<![CDATA[Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly.]]>I have multiple albums that have more than one artist listed. However I am using the Album Artist tag to be sure that albums with multiple artists do not get split up on sync. This works quite well.
I have a few albums that I've found when synced to a USB device will get put into the various artists instead of under the correct album artists folder. Under the collection tab they are grouped correctly.

What causes this sync behavior, is there a way to disable this redirection to the Various Artists folder?

Below is the album, Mirror, that is exhibiting this behavior.

My sync Naming Options are;
%albumartist/%album/%track %title.%extension

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]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/topic/1431/album-synced-to-various-artists-folder-incorrectlyRSS for NodeThu, 21 May 2026 17:14:53 GMTSun, 11 Feb 2024 01:09:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:16:38 GMT]]>The issue still occurs on Version 1.2.18.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/9139https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/9139Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:16:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:03:19 GMT]]>@trincowski I'll correct it. This seems like a bug with strawberry since it is considering things it should not be. I would really like if it only obeyed the sync options used.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8803https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8803Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:03:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:44:25 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ I've just tried it.

No problem here if I just use tracks 1-9:

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If I add tracks 10-12, then it goes into Various Artists. This happens because the "Album Artist" on the last track is CAKE instead of Cake.

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Other than that, all is correct and works just fine on my system. (Strawberry Version 1.2.13 for Linux)

Since you say you're not using this last track, I don't really understand the problem... Sorry if this doesn't help. I tried...

It looks like Strawberry is taking in consideration ALL 12 files when syncing even though you only select 9 of them. If that's the case, correcting the Album Artist of Track 12 might solve the issue.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8802https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8802Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:44:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:08:32 GMT]]>@trincowski I don't use that service. I've zipped and uploaded them to a service that will auto delete the file in three days. Tracks 10 and up are live tracks and I don't sync them. I only fixed tested tracks 1-9 of this album.
https://litter.catbox.moe/gvs6z1wepx97xhps.zip

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8800https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8800Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:08:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:29:59 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ That's strange... Unless you can share the files somehow, I can't understand what is happening. Do you use Soulseek, by any chance?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8799https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8799Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:29:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Sun, 07 Sep 2025 19:54:03 GMT]]>@trincowski
I tried fixing any tracks I found double entries for and synced again. However strawberry still incorrectly places the tracks in the Various Artists folder.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8797https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8797Sun, 07 Sep 2025 19:54:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:15:55 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ I think this could be the problem:

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You have both "Album Artist" and "ALBUM ARTIST" tags. Please delete the second (IN CAPS) and check if that solves the issue.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8789https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8789Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:15:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Wed, 06 Aug 2025 01:50:07 GMT]]>This issue is still occuring on 1.2.11 and is getting worse.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8710https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8710Wed, 06 Aug 2025 01:50:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:29:48 GMT]]>This issue is still occuring on 1.2.10.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8629https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8629Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:29:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:43:29 GMT]]>As of 1.2.7 this issue still occurs. This issue is with how Strawberry does not follow the sync options. I want to disable this behavior entirely for the sync function. This is not related to how it is displayed in the Strawberry Library. These songs do not have the compilation box checked.

The sync options being used.
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This is what strawberry claims will be placed in Various Artists.
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This is what it actually places in Various Artists on sync.
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]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8485https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/8485Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:43:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:42:06 GMT]]>As of version 1.2.3, this issue still occurs.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/7730https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/7730Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:42:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:25:35 GMT]]>@jonas It appears the setting you mentioned which I have disabled only applies to the library. The problem is with Strawberry placing albums into a Various Artists folder to a synced device. The only album that should be here is the first one, the rest are placed incorrectly.

I would like if Strawberry could strictly follow the Naming Options on the sync settings page when syncing songs. Anything else should be ignored.
My sync Naming Options are;
%albumartist/%album/%track %title.%extension

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]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/7180https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/7180Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:25:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:49:29 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ

You can turn off the feature in Settings / Collection / "Use various artists for compilation albums"

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/7149https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/7149Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:49:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:31:36 GMT]]>@trincowski Never used kid3, however it does look like they are all the same. I manage the track information from strawberry. Tag 1 is empty, I don't see a compilation checkbox in kid3. Strawberry reports it is not a compilation.

My main request is to disable the Various Artists Folder behavior entirely. I don't want to have to troubleshoot every album that could have this happen for the rest of time.

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]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/6605https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/6605Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:31:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Tue, 29 Oct 2024 05:36:08 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ said in Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly.:

1.1.3 has the issue as well.

Can you open the folder with Kid3 and check if the Album-Artist is really the same in all tag versions? Or if there's a iTunes Compilation tag set in any of the files?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/6016https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/6016Tue, 29 Oct 2024 05:36:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:24:59 GMT]]>1.1.3 has the issue as well.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/5945https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/5945Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:24:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:51:42 GMT]]>As of 1.1.2 this problem is still occuring.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/5696https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/5696Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:51:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Tue, 11 Jun 2024 05:04:38 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ I synced trying the setting suggested however strawberry still incorrectly puts albums into the various artists folder.
Is there any way to disable this functionality entirely?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3700https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3700Tue, 11 Jun 2024 05:04:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Tue, 14 May 2024 03:39:53 GMT]]>@econnolly My understanding is that only changes how the library displays songs. I'll try it next time I sync a device. My issue is when I sync a playlist, some tracks will be placed in Various Artists. These tracks are listed under the correct artist in the library and my sync options uses Album Artist instead of just Artist during sync.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3610https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3610Tue, 14 May 2024 03:39:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Sat, 11 May 2024 22:21:20 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ when I right-click on songs in the sidebar, this menu comes up--maybe this will do the trick?
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]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3605https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3605Sat, 11 May 2024 22:21:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Sun, 28 Apr 2024 07:52:57 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ Unfortunately after syncing, Strawberry is still putting albums into Various Artists that do not have Compilation box checked.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3582https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3582Sun, 28 Apr 2024 07:52:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Sun, 28 Apr 2024 05:03:32 GMT]]>@econnolly It was checked. Going to disable that on every track in my library. That's highly annoying since there is no mention in the sync settings about that checkbox. Maybe a tweak could be made to ignore the compilation checkbox during sync.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3581https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3581Sun, 28 Apr 2024 05:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:12:15 GMT]]>@CharAznableLoNZ is the "Compilation" box checked in the tags? If it is, that song will go to the "Various Artists" folder no matter what the Album Artist field says. I've sometimes had an issue where the Compilation box will be inexplicably checked on albums where the artist is the same on every song--very annoying but thankfully pretty easy to fix.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3576https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3576Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:12:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Album Synced to Various Artists Folder Incorrectly. on Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:09:35 GMT]]>Had another example today. Of the twelve albums of Toho Bossa Nova, the twelfth one was sent to various artists on sync instead of the correct folder the other eleven were. All albums have the same Album Artist Entry. Further I went and investigated the various artists folder and found several more examples.
Is there a way to disable this behavior entirely? I want it to follow my sync options and nothing else.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3459https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3459Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:09:35 GMT