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[bspisak]

I'm finding that most albums with Various Artists has the [Name] tag formatted as Name - Artist or Artist - Name.  I prefer to to break this field up such that [Name] = Name and [Artist] = Artist. I then set [Album Artist] = Various Artists (or just let MC choose Multiple Artists by default.)

This is easily done using a simple expression entered in the tag action window as follows:

[Artist]  =listitem([name],0, - )
[Name] =listitem([name],1, - )

or vice versa.

Unfortunately, since there is no way to save this expression, it has to be entered manually each time a new Various Artists album is acquired. Granted, it's not that big of a deal, but if MC could save recent expressions, or allow a particular expression to be saved, it would streamline this process.

It could be selected in the existing drop down menu for the field. Perhaps at the top of the menu the same way that is done in the Details display where there is a Presets menu.