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Chauncey:
I am trying to figure out a way to sort my audio collection so that an artist's discography is separated into albums, live albums, singles and compilations.  I am in "audio only mode" using the standard view.  Ideally, I want the artist's main album thumbnails to display together (sorted by date, oldest to newest); then singles/EPs and finally live albums and compilations.  Does that make sense?  Can anyone help?                                                       

Chauncey:
I may have found a way, but I am not sure if it's the best method.  I added info to the "Custom" tag field; "Album" = studio album, "Live" = live album, "Single" = CD single/EP, "Compilation" = greatest hits, box sets, etc.  Next, I switched to the details list view and sorted them accordingly.  I switched back to thumbnails and VOILA!, all looks good.  The studio albums, singles, live albums are all grouped together and sorted by release date.

Is this the best method?  Should I use a different tag field, like "Grouping"?  Also, FYI, I could not add info to the "Custom" field for ALAC files without MC (latest build) crashing.  I had to use dbpoweramp to add a "Custom" tag to my ALAC files.

bob:

--- Quote from: Chauncey on July 09, 2019, 11:07:01 am ---I may have found a way, but I am not sure if it's the best method.  I added info to the "Custom" tag field; "Album" = studio album, "Live" = live album, "Single" = CD single/EP, "Compilation" = greatest hits, box sets, etc.  Next, I switched to the details list view and sorted them accordingly.  I switched back to thumbnails and VOILA!, all looks good.  The studio albums, singles, live albums are all grouped together and sorted by release date.

Is this the best method?  Should I use a different tag field, like "Grouping"?  Also, FYI, I could not add info to the "Custom" field for ALAC files without MC (latest build) crashing.  I had to use dbpoweramp to add a "Custom" tag to my ALAC files.

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I'm not sure about the method question but the crash on adding to the custom field for ALAC should be fixed in the next build.

blgentry:
Just for clarity, you might want to use a new field that you define for this purpose.  Something like "Album Type" ; use a name that makes sense to you.

Otherwise you seem to have figured it out.  Good job!

Brian.

Chauncey:
Thanks for the suggestion.  I might use “Album Type” instead of “Custom”.  That makes more sense.

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