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Sorting or grouping Albums, Singles, Compilations, etc. together in MC25

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Chauncey:
Now that I’ve figured out how to group albums and singles I would like to take it a step further.  I would love to create a view with stacked images for each group.  I want to see the Artist’s releases stacked together.  After selecting the Artist, the view would be Albums (covers stacked), Singles (covers stacked), Compilations, etc.  Does that make sense?  Is it possible?

blgentry:
Sure.  Build a new Categories view.  In a Categories view you tell MC which fields will control each screen.  For example, in the normal Artists view, the Categories are Artist, and then Album so you get to select artist and then album.  When you edit the view you'll see these categories in the definition of the view.

So the view you want is probably:  Artist, Album Type, Album.  So the second level would present you with a selection of every album type you have defined for that Artist.  Then the next level would be the albums themselves.  I haven't tried this, but I suspect it will work how you want it to.

Give it a try.  Shouldn't take you 5 minutes to build the new view.  Start with View > New View > Add Library View

Good luck.

Brian.

Chauncey:
Thanks Brian.  I will give it a try.

Chauncey:
It worked.  Although, I had to stick with the "Custom" field.  I would prefer to use "Album Type" but I can't seem to edit that field.

Chauncey:
Any recommendations for which tag field to use to group releases (i.e., studio albums, live albums, singles, etc.)?  I have it working using the "Custom" field, but I would rather reserve that field for other info if I can find a more suitable field to edit.

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