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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Efjay on November 24, 2006, 06:48:14 pm
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Is there a view scheme that will show the tracks an artist has on a multiple artists album that will, upon clicking on the album, also display all the tracks of that album. I can list all artists and it will show all albums their tracks appear on but when I click on files, it only shows that artists files rather than the whole album. Any help is appreciated.
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Is there a view scheme that will show the tracks an artist has on a multiple artists album that will, upon clicking on the album, also display all the tracks of that album. I can list all artists and it will show all albums their tracks appear on but when I click on files, it only shows that artists files rather than the whole album. Any help is appreciated.
Right-click > Locate > Album can show all album tracks, but I don't think a view scheme can be made to do exactly what you want.
I use [Album Artist (auto)] instead of [Artist] everywhere in my rules and view schemes.
This is from MC's Help:
Multiple Artist Albums
Media Center comes with a number of tools to help automatically identify compilation albums that include various artists.
Album Artist (auto)
This is a built-in automatic field. It auto-completes as follows:
- If something is manually typed in the Album Artist field, that content is included in the Album Artist (auto) field as well.
- If the Album Artist field is empty, then the Album Artist (auto) field gets completed as follows:
- Single-artist name in the case of a single-artist album.
- (Multiple Artists) in the case of a multiple-artist album*.
* In order for (Multiple Artists) to appear automatically, the album must be in its own exclusive directory (i.e., if there are files from more than one album in a directory, the program will not label it as Multiple Artist).
Here is the logic. A track is a mix if all the files with the same [Album] value in the same directory:
- have more than one [Artist] value among them
- have no other [Album] values used by any other file in the same directory
- are Audio and have a non-empty [Album] value
Automatic Assorted
When you rename files (right click > Library Tools > Rename Files from Properties), the window that appears provides the option to "Use Assorted for [Artist] on multi-artist albums". This is just under the Directories Rule. When selected, the files will be saved in a directory called Assorted if you have included the [Artist] rule in the directory rule.
Example:
Artist: Stackabones, Album: Best of Truck Driving Songs
Directory Rule:
Base path: M:\Music\
Rule: [Artist]\[Album]
"Use Assorted [Artist] on multi-artist albums" is checked.
Result:
M:\Music\Assorted\Best of Truck Driving Songs\Filename rule
Complete Albums
Media Center can automatically display complete and incomplete albums. An album is considered complete if all the files with the same [Album] value in the same directory:
- are sequentially numbered tracks starting at 1
- have at least 2 files or 10 minutes of audio
- are Audio and have a non-empty [Album] value.
View Schemes for Multiple Artist Albums
Create the following scheme to view Multiple Artist Albums:
1. Right click on Audio in the tree.
2. Select Add View Scheme.
3. Click "Add", Standard View Item, and add the following:
- Album Type (shows multiple vs. single artist albums, and whether they are complete or incomplete). Note: you may have to scroll up the list to get Album Type. Press Ok.
- Repeat, and add Album
4. Or display fields for each of the items displayed in #3: Album Type, Album Artist (auto), Complete Album, Album.
You can now quickly view your Multiple Artist albums, and better yet, you can view all of your complete and/or incomplete albums. Complete albums are indicated by a "1", and "0" displays incomplete albums.
These links have related information:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=30774.msg212216#msg212216
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=33255.0
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=32740.msg224213#msg224213
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Thanks. I'll see if this helps me.