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[InflatableMouse]

Using this to find duplicates:

[Track #]=1 [Disc #]=<=1 ~dup=[Album],[Album Artist /(auto/)] ~a ~sort=[File Type],[Album Artist (auto)],[Date (year)],[Album],[Track #],[Disc #]

But since I've been adding things like (remaster) or [MFSL] to album titles I'm no longer find duplicates.

I'm not sure how I can do this in that expression? The addition is always between (..) or [..].

Thanks for the help!

[MrC]

You'll need to create a custom field that modifies Album, such as Album (base) which is calculated to strip away the variant:

    Regex([Album], /#^(.+?)((\s*\[[^]]*\])|(\s*\([^)]*\)))?$#/, 1)

and use [Album (base)] in your duplicates smartlist query.

[InflatableMouse]

Uhm ...

Did you mean create a new calculated field [Album (base)] and use the expression Regex([Album (base)], /#^(.+?)((\s*\[[^]]*\])|(\s*\([^)]*\)))?$#/, 1)?

Because that works but I can't seem to use that new field in ~dup=[Album (base)],[Album Artist /(auto/)]. When I try that via import expression, MC removes that field and leaves me with [Album Artist /(auto/)] only?

Edit: i think i got it, I need to escape the parens .

[MrC]

Yes, that's what I meant.  Sorry.  Corrected.

[InflatableMouse]

Nope, escaping doesn't work. The field is not selectable.

[MrC]

Sometimes after adding a new field, you have to restart MC to get the rest of the UI to see the field.

[InflatableMouse]

Thanks MrC, its working now.

Had to restart Media Server as well, I tend to forget that's running.