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[wburkett]

Is there any way to specify default values for Library fields?  For example, I created a field called "Live" for live music and would like the value of that field to default to "No".  Any way to do this?

Bill

[glynor]

Not directly.  Fields with no value always initialize blank (0 for numeric fields).

You can, however, tag new files automatically at import time, and set your own default that way:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Tag_on_Import

In your case, though, it would probably be better to use an Integer type field, where 0 is false and 1 (or greater) is True.  You can set the Edit Type to Check and it'll display with a nice checkbox in MC.  Since numeric fields initialize to zero, you won't have to do anything to get them to come in "false".

That's usually the best bet, whenever possible.

[wburkett]

Thanks, glynor -- I'll look into that.

Bill