When adding multiple compilations to the playlist, the tracks look to be in a random order. For example, I have "Dracula 2000" and "The Matrix" soundtracks, consisting of 15 and 12 tracks, respectively. When the two compilations are added to the playlist, the tracks in playlist are ordered as follows (see the link for a better overview): 1 track from Dracula 2 tracks from Matrix 9 tracks from Dracula 2 tracks from Matrix 1 track from Dracula 4 tracks from Matrix 2 tracks from Dracula 6 tracks from Matrix 1 track from Dracula The tracks are not ordered by the album name (as is visible), nor by artist name (Static-x comes before Slayer), nor by track name (the first track is track no. 2 on Dracula OST, followed by track no. 1 on Matrix). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select two compilations in the collection 2. Add the selected collections to playlist 3. The tracks in the collection are displayed in an illogical order Actual Results: Tracks are displayed in seemingly random order Expected Results: Tracks should be ordered by some property (album name for example) OS: Linux Mint 15 Playlist uses default sorting. No additional sorting levels added. When adding multiple non-compilation albums to playlist, then it works as expected - the whole album is kept together. A workaround is to add the compilation albums one by one - in that case the album is kept together and ordered by track number
First of all: please upgrade to Amarok 2.7.1, there are important bugfixes in that release. Then: please check your id3 tags for consistency, those need to be exact, else Amarok can't sort the albums correctly. This means having consistency in Album name, track number, etc.
Upgraded amarok to 2.7.1. Checked the id3 tags: * the tracks have consistent album names. All tracks within an album have the exact same album name. * All tracks in both albums have a track number set. * All tracks within an album have unique track numbers (there were duplicate numbers before) * All tracks have the year set. The values are equal within an album * All tracks have the artist id3 tag set After the upgrades and changes in id3 tags, I tried adding the two albums to the playlist again. The result was the same, with one small change - the tracks 1 and 2 of the Dracula OST are now displayed in correct order. The main problem is still present - the playlist now has a few tracks from one album, then a few tracks from the other, then a few tracks from the first album and so on. Anything else I should check?
The problem is most likely the Album name, make sure you have no case differences, the database is case sensitive. Also since those are compilations make sure there are no Album Artist tags set
The album name is exactly "The Matrix" for all tracks on the album. The album name is exactly "Dracula 2000" for all tracks on the album. No differences in case that I could see with the plain eye. None of the tracks have album artist set.
Thank you for the valuable feedback.
This looks like a close relative of bug 276133
I can confirm this bug with v2.8.0
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Changing back to REPORTED per request of Myriam (Amarok dev).
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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!