# Autonumbering "tracknumber" reset counter for each "album"
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132 "2022-08-07T13:19:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/21 "2022-08-08T16:29:20Z")
> [@navarannan](#):
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> This is the pain I'm having with roon.
So this is more a problem that perhaps Roon should look into resolving with this information, as mp3tag is actually displaying the details correctly. I am struggling to actually understand why Roon is even grouping these tracks together, since they have a different Album title. That alone should force it to consider them as separate albums, even if the files remain in the same folder.
I do understand your frustration, but I think I would go about dealing with these discs in a different way to avoid this pain.
A few ways I might consider (the first would be most likely what I would choose for my library);
1. Set the `AlbumArtist` as "Various Artists" and the `Album` as "Niram/Primpoojari" - and set the `Artist` as needed for each track. I'd also set the `Compilation` flag as 1 as this helps some players deal with mixed albums. I know you are considering this as two albums on one disc, but really this is just a mixed release - and hence the dual title I am suggesting.
2. Split the disc titles as if they were two separate releases, with the first 7 tracks as `Album` "Niram" and the other 6 tracks as another `Album` "Prempoojari" and the rest of the data remaining as you have listed. This is most likely going to accomplish what you seem to be looking for, but I'm not sure if Roon will display this correctly based on your current feedback.
3. Set the `AlbumArtist` as "Vidyasagar; Uttam Singh" and the `Album` as "Niram/Primpoojari", without setting this as a compilation disc. Depending on the player, it may accept a multi AlbumArtist field with the "; " separator (or maybe some other character). From what you have here, it seems highly unlikely that Roon will support it.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/22 "2022-08-08T16:32:52Z")
If that roon puts together all files from 1 folder to be also just 1 album, then I still don't understand why the folder structure could not be adapted accordingly, like 1 folder for the 1st album, a 2nd for the 2nd album. And 1 folder level above the accumulated name - which could mean that an extra folder level has to be added.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/23 "2022-08-08T16:49:46Z")
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> I am struggling to actually understand why Roon is even grouping these tracks together, since they have a different Album title.
Just as a side note:
It looks like we have 2 completely different albums from 2 different music directors with many different track artists. The only common thing is that they are both movie soundtracks.
[https://mio.to/album/Niram+(1999)](https://mio.to/album/Niram+%281999%29)
and
[https://mio.to/album/Prem+Poojari+(1999)](https://mio.to/album/Prem+Poojari+%281999%29)
It seems that such albums get the ALBUMARTIST name of the music director "Vidyasagar" and "Uttam Singh" not the usual "Various Artists" for the many different ARTIST names per song.
But why roon combines them to 1 album remains obscure.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/24 "2022-08-08T17:06:32Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> It looks like we have 2 completely different albums from 2 different music directors with many different track artists. The only common thing is that they are both movie soundtracks.
Plus it looks like several tracks from the second album have been cut off to fit. So it isn’t even a true combo of the two full albums.
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### Author:  [@navarannan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/navarannan)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/25 "2022-08-09T01:06:06Z")
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> - Set the `AlbumArtist` as "Various Artists" and the `Album` as "Niram/Primpoojari" - and set the `Artist` as needed for each track. I'd also set the `Compilation` flag as 1 as this helps some players deal with mixed albums. I know you are considering this as two albums on one disc, but really this is just a mixed release - and hence the dual title I am suggesting.
These ate 2 completely different albums/movies from 2 different music directors(Vidyasagar is the music director for Niram and Uttam Singn is the music director for Prempoojari) with many different track artists (The tracks aka songs are sung but different people/singers.
Indian Film music widely knowa as Bollywood. The film has songs sung by the characters.
Songs are composed by music directors (Vidyasagar/Uttam Sing) and are sung by singers (Yesudas etc). Two or three movies/albums go into a single disc.
Hence this first option doesnt work. I tried in roon but did not get the desired outcome
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> - Split the disc titles as if they were two separate releases, with the first 7 tracks as `Album` "Niram" and the other 6 tracks as another `Album` "Prempoojari" and the rest of the data remaining as you have listed. This is most likely going to accomplish what you seem to be looking for, but I'm not sure if Roon will display this correctly based on your current feedback.
I'm wondering what he disc title is? Is ir %title%, if yes that should be the name of the song. isn't it?
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> Set the `AlbumArtist` as "Vidyasagar; Uttam Singh" and the `Album` as "Niram/Primpoojari", without setting this as a compilation disc. Depending on the player, it may accept a multi AlbumArtist field with the "; " separator (or maybe some other character). From what you have here, it seems highly unlikely that Roon will support it.
I tried this with separator (, ; and /), still it combines all two as single disk.
This is the comment I got from roon forum 🙂
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### Author:  [@navarannan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/navarannan)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/26 "2022-08-09T01:08:21Z")
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> Plus it looks like several tracks from the second album have been cut off to fit. So it isn’t even a true combo of the two full albums.
That is not quite right.
1st album/movie has tracks from 1 to 7 composed by Vidyasagar and sung by various singers
2nd album/movie has tracks from 8 to 13 composed by Uttam Singh and sung by various singers
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/27 "2022-08-09T01:36:27Z")
Yes, however there are documented official releases of each of these albums that were separate, unique discs. (See the above references to them that @LyricsLover posted). So these combined discs you have are not albums in the traditional sense, but are more like samplers or what I suggested as compilations.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/28 "2022-08-09T01:42:44Z")
I guess the reality here is that between this feedback from Roon, mp3tag, and several experienced users offering their help and suggestions here, there must be something you can work with. Clearly you are working outside of the established conventions, which is completely common with music libraries. They can often be highly personal and there is no perfect method for all. But there isn’t anything more I can offer than I have already put forward.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/29 "2022-08-11T11:53:24Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-tracknumber-reset-counter-for-each-album/58132/30 "2022-09-10T11:53:39Z")
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