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Well, that worked - a bit. But there are still problems with things getting grouped incorrectly as "albums" and with things moving incorrectly between folders. In short, this is a TERRIBLE APP and not really ready for release. As much as I dislike the other apps that I have tried for playi...

Workaround: It seems that the VLC for IOS app looks at the metadata (tags) in the file and uses these to decide whether or not a given item is part of an album. I used a file tagging app on my computer, selected all of the MP3 files that I wanted to upload, and blanked out the Album field on all of...

I am dismayed that this problem goes back to 2016 and there seems to be no progress on the issue. Maybe I need to re-think using VLC on my IOS devices.

I agree. I was looking for a basic MP3 player and figured VLC would be ideal, but the "Smart handling of music albums" is just TOO smart for its own good.

In the Wiki it mentions "Smart handling of music albums" - would it be possible to make this optional? As it is, I cannot put all of my Rock music in a Rock folder, because it keeps creating new folders like "Forty Licks" if I try adding Rolling Stones tracks to my Rock folder.