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Author Topic: Side Letter/Number before track number in the Track column  (Read 711 times)

jetpacksam

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How can I do the following:

In the track column i want to list
A1,B2,C3,D4,E5

And so on.
Double Digits are possible but if any punctuation and the column entry blanks out.

Why?
Because i don't want to end up with the following track title:

A3-Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
or similar

Any attempt to restart the track sequence brings in the obvious sorting snafu of sorting by number.
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Re: Side Letter/Number before track number in the Track column
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2023, 03:11:55 am »

Since you can't change the "Data Type" of the "Track #" field/tag from "Integer" about the only way you can get anywhere near doing it is to make use of the "Disc #" field/tag, which unfortunately is also has an unchangeable Data Type of Integer", making Side A - Disc 1, Side B - Disc 2 etc and sorting on both Disc # and Track #.
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Re: Side Letter/Number before track number in the Track column
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2023, 03:45:25 am »

I was afraid that would be the case. It would also sort only by disc and not album side.
This is very annoying.  Thank you.

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Re: Side Letter/Number before track number in the Track column
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2023, 09:48:02 am »

You can create your own custom field for Track Number and format it as text. You then fill it they way you like and hide the internal track number field.
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