View-By-Artist BUG in iPods (Apple, please note this)...
If you're expecting to be able to use your iPod to view ALL songs by a particular artist using the MUSIC>ARTIST screen -- DON'T. We'll, not unless you've assigned every song an album. Here's the bug:
iPod won't list songs in the MUSIC>ARTIST screen if it meets the following condition:
-It doesn't have an album name (MP3 tag)
-there is one or more songs by the same artist that are from JUST ONE other album
Otherwise, if the song doesn't belong to any album (no album name) and there aren't any other songs by that artist listed under an album name, you will be able to view the songs when it lists "ALL" under the artist's name.
Similarly, if the song doesn't belong to any album (no album name) and there are at least TWO different albums listed under that artist, then you can view it as well under the "ALL" list under the artist's name.
The problem is that iPod doesn't show the "ALL" menu for the artist if you have just ONE album under the artist and another song by the same artist which doesn't have any text in it's album MP3tag.
I hope this bug gets fixed because it gives me the impression that I'm missing songs from my iPod.
Hi,
Thanks for the information. The only downside is that this forum is for users to help fellow users so it's unlikely those at Apple who should see this will.
Send feedback here too:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html
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