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Title: Exclude folder expression
Post by: JONCAT on June 16, 2006, 07:03:38 pm

I have read the FAQ and tried a bunch of expressions but I not goo dat this at all. I'm trying to exclude 2 folders on my PC. They have to be path exlcusions because tags are mixed up on purpose.

I was trying things along this line:

-[filename (path)]=L:\Jamaican Archive\Various Artists

thanks

Dc

Title: Re: Exclude folder expression
Post by: KingSparta on June 16, 2006, 07:09:22 pm

that worked for me

Title: Re: Exclude folder expression
Post by: marko on June 17, 2006, 05:38:16 am

Quote from: Doctor Cilantro on June 16, 2006, 07:03:38 pm

I have read the FAQ and tried a bunch of expressions but I not goo dat this at all. I'm trying to exclude 2 folders on my PC. They have to be path exlcusions because tags are mixed up on purpose.

I was trying things along this line:

-[filename (path)]=L:\Jamaican Archive\Various Artists

thanks

Dc

Because of the space, the string posted above will actually exclude the path L:\Jamaican and then perform a default search on Archive\Various Artists

try quotes or square brackets:

-[filename (path)]=[L:\Jamaican Archive\Various Artists]

-[filename (path)]="L:\Jamaican Archive\Various Artists"

[filename (path)] and [filename (name)] can be a bit of a handful to type in the search box, don't you think?

I added keywords for mine, cutting the typing down to fnp= or fnn=
(Go to: options > library > field > edit)

Title: Re: Exclude folder expression
Post by: JONCAT on June 17, 2006, 04:22:29 pm

Right thanks, I forgot about the space. The FAQ got me thinking about some other things to try in my current quest to sort out multi-albums that have been edited from Multiple Artist to a specific one in Album Artist. Anyway, Marko, are you saying you edited the fields to shorter character lengths because you often use them manually in the search box?

DC

Title: Re: Exclude folder expression
Post by: marko on June 18, 2006, 04:33:16 am

filename path rules also need a trailing backslash to complete the path and so return the desired results.

Dr. C, if you go to MC's options, then choose 'library', you should see a list of fields. Click on Artist to select it, then click on the edit button. (Note: this is just for looking, you are not going to change anything here)

See that in the bottom right there is a keywords field? so, when searching or filtering by [artist] you can use ar= instead of [artist]=
press 'cancel' to close the edit dialogue.

Select the [filename (path)] field and click on the edit button. add fnp= to the keywords and click OK to save and close.
 now, instead of typing out:
-[filename (path)]=[L:\Jamaican Archive\Various Artists\], you will find that -fnp=[L:\Jamaican Archive\Various Artists\] produces the same result for less typing :)

I commonly use:

aaa= in place of [album artist (auto)]=
fnp= in place of [filename (path)]=
fnn= in place of [filename (name)]=
mt= in place of [media type]=
ft= in place of [file type]=
di= in place of [date imported]=
lp= in place of [last played]=
np= in place of [number plays]=