Various Artists Sorting/Screensaver
Asked by mtk2407 on November 6, 2026 - 1 reply
I just updated to the latest version. I have a large folder of compilation cds. The album artist is tagged as Various Artists. The switch to sort by album name over various artists does not appear to be working,
Also, is it possible to be able to touch anywhere on the screensaver to go back to the music rather than just the upper left corner?
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Rick - November 6, 2026
Hi @mtk2407,
Sorting compilation albums
You are right, this does not work with your albums, and we are sorry about that. The setting "Replace the artist name with album name if mixed" only takes over when an album has no album artist. When every song on an album is tagged with the same album artist, Digital Center uses that name. Your compilations are all tagged "Various Artists", so that name is shown and the setting is skipped. We will look at making the setting work for albums tagged this way too.
Until then, there is a workaround. Remove the album artist tag from the compilation albums, for example in ZenPoint Media Manager. Digital Center will then see the albums as mixed, and the setting will show the album name.
Leaving the screensaver
The screensaver itself closes when you touch anywhere on the screen. The screen you are describing sounds like the full screen music player, which also shows a large cover. On that screen a touch brings up the controls instead, and you leave it with the back arrow in the top left corner. If you see this on the real screensaver too, please tell us, and we will look into it.