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[magnust]

I use the sorting "date imported" a lot since that is an easy way to see all new stuff I have. But sometimes I move or rename some albums and then they get to the top of this list even though I'm just doing "house keeping" of naming, genres, folder names and so on.

Is it possible to edit the import date? Or is there a smarter way of doing this (see my "new stuff")?

[BryanC]

If you perform the file relocation in MC, it won't have to reimport.

But I understand where you're coming from--a 'first' date imported field that is only populated upon import and when empty.

[fidelious]

Hi,

I created a new Library View (right-click on Audio-Add Library View..., choose the Albums template) and named it "Albums by rip date".
Then, with this Library View selected, move over to the down arrow on the top tab 'Albums', choose Sort by-Custom-Add-[Z-A], then choose 'Date modified'.

This will result in an album view sorted by file/directory date (actually don't know which), which keeps my new stuff on top.

Enjoy!

PS this works for MC18, I guess it will likewise for MC19

[MrC]

Create your own Original Date Imported field, as a Date field.  And then you can use Auto-Import rules to assign it the value of [Date Imported,0] when it does not have a value.

[magnust]

Create your own Original Date Imported field, as a Date field.  And then you can use Auto-Import rules to assign it the value of Date Imported,0] when it does not have a value.

I created a user field called "Date added" and set calculated data to If(IsEmpty([Date added]),[Date Imported],[Date added]) which wasn't popular 

Any info to point me in the direction would be much appreciated 



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Secondly, is it possible to create a field which is on album level that takes the oldest import date of all the tracks on the album?

[magnust]

Maybe this is what you ment:

[MrC]

That should work, as should the method shown in the attached screenshot.

[magnust]

Thx a million all! Works VERY nicely 

[Vocalpoint]

Create your own Original Date Imported field, as a Date field.  And then you can use Auto-Import rules to assign it the value of Date Imported,0] when it does not have a value.

I am struggling with this one too - especially for our "server" library where Auto Import does not honor the actual system time correctly. Currently if I copy three albums out to the server directory (In a specific order and a specific frequency) and then let the server copy of MC pick these up with it's "automated" Auto import - the "order" in which they appear under Recent Albums is quite frequently not the same order in which I sent the files out to the directory in.

I am currently using the system field Date Imported as my sort for the Recent Albums view - but it seems that Auto Import can have a mind of it's own and uses some other method of determining which files get imported when.

Would be nice to maintain the exact order in Recent Albums that I "sent" the files out to the Music directory in the first place.

VP

[MrC]

Maybe you want to use [Date Modified,0] then?

MC's auto-import runs in a background thread, waking up when folder-change events are posted, or every 5 minutes (if I recall correctly) to catch the case when events are not available (some NAS', or non-eventful filesystems).  I'm not sure if there's an order to the auto-import files.

[Vocalpoint]

Maybe you want to use [Date Modified,0] then?

What does the ",0" do in this entry?

VP

[MrC]

Search raw and Rename here:

    http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_expression_language

[Arcturus]

Out of curiosity why don't you use the Recent Albums under Audio. I do however also sort by last imported but just to see if everything is how I want it in terms of meta data.