I recently upgraded my media PC and re-established my music and video collections and the first things I gravitated to after a long absence were:

• the Magic Band instrumentals from the Capt Beefheart reissues
• FIrefly (on kodi)

Any of you ever try Roon?

Select album/collection, edit track information, tags tab, checkbox under genre entry.
Oops, that is "compilation" not "collection". Sorry for the confusion, my question is if compilation is the same as Various Artists and whether this goes beyond Strawberry to other tag editors.

I noticed a checkbox labeled "collection" in Strawberry and I'm wondering if this is a database-only variable or it is stored in a field in the audio file metadata. In other words, is this a strawberry-only feature or something that other collection managers and music players might use?
In the past, "Various Artists" has been placed in the "Album Artist" field to denote a collection. Is the collection checkbox meant to replace or augment "Various Artists" or am I misunderstanding what "collection" denotes?