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[mrmojo]

I have been using MC for a while now, mainly to manage my Ipod with.
I notice however a possible bug with sorting.
I like to be able to see easily albums that I have added recently to my library so i can decide what needs adding to my Ipod.
I have the control pane sorted as follows...
Date Imported (z-a)
Album (a-z)
Track# (a-z)

I would expect my results to look a bit like this...
Artist   Album   Track#   Date Imported
Led Zep   Four   1   25/06/2008 21:39
Led Zep   Four   2   25/06/2008 21:39
Led Zep   Four   3   25/06/2008 21:39
Led Zep   Four   4   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   1   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   2   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   3   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   4   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   5   25/06/2008 21:39
Abba   Hits   1   15/05/2008 12:15
Abba   Hits   2   15/05/2008 12:15
Abba   Hits   3   15/05/2008 12:15
Abba   Hits   4   15/05/2008 12:15
This would reflect that I imported Led Zep and The Jam albums at the same time.

However, I get this...
Artist   Album   Track#   Date Imported
The Jam   One   4   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   5   25/06/2008 21:39
Led Zep   Four   1   25/06/2008 21:39
Led Zep   Four   2   25/06/2008 21:39
Led Zep   Four   3   25/06/2008 21:39
Led Zep   Four   4   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   1   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   2   25/06/2008 21:39
The Jam   One   3   25/06/2008 21:39
Abba   Hits   1   15/05/2008 12:15
Abba   Hits   2   15/05/2008 12:15
Abba   Hits   3   15/05/2008 12:15
Abba   Hits   4   15/05/2008 12:15

The Jam and Led Zep were imported at the same time in the same session.
I wondered if the Date Imported column has some other data after the date and time, maybe seconds ?
But surely when the tracks were imported they were imported in order ?
ie all the Led Zep album, then all The Jam album ?

Is there some other way to easily see the albums sorted by descending imported date ?

Thanks

[marko]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but it's been like that for me for as long as I can remember.
I worked around it by creating a new library field called "Import Date" which is basically [Date Imported] without the time data, then I sort by [import date],[album artist (auto)],[album],[track #]

To create the new library field, press ctrl+o to open options.
Select "Library and Folders" on the left, then select "User Library Fields" followed by "Add Field"

Name the field Import Date
Select "Calculated data" and paste the following into the template field...
FormatDate([Date Imported,0], yyyy//MM//dd)

OK your way back out of options.

Set your sort order to:
Import Date (z-a)
Album Artist (Auto) (a-z)
Album (a-z)
Track # (a-z)

Job done.
Better now?

-marko.

[mrmojo]

Woo hoo !  simple and brilliant !
many thanks