How to make a “compilation” album

[Monty]

Hi, sorry if I am asking something very basic, or if it has been asked many times before, but I am new here, so please forgive my ignorance.


I have created a playlist of about 250 tracks which I want to use to create a compilation to add to the MP3 player, whilst keeping the original tracks the same.

I know I could just add them as a playlist, but I want them to appear as a single album rather than appear on the MP3 player as individual albums of a couple of tracks each.

My idea is to send the playlist to a new folder and then add this folder back into music bee and then rename the tracks as :

Artist : “Various Artists”
Album : “Juke box”
Title : “Artist” - “Title”. e.g. Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

I Have managed to do this manually which is ok for say 20 tracks, but hard work for 250 as I have to type in the new title from artist and title each time.

Is there a way of doing this using tags and templates - I have tried but failed miserably.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Monty]

Sorted by adding the plugin tool

http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=9182.0

Seems to work fine.

[jippijip]

In the settings tab of the tag editor, you can also use the "iTunes compilation" setting to have the album artist treated as "Various Artists" while keeping the original artists.