Plex: Displaying artist tag instead of album artist tag for compilations

TimTim

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When using Plex, my Wiim Ultra displays the album artist tag which for compilations is „various artists“. I’d much prefer if the artist tag was displayed so that one could see who the song is by.
 
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I don’t know whether this is a WiiM issue or a Plex issue.

When I play compilation albums from MinimServer, and the album artist tag is various artists, and the artist tag for each track is the actual artist, the WiiM Home app, and Ultra screen show the correct artist.

Unless the WiiM Plex integration works differently, it sounds like a Plex issue.
 
I don’t know whether this is a WiiM issue or a Plex issue.

When I play compilation albums from MinimServer, and the album artist tag is various artists, and the artist tag for each track is the actual artist, the WiiM Home app, and Ultra screen show the correct artist.

Unless the WiiM Plex integration works differently, it sounds like a Plex issue.
When I’m using Plexamp, everything is displayed in a way that makes sense. When I’m using Plex on my Wiim, it’s useless for compilations. That’s why I’m assuming that it’s a matter of Plex integration.
 
When I’m using Plexamp, everything is displayed in a way that makes sense. When I’m using Plex on my Wiim, it’s useless for compilations. That’s why I’m assuming that it’s a matter of Plex integration.
For DLNA sources the Now Playing screen of the WHA uses the tags from the file being played (which it shouldn't). I don't have an Ultra but I assume it does the same.

Do you use the standard Artist tag for track artists (not the ArtistS tag)?
 
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For DLNA sources the Now Playing screen of the WHA uses the tags from the file being played (which it shouldn't). I don't have an Ultra but I assume it does the same.

Do you use the standard Artist tag for track artists (not the ArtistS tag)?
I tag pretty much everything with Musicbrainz. That always worked well with LMS and Plex. With compilations, there’s a tag with the artist‘s name and a Various Artists tag for the album artist.
 
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