IPod playlists by Artist

I've noticed several inconsistencies when I access my iPod 60G. When searching for a song using the Artist feature only one song by a particular shows up in that list. However, I can find the other songs if I go to the Music>Songs feature. Also, in the Artist section I have the same artist listed twice with half of the songs in the first selection and the other half in the second selection. I've checked for different spellings and checked for different letters capitalized or not, but as far as I can tell there is no reason for these anomalies. Any ideas?
Matt

First thing to do with the artists showing under two lists is to search and then select ALL the songs that belong to the same artist. Do a get info and under Artist name, retype the name. Since you are typing it in to change ALL of them, they are now all going to be the same for sure.
With respect to artist's songs not all showing up under an artist's name. One reason is a bug in the iPod where if you only have a single album listed for the artist, any other songs by that artist not on the album will not show up in that list because they have no album name associated with them. If you add an album name to any of those or import another album, once you have a second album listed, then ALL songs (regardless if they have an album name or not) will show up. So solution is to find a song not showing up that doesn't have an album name and give it an album name.
Another possibility is I think when a song is on a compilation, it won't show up under that artist's name. Pick a song that doesn't show up, do a get info and see if the "part of compilation" is checked. If it is, uncheck it and see if it now shows up under the artist.
Patrick

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Freespirit777 wrote:
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