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[arcspin]

Hi,
I have read some forum threads here regarding grouping movies in the Theater view using the "Series" tag which I have successfully manage to do.

I have however not being able to sort the individual movies within the group based on the "Series" tag using the "Episode" tag,

Upon reading forum threads I have manage to add the quoted solution suggested by @kensn
"Then in Tools - Options - Theater View I placed a Library Item named Title and used an expression set to "If(IsEmpty([Series]),[Name],[Series])" to display the movies. This will either show the Name of the movie if the Series tag is empty, or show the group of movies with the Series name."

What must I do to be able to sort the movies using the "Episode" tag within the "Series" group, tagging movies from 1, 2 3, and so on.

I attach a screen shot to better illustrate how far I have come.
(I have posted the same question in an JRiver 23 forum thread but I'm not sure anyone are reading old forum threads any longer.)


Topic where I found the information that I have used but not quite manage to finish.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,111632.0.html




Best regards,
//Peter

[arcspin]

I think I got one solution working. 
I added another sorting value "Episode" in my Grid view and now the movies are sorted by my episode values 1,2,3 and so on.
See attachment.

I Figure if I name the Episodes: 1 Alien Theatrical cut, 2 Alien Extended cut, and so on I could pull this of.

However I sense there is a better solution where I can sort by Episode numer by displaying the movie name instead of the Episode name tag.

[arcspin]

Ok, I now am able to have all the grouped movies in all upper cases as @Bartman01 describes below:

"
I've tweaked the 'series' concept in my library a little.  I created an expression library field for 'Movie Series' with the expression: if(isempty([Series]), [Name], Fixcase([Series],3))
That way single movies appear in Mixed Case, and movie collections that I can drill down in to are all UPPER CASE.  It just makes them stand out a little better for me when the fanned thumbnails are darker and hard to see.
"

Then someone suggested that you could use colors to even better have the groups stand out, based on the suggestion below from @6233638
"
Nice idea. You can simply drop that into the "Expression to display" box for the first category.
You could also change the color of the text or use something else to make it stand out even more."
"

Anyone knows how to add color to the mix?

[RoderickGI]

Search is your friend. 

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,106504.0.html

[arcspin]

Hi RoderickGI and thanks for the link.
I can't for the life of me get this to work with only the information from the suggested link.

So, under Options /Theater view I have made:
Items To show: Video/Movies/Grid
I have made details name: Title and Episode
In Title I have made an expression to group by: If(IsEmpty([Series]),[Name],[Series])
Expression to display: if(isempty([Series, 1]), [Name, 1], Fixcase([Series, 1],3))

I think it is the later expression to display where the colored font string is to be inserted.

However I can't get that to work with the information from the suggested link.

Anyone knows how to do this correct?

[RoderickGI]

Alas, I haven't actually applied font colour changes to the output of expressions, so I can't say what works without testing. Not today.

Search the forum for "<font color" and you will find more examples, like this: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,119874.msg828748.html#msg828748