When artists have albums in multiple libraries

[beckfield 173]

I can't decide if I think this is a problem because it's non-intuitive, or if it's just because it isn't what I'm used to, so I thought I'd put it out for discussion:

I have my music separated into two libraries -- one for classical, and one for everything else.  Some artists may have albums in both libraries ("Various Artists" is an obvious one, but there are others). 

• What Emby does:  when I access the Artist Detail page from within one library, all of the artist's albums from both libraries are listed. 
• What I'm accustomed to - only the albums from the current library are listed.

What would you normally expect in this situation? 

[Luke 42077]

HI, yes currently this is expected but may change in future updates.

[beckfield 173]

It looks like "Playlists" are the same way.  No matter where you access it from, it shows all playlists from all libraries.

[Luke 42077]

No matter where you access what from?

[beckfield 173]

Playlists.

I guess that's a bit of a misnomer.  There doesn't appear to be any way to access Playlists from within any library.  It appears to only exist as a 'global' category.

[Luke 42077]

Sure there is. Have you explored the Playlists tab inside of a library?

[beckfield 173]

Oops, I was looking at a library that didn't have any playlists when I wrote that. 

And it looks like I was wrong about the Playlists tab.  When accessed within a library, it only shows playlists from that library.  So that's good.

Edited January 4, 2024 by beckfield

[beckfield 173]

I've gotten around this for Various Artists at least, by changing the album artist in classical VA albums to "Various Classical."  This keeps the non-classical VA albums out of my classical library.  It's not ideal, and it's still an issue for specific artists that appear in both libraries, but that's relatively rare and not as much a problem as "Various Artists."