Hello,

Amarok 2.8.0 / KDE 4.11.3 on Arch.

(*) Some artist (!= various) is selected, various is collapsed.

1) I filter the collection, no hits in various artists. I delete the filter. Various artists is expanded, some random various artists album is expanded, the list position is on the very top.

2) Same as (*), I select a stored filter, which also included various artists. Various is expanded, no other artist is.

3) Starting from 2), no various artist selected. I delete the filter expression => various artists are expanded.

Collapsing various artists is probably the action I do the most with Amarok.
Can I somehow make Amarok to be a bit less a fan of various artists?

Thanks!

Weird, I don't see that here at all. Might be worth checking the amarokrc file, maybe something in there causes that.

I haven't found anything suspicious to me, just the entries in [Collection Folders] seem to be a kind of redundant. I have only one collection folder, which is ~/Musik.
Thx!

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florian@horus ~ % cat .kde4/share/config/amarokrc
[Albums Applet]
RecentlyAdded=10
RightAlignLength=false

[Analyzer Applet]
Current Analyzer=Blocky
Height=120

[Bookmark Manager]
Window Size=1920,1025

[Collection]
Monitor Changes=false
Write Back Statistics=true

[Collection Browser]
TreeCategory=3,1
View Mode=NormalCollections

[Collection Folders]
1=./florian/Musik
18=./florian/Musik
2=./home/florian/Musik

[Collection Transcoding Preference]
Encoder=INVALID
TrackSelection=0

[ConfigDialog]
Height 1080=935
Width 1920=1250

[Context View]
firstTimeWithAnalyzer=false

[Cover Fetcher]
Height 1080=570
Interactive Image Source=Google
Width 1920=1050

[Cover Manager]
Window Size=1280,720

[Current Track Applet]
Font=Sans Serif,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
ShowEditTrackAction=false

[DownloadDialog Settings]
Height 1080=1024
Width 1920=1920

[File Browser]
Current Directory=file:///home/florian

[General]
Browser Path=root list/collections
First Run=false
HiddenOnExit=true
LayoutFileDeleted=true

[General Options]
AutoGetCoverArt=true
Dynamic Mode=true
PlayFirstRunJingle=false
Previous Tracks=2
Show Splash Screen=false
ShowBrowserBackgroundImage=false
Upcoming Tracks=14

[KFileDialog Settings]
Height 1080=523
Width 1920=960

[LikeBack]
userWantToShowBar=false

[Loaded Playlist Files]
file:///home/florian/Musik/Alben/The%20Kinks%20-%20Something%20Else%20By%20The%20Kinks/The%20Kinks%20-%20Something%20Else%20By%20The%20Kinks.m3u=
file:///home/florian/Musik/FLAC/Moby%20-%20Animal%20Rights/Moby%20-%20Animal%20Rights.m3u=
file:///home/florian/Musik/FLAC/Moby%20-%20Little%20Idiot/Moby%20-%20Little%20Idiot.m3u=
file:///home/florian/Musik/FLAC/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20-%20Blood%20Sugar%20Sex%20Magik/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20-%20Blood%20Sugar%20Sex%20Magik.m3u=
file:///home/florian/Musik/FLAC/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20-%20Californication/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20-%20Californication.m3u=
file:///home/florian/Musik/FLAC/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20-%20Mother's%20Milk/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20-%20Mothers%20Milk%20(Remastered).m3u=

[Lyrics Applet]
Alignment=1
AutoScroll=false
Font=DejaVu Serif,11,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0

[MainWindow]
Height 1024=1025
Height 1080=1081
Height 778=752
State=AAAA/wAAAAD9AAAAAQAAAAAAAAUAAAADtPwBAAAAA/sAAAAkAE0AZQBkAGkAYQAgAFMAbwB1AHIAYwBlAHMAIABkAG8AYwBrAQAAAAAAAAFtAAAAzgEAAAX7AAAAGgBQAGwAYQB5AGwAaQBzAHQAIABkAG8AYwBrAQAAAXAAAAGlAAAAzgEAAAX7AAAAGABDAG8AbgB0AGUAeAB0ACAAZABvAGMAawEAAAMYAAAB6AAAAZYBAAAFAAAAAAAAA7QAAAAEAAAABAAAAAgAAAAI/AAAAAEAAAACAAAAAgAAABYATQBhAGkAbgBUAG8AbwBsAGIAYQByAAAAAAD/////AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYAFMAbABpAG0AIABUAG8AbwBsAGIAYQByAQAAAAD/////AAAAAAAAAAA=
ToolBarsMovable=Disabled
Width 1280=1281
Width 1920=1921
Width 3200=3201

[Notification Messages]
Delete empty dirs from /media/0123-4567/MUSIC=true
Delete empty dirs from /run/media/florian/0123-4567/MUSIC=true
Delete empty dirs from Lokale Sammlung=true
hideOnCloseInfo=false
systemtrayquitAmarok=false

[OSD]
Osd Alignment=Right
Osd Font Scaling=160

[OrganizeCollectionDialog]
Custom Scheme=%albumartist% - %album%/%track% %title%
Mode=Advanced

[Phonon::AudioOutput]
Amarok_Volume=0.71

[Playback]
EqualizerGains=
FadeoutOnPause=false
FadeoutOnStop=false
Master Volume=71
Replay Gain Mode=Off

[Playlist Layout]
CurrentLayout=Flo Verbose

[Playlist Search]
MatchAlbum=true
MatchArtist=true
MatchTrack=true
ShowOnlyMatches=false

[Playlist Sorting]
SortPath=

[Plugins]
Amarok Script ConsoleEnabled=false
Amarok2RemoteEnabled=true
Cool StreamsEnabled=false
Free Music ChartsEnabled=false
Librivox.orgEnabled=false
LyricWikiEnabled=false
Radio GermanyEnabled=false
Ultimate LyricsEnabled=true
amarok_collection-audiocdcollectionEnabled=true
amarok_collection-daapcollectionEnabled=false
amarok_collection-ipodcollectionEnabled=false
amarok_collection-mtpcollectionEnabled=false
amarok_collection-nepomukcollectionEnabled=false
amarok_collection-umscollectionEnabled=true
amarok_collection-upnpcollectionEnabled=false
amarok_device_massstorageEnabled=true
amarok_device_nfsEnabled=false
amarok_device_smbEnabled=false
amarok_service_amazonstoreEnabled=false
amarok_service_ampacheEnabled=false
amarok_service_gpodderEnabled=false
amarok_service_jamendoEnabled=false
amarok_service_lastfmEnabled=true
amarok_service_magnatunestoreEnabled=false
amarok_service_mp3tunesEnabled=false
amarok_service_opmldirectoryEnabled=true

[Podcast View]
Merged View=false

[Podcasts]
AutoUpdate Interval=30
Maximum Simultaneous Downloads=4
Maximum Simultaneous Updates=4

[Recently Played]
Display Names=Sepultura – The Ways Of Faith,Juli – Perfekte Welle,Yngwie J. Malmsteen – Now Your Ships Are Burned,Janus – Sag doch was,Voivod – Negatron,Sepultura – Spectrum,Sepultura – Kairos,Sepultura – Relentless,Sepultura – Dialog,Sepultura – Mask
Last Played Dates=2013-11-17T01:08:04,2013-11-17T01:08:05,2013-11-17T01:12:17,2013-11-17T01:16:04,2013-11-17T01:23:12,2013-11-17T01:29:17,2013-11-17T01:32:52,2013-11-17T01:42:05,2013-11-17T01:47:00,2013-11-17T02:47:14
Urls=amarok-sqltrackuid://d604c90ef9c7b6f8cdfa308c129685a9,amarok-sqltrackuid://6d099b59d7c129ee300aba1f39419591,amarok-sqltrackuid://9b16f5b1c93c662117bc01144d0fa3bd,amarok-sqltrackuid://9bcbee8e042d47649ad197bd8b4e685c,amarok-sqltrackuid://0427161d84e1b86618dc856859edd30e,,,,,

[Saved Playlists View]
Merged View=false

[ScriptManager]
LastUpdateCheck=1384289954

[Service_Amazon]
country=de

[Service_LastFm]
announceCorrections=true
fetchSimilar=true
kWalletUsage=1
scrobble=true
scrobbleComposer=false
sessionKey=XXX
useFancyRatingTags=false

[Service_Magnatune]
email=
isMember=false
lastUpdate=1352830210
membershipType=1
password=
streamType=ogg
username=

[Session]
LastPlaying=2

[StatSyncing]
checkedFields=rating,firstplay,lastplay,playcount,label
excludedLabels=
providerEnabledStatuses=true,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false,false
providerIds=localCollection,3440-1d11,6194bd2c-ec68-4fa1-8478-f9fd100817cf,bcd900e5-ba6f-48f2-bae4-ef10899eff7b,0123-4567,7cd5-17ea,d802-14fa,35ee-1e0e,AudioCd,b4e4edd6e4ed9abe,ae00-9ea0,9916-b366,8c26-08c6,0012-d687,e002-fbdc,1054-b9f3,cb68b441-043a-4770-9c1b-a72cff88b27e,e0c82bbf-1d05-4926-bcb4-7912dda706cf,de40fc9e-421f-4765-8013-22e654f6cfda,b6b0c530b0c4f7bf,8eac2c7aac2c5ec9,9820-7fd4,1616351f163500f3,,405b-7230,1c18-3db8,404a-11fe,0000-000b,4cfd-14e5,/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-1,2013-09-01-07-53-33-00,6ab9-c23e,2007-04-04-12-14-04-00,2010-04-15-11-40-00-00
providerNames=Lokale Sammlung,MUSIK_1 (nicht aktiviert),2000_EXT (nicht aktiviert),1000_EXT (nicht aktiviert),7\\,4 GiB Wechselmedium,MUSIK_1,F_LINDNER (nicht aktiviert),13\\,3 GiB Wechselmedium (nicht aktiviert),Musik-CD,7\\,3 GiB Wechselmedium (nicht aktiviert),F_LINDNER (nicht aktiviert),WINTER 1 (nicht aktiviert),7\\,5 GiB Wechselmedium (nicht aktiviert),WINTER_3 (nicht aktiviert),AUTO_MUSIK,F_LINDNER (nicht aktiviert),465\\,8 GiB Wechselmedium (nicht aktiviert),Daniel (nicht aktiviert),2000_EXT (nicht aktiviert),Robert (nicht aktiviert),Elements (nicht aktiviert),WINTER_4 (nicht aktiviert),14\\,5 GiB Wechselmedium (nicht aktiviert), (nicht aktiviert),MUSIK (nicht aktiviert),ARCH_201309 (nicht aktiviert),F_LINDNER (nicht aktiviert),Kindle (nicht aktiviert),Kindle (nicht aktiviert),GT-I9300, (nicht aktiviert),F_LINDNER (nicht aktiviert), (nicht aktiviert), (nicht aktiviert)

[StatSyncingDialog]
Height 1080=1024
Width 1920=1920

[TagDialog]
CurrentTab=1

[Ultimate Lyrics]
settings={\n\t"version": "2.0",\n\t"rotating_mode": true,\n\t"display_mode": "Xml",\n\t"display_title": true,\n\t"display_url": false,\n\t"max_size_html": 512,\n\t"max_size_lyrics": 16,\n\t"multi_lang_wikia": true,\n\t"omit_parenthesises": true,\n\t"omit_brackets": true,\n\t"omit_track_number": true,\n\t"omit_the": false,\n\t"replace_amp": true,\n\t"gsearch": "lyrics",\n\t"gsearch_no": 10,\n\t"gsearch_filter_artist": true,\n\t"gsearch_filter_url": "hostname",\n\t"gsearch_filter_expr": "lyr|wiki|sing|song|loud|jamendo|stixoi|tekst|vagalume|zeneszoveg",\n\t"gsearch_domains": [\n\t\t"lyrics",\n\t\t"wikia.com"\n\t],\n\t"cache": "no cache",\n\t"file_cache_path": "/home/florian/.kde4/share/apps/amarok/scripts/ultimate_lyrics/cache",\n\t"file_cache_folders": "{artist}/{title}/{site}{hash}",\n\t"file_cache_expires": 604800000,\n\t"file_cache_auto_remove": false,\n\t"sites": {\n\t\t"lyricsplugin.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyricstime.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyricsreg.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"metrolyrics.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyrics.wikia.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyricsmania.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"seeklyrics.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"azlyrics.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"jamendo.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"mp3lyrics.org": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"songlyrics.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"darklyrics.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": false\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyricsmode.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"elyrics.net": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyricsdownload.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyrics.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyricsbay.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"directlyrics.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"loudson.gs": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"teksty.org": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"tekstowo.pl (Polish translations)": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"vagalume.uol.com.br": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"vagalume.uol.com.br (Portuguese translations)": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"lyricsfreak.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true,\n\t\t\t"searchLock": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"sing365.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true,\n\t\t\t"searchLock": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"allreggaelyrics.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true,\n\t\t\t"searchLock": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"stixoi.info (Greek songs)": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true,\n\t\t\t"searchLock": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"zeneszoveg.hu": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": true,\n\t\t\t"searchLock": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"Universal": {\n\t\t\t"search": false,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": false,\n\t\t\t"searchLock": true\n\t\t},\n\t\t"google.com": {\n\t\t\t"search": true,\n\t\t\t"gSearchable": false\n\t\t}\n\t}\n}
version=2.0

[UpcomingEvents Applet]
favVenues=9216713;Backstage Werk;München,10246024;München;München
groupVenues=false
timeSpan=AllEvents

[Wikipedia Applet]
PreferredLang=de
UseMobile=false


Redundant possible, as you have some very old stuff inside that file. You can for example completely remove the [LikeBack]
option, that was removed a while back already.

Try erasing the [CollectionBrowser] part, see if that helps.

Ok, I've simply deleted the amarokrc. Did a rescan, statistcs were not lost, setup was fast.

But the behavior I mentioned did not change.

Possible this is already fixed as I use a version which is ahead by about 100+ commits to the released 2.8 version and can't reproduce this at all.