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Author Topic: What is the best way to tame Actor or Director library field in Theater view?  (Read 768 times)

arcspin

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Hi,
The Library view Actor and Director in the Movies Theater view is basically the actors or directors names sorted in alphabetical order.
Especially the actors list grows very long when you have a lot of movies and are not suitable to scroll thru with a remote from the sofa.
(I do not have a remote with letters, so that is not an option)

Is there a way to group actors initial letter of their name in a good way so that there is an easy way to jump to the first letter in an actors name.
Something like what can be done with movie titles.


Or is there an entirely other and better way to manage the long list of actors or directors in Theater view?
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JimH

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If you have a numeric keypad on your remote, try it.  It works like a cell phone so you can type 5 and get J or 5-5 and get K, and so on.
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arcspin

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Sorry but no such remote.
It would have to be a "on screen" solution.
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lepa

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Is there a way to group actors initial letter of their name in a good way so that there is an easy way to jump to the first letter in an actors name.
Something like what can be done with movie titles.
You can add grouping for your actor view just like it can be done with movie titles view
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arcspin

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I have tried basic grouping but that doesn't solve the problem, or at least I do not know how to proper group actors in regards in what movies they have stared in.

I figure I need to do a more complex expression to be able to group and sort by the actors first letter in their first name.
I have also tried to reuse the expressions made for movies below but to no success: "
Code: [Select]
IfElse(
IsEqual(ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, Left(Clean([Name], 2), 1), 8), Left(Clean([Name], 2), 1),
1, 0-9
)
"

And it is here that I need some advice on how to correctly write a expression that group and sort by the actors first letter in their first name.
Or if there is another way that anyone else is using.




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Moe

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I'm pretty sure you got that expression from me  :).  To attempt to make it work you'd need to change it to

Code: [Select]
IfElse(
IsEqual(ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, Left(Clean([Actors], 2), 1), 8), Left(Clean([Actors], 2), 1),
1, 0-9
)

The problem is, this won't work.  I saw this thread yesterday and tried coming up with a solution using that expression as well.  The problem with it is that Actors is a list type field and you end up getting some really strange results.  It looks like it works as expected, but once you click into an individual actors name you'll get wonky results.  I'd suggest giving it a try and seeing what happens as it's hard to articulate the results.
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arcspin

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Yes, I got it from you (thanx) and it works just perfect for movie titles, not so much for actors  ;D
See attachment.

I will try to tweak it but I'm a merely a "script kid" trying to make sense of it all.

The standard Actors library field works as intended, there just have to be a level above that that groups the actors in regards of their first letter in their name.


Cheers for the reply!
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arcspin

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Yeah I saw that request.
Lets hope that Matt and his friends can come up with a solution.

Love your work with a more beautiful and more informative theater view.
Ill keep my fingers cross that that eventually will get implemented into JRiver at some point.

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Moe

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I just figured this out for you.

Setup theater view like this



Set the first Actors to grouping size 1
Leave the second Actors to default settings.

I believe this will do what you want.  I feel stupid for not figuring this out yesterday  ;D
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arcspin

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G.R.E.A.T  ;D

Exactly, what I was thinking of.


Thank you and Cheers!
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lepa

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I just figured this out for you.

Setup theater view like this



Set the first Actors to grouping size 1
Leave the second Actors to default settings.

I believe this will do what you want.  I feel stupid for not figuring this out yesterday  ;D
exactly what i was suggesting earlier that just do grouping like you would do for any fields like movies ;D
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