Marko, thanks, that tip helps out in many ways. Is there any character i could type in my field properties to achieve the same thing?
none that I'm aware of, but keep reading...
Can this same trick be applied to smartlists? say there is one song that breaks the rules of a designed smartlist that i want to add to that list manually.
smartlists and playlists are two very different things.
A playlist is just that, a list of files in a pre-defined order. when you add a file to a playlist using tickboxes or "send to.." MC appends the file to the end of the list. It is a static thing, and you decide what goes in the list.
A smartlist on the other hand, is really just a "saved search". When you load it, the search is run and all the files that satisfy the search rule are listed. You can then take this list and do many and varied things with it.
the only way to add a file to that list is to set whatever field propert(y)(ies) you need to set for it to satisfy the search rules for that smartlist.
On a related question about "sending to playlist" why do only four of my playlist group show up under that dialog? I have more than those four playlist groups and playlist in my library.
the send to.. menu will only display playlists.
you cannot send a file to a smartlist and have MC update the nescessary fields for it to be included automatically. you must update them manually to make the file match the search.
hope that helps a bit.