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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: KingSparta on September 05, 2005, 02:49:03 pm
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Can I Export A List Of Albums (No Songs Just The Album Names) Using Media Center?
If So, How?
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Does this thread help?
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=28818.0
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testing, yours the first sample was not what i wanted
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Well I Modified It
~limit=-1,1,[album]
This Works
And It Is 3809 Albums
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I used folder paths in the search expression because usually people like to get all albums named e.g. "Best Of" from different artists.
I have a playlist of 1932 different albums without duplicate albums.
The same list shows only 1870 albums when modified with ~limit=-1,1,[Album].
It filters 24 Greatest Hits, 8 The Best Of, 6 The Very Best Of, 4 The Essential, 4 Best Of, 3 The Ultimate collection, 3 The Singles Collection, 2 Live, 1 Fragile, 1 II, 1 IV, 1 Millenium Collection (Best Of), 1 Assorted, 1 Strange Days, 1 Touch and 1 Toys out.
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Example Please :)
Does this thread help?
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=28818.0
I'll repost my answer from that thread here.
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Q: How to print an album list?
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Here is a way to do it if you keep the albums in separate folders. This gives you a bit more control and the smartlist will always be up-to-date.
First make a smartlist using this rule:
[Media Type]=[Audio] ~limit=-1,1,[Filename (path)]
Then customize your view for that smartlist like this:
(http://www.adart.pp.fi/mc/pix/cview.png)
The smartlist should now look like this:
(http://www.adart.pp.fi/mc/pix/albsm.png)
You can print a file list directly or if you like to you can select all and copy-paste to e.g. Excel for adjusting your printout.
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How about getting the folder names that the albums are in ?
I tend to use descriptive folder names that include number of CDs and year. Goes back to the days when all i had was winamp + explorer.
I tried playing with the expression Mid but this won't work when the path lengths are different.
You can get the path or the filename but can't see a to get just the folder name.
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I guess using the [Filename (path)] field is the only way, unless a custom field with a "Calculated Data" option can be used somehow. I tried to find information about how it works, but didn't find any. MC's help has absolutely nothing and a forum search didn't find anything useful.