INTERACT FORUM
More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Cyn on May 27, 2008, 10:57:45 am
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I love MC's ability to sort titles by ignoring articles, however I dislike the fact that it changes all of my tags. Is there a way to get MC to ignore articles without it updating all of my tags (E.g., SORTS as: "Artist Name, The" TAGS DISPLAY as: "The Artist Name")??
Also, I'd seriously LOVE a feature providing a simplified method to add other common titles such as "DJ" to the "Ignore Article" list. I found a related thread requesting this option be added as well; here is the link:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=42842.0 (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=42842.0)
Please let us know if this is plausible. Thanks!
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Try this:
Options > Tree & View > Sorting > Ignore articles
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Also, I'd seriously LOVE a feature providing a simplified method to add other common titles such as "DJ" to the "Ignore Article" list. I found a related thread requesting this option be added as well; here is the link:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=42842.0 (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=42842.0)
You can do this with custom fields:
Create a custom field called say, ArtistSort, calculated as such:
if(isequal([Articles],mid([Artist],0,3),8),mid([Artist],3,-1),[Artist])
Then create the Articles field calculated as:
DJ ;MC ;...
with all articles you want to ignore (Note space after each one). You can always go back and add more later.
That'll work for all two character articles. If you've got different length articles, you'll have to extend the formula and create a custom field for each one.
So, for 1, 2 and 3 length articles:
if(isequal([Articles1],mid([Artist],0,2),8),mid([Artist],2,-1),if(isequal([Articles2],mid([Artist],0,3),8),mid([Artist],3,-1),if(isequal([Articles3],mid([Artist],0,4),8),mid([Artist],4,-1),[Artist])))
You can then just sort by ArtistSort instead of Artist :)
Haven't tested this extensively, but it seems to work. There may be a more elegant way of doing it...
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I don't recommend using a complicated calculated field as your main sorting. It'll slow things down.
You can use a formula to fill a field in by editing it and typing something like:
=Clean([Artist], 2)
This expression function removes a, an, and the.
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would be nice indeed.
el, le, la, las, de, het, een, die, der, dem, das,
some articles you can stumble over as a not american.
:)
gab