Have managed to get mysql to swallow a 500gb collection [all tagged].

I love the mounting by label functionality in kde, I don't have to be root, the drive automounts with write permissions and it's always at /media/LABEL, so mysql and therefore amarok consistently see the database.
I had to persist with the database creation [at least 4 full passes]  before everything appeared in Amarok, but now it's in! And I have a question, two actually.
It appears that the 'update collection' option is greyed out and Amarok is doing it automatically at intervals.
Is this because I selected 'watch folders' in options? Are they inter-connected in this way?
Secondly is there a way to get Amarok to just rescan the tags of certain files? Will touch-ing the file trigger this behaviour?
How about a context menu option?
Anyway, I keep poking!
Peace.
S

So I see now that 'update collection' is greyed out when 'watch folders' is selected.
here is a thornier problem ....
suppose I have a 4 disc compilation, and then I select the context menu option 'don't show in various artists', is there any way of restoring that view, for the entire compilation .... other than manually adding the various artists? [presumably from a filtered view]
thanks for any input.
S

Yes, if you change view temporarily to "group by album" all the tracks from that album will be grouped together (assuming they all have the same album tag). Then you can right-click and "show under various artists" again.

Doh! But of course!
Thanks for doing my thinking for me ...