to group compilations in itunes.
But when i then sync to the ipod touch the albums come up under compilations as desired but the artists also appear in the artist list which is not.
On my old ipod classic it had a setting to group compilations the same as in itunes which would then remove these odd artists from the artist list.
I can find no equivalent setting on the ipod touch
Cheers
Mike

Grouping Compilations

Just now iTunes Help says that grouping complilations can be found in the advanced preferences menu, but I don't see it there. Do you know where it is?
Compilation CD
For an album with songs by multiple artists, such as a movie soundtrack. To group such albums together (rather than list each song with its particular artist), choose iTunes > Preferences, click Advanced, and select “Group compilations when browsing.”

Yes Lorraine, You can Join tracks In itunes.
b Look at This Link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/4.9/en/507win.html
b You can Also make a Playlist :
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93045
i I hope This helps.
M.

Where is "Group compilations while scanning" in the advanced menu ?

Hello
I can't find "Group compilations while scanning" in the advanced menu.
I really did check that the music went a compilation yet.
Thank you for answer

Sorry.
iTunes prefs -> Advanced.
*Group compilations when browsing*.
3rd from bottom.

Front row won't group compilations

the itunes pref' allow to group compilations so you don't have 3 million artists. when browsing in front row it doesn't group them, how annoying!!!
any suggestions?

David, Try selecting all the songs in your library (check the check box) then try Front Row. I had the same problem and this worked for me.
Brad

Group Compilations not working - Pain!!!!

Hey.
Ok, i've gone through my entire library sorting out all the info and stuff like that to make my iTuning more enjoyable.
One thing is Griping me though. I have many compilations. I have them all check as "part of compilation" and even gone to the extent of naming all the album Artist as "Various Artists" But in the library I do not see the "compilation Grouping.
I get all artists listed alphibetically, which is really annoying. I presume the whole point of having a "group compilations" preference is so that it groups them, so whats going wrong>?
I browse my library in coverflow btw. And am using the new Itunes update...
If anyone can shed light on my problem I would be very greatful.
Thanks
Jed

If you're sorting by Artist, iTunes does exactly that — sorts by Artist, regardless of the Compilation checkbox. You need to sort by Album to get the compilations grouped together. Use "Album by Artist" to sort by Compilation status, then Artist, then Album; or use "Album by Year" to sort by Compilation status, then Artist, then Year, then Album.
This makes sense, if you think about it; the "Compilation" label is applied to albums, not artists, so it's only when sorting by album that compilations are pulled out.

My iPod does not show all tracks when browsing by artist!

I have recently noticed how by iPod isnt showing all the songs when browsing by artist. I have only discovered this problem with one of my artist, but am not sure that the problem occurs elsewhere. The thing is that i have got around 20 tracks performed by this one artist. About 10 of these tracks are from the same album and the rest of the tracks are without album information. So everytime i enter this artist on my iPod, only the tracks from this album is shown. Hence, the tracks without any album details are not to be found under this artist! However, these songs can stil be found when browsing by genre, songs or the like. So obviously they are all on my iPod, but for some reason only the tracks from the mentioned album are to be found when entering the artist.
What can the problem be and how can it be fixed?
Thanks for your help,
Best regards...

There are usually two things that contribute to songs not appearing under Artist on the iPod, both due to information either in or missing from the Get Info>Info tab against the song in iTunes. 1) the song has no album name associated with it or 2) the song is marked as part of a compilation.
If tracks are missing an Album name in the Info tab, this information needs to be filled in. The no album one is a bit quirky as the songs will appear under certain circumstances but the simplest remedy is just add None or Miscellaneous to all the blanks in place of a title. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod
Also if the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation, they may not appear under Artist on the iPod. Highlight a song in iTunes that you know is not appearing correctly on your iPod. Right click on it and choose Get Info and click the Info tab (alternatively choose Get Info from the File menu), if "Part of a Compilation" is marked untick it and afterwards update your iPod, you should find it now appears as normal. Compilations are stored in a separate folder in iTunes so the songs don't appear inside the normal Artist>Album folder.
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Grouping compilations no longer works after adding artwork..!

Until yesterday I had never bothered with adding artwork to my itunes library as I had a gen 3 iPod that would not show it anyway. I have a new ipod so last night I decided to add artwork, this I did by getting what I could from Gracenote, the rest I have been dragging from images on Amazon and other sites. Ever since doing this the Group Compilations option no longer works, despite having this checkbox ticked in preferences and making sure that the yes box for part of a compilation is ticked for these albums. In addition, every song in a compilation album is displayed individually in the Cover Flow view option.
Is this a peculiarity of 7.2 or is there a way I can get this to work again? I am sure it is something to do with having added artwork as it was working fine before.
The help menu in itunes seems to have stopped working too now, which doesn't help...obviously!

Until yesterday I had never bothered with adding artwork to my itunes library as I had a gen 3 iPod that would not show it anyway. I have a new ipod so last night I decided to add artwork, this I did by getting what I could from Gracenote, the rest I have been dragging from images on Amazon and other sites. Ever since doing this the Group Compilations option no longer works, despite having this checkbox ticked in preferences and making sure that the yes box for part of a compilation is ticked for these albums. In addition, every song in a compilation album is displayed individually in the Cover Flow view option.
Is this a peculiarity of 7.2 or is there a way I can get this to work again? I am sure it is something to do with having added artwork as it was working fine before.
The help menu in itunes seems to have stopped working too now, which doesn't help...obviously!

Screen Goes Black and Hangs when browsing by Artist, Album, Song, etc.

I'm having a fairly huge issue with Front Row:
I can play video files (although their is a moment of hangtime between selecting a video and the video actually playing) and music files (if I choose the "Shuffle Songs" option), however, when I choose to browse my music by artists, albums, songs, genres, etc. my screen goes black and stays that way until I hit CMD+Q over and over until it finally quits. Furthermore, when I do play music via "Shuffle Songs" and quit out of Front Row, the music continues to play in the background and cannot be stopped, paused, etc.
Is there anyone out there who can help me fix this? I love Front Row and use it all the time and it would be a shame not to be able to anymore..
Thanks in advance,
Corey

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'''Form And Search History''' leaving the others off.
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'''https://support.mozilla.org/questions/997866?esab=a&s=&r=1&as=s''' {web link}

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