Sonos Controller for Mac or PC Product Manual page 47

Sonos Controller for Mac or PC
Sonos Controller for Mac
Group using iTunes compilations
iTunes normally organizes your iTunes Music folder as [Artist]/[Album]/[Track name]. iTunes has a feature that allows you to
group your compilations albums together. This will organize your compilations and soundtrack albums as
[Compilations]/[Album]/[Track name].
Within iTunes:
Mark individual tracks as being part of compilations by highlighting the track and then selecting File -> Get Info.
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Check the Part of a compilation checkbox.
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From iTunes Preferences, check the Group Compilations When Browsing checkbox. This will group the tracks you've
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marked as compilations.
Within Sonos:
You can organize your Sonos music library to use this iTunes compilation view.
Select File (PC) or Sonos (Mac) -> Preferences.
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From the Library tab, select Group using iTunes compilations.
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If you would like to see the individual artists displayed in a Contributing Artist view, check the Show Contributing Artists
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in the Music Library checkbox. If this box is not checked, the Contributing Artists view will not display.
Group using AlbumArtists
Windows Media Player, as well as some other players, use the Album Artist category to group compilations and soundtrack
albums (the Album Artist is the person, group or composer the album would be filed under in a store.)
You can organize your Sonos music library to use the AlbumArtist compilation view.
Select File (PC) or Sonos (Mac) -> Preferences.
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From the Library tab, select Group using AlbumArtists.
2.
If you would like to see the individual artists displayed in a Contributing Artist view, check the Show Contributing Artists
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in the Music Library checkbox. If this box is not checked, the Contributing Artists view will not display.
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