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[dpbeatley]

Hi all:

Just started thinking about adding some custom fields to MC10 database. Is a tutorial available on how to add a user field? MC help is rather skimpy in this area.

Thanks, dennis

[jleerigby]

Tools> Options> Tree & View> Add

What type of field are you wanting to add?  What else do you need to know?

[dpbeatley]

Hi,
Really just a general tutorial. The field in mind at the moment is called DECADE so I can construct smartlists based on what decade an audio track is from. Just not sure how to go about it - there seems to be no HELP associated with the user field dialog and what each option is and how it works etc.

thanks, dennis

[hit_ny]

You could create a custom field for decade.

or you could derive it with a smartlist

for example
70s - Year >= 1970 and Year <=1980

you could have a smartlist for each decade.

then another smartlist could reference these.

To speed things up, you could save the results of the decade smartlist in a playlist and reference the playlist instead. I mention this as i assume finding all tracks for a decade is a pretty static.

The custom field will be faster if you have a massive collection as dont spend time to calculate the decade smartlist. But i think with a playlist the results should be similar.