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Title: How do you handle sub-genre?
Post by: WolfWalker on August 14, 2010, 06:03:40 pm

I want to be able to use sub genres but do not know how to set them up.  Can you guys tell me how you handle them?

Title: Re: How do you handle sub-genre?
Post by: bunglemebaby on August 16, 2010, 08:47:39 am

It depends partially on how you'd like to handle them.

If you just want a normal field to put a single sub-genre into just pick a field. I use a hierarchy of Grouping > Genre > Style to handle this.

If you want a list of sub-genres in a single field, then creating a custom field is probably the way to go. Tools > Options > Library & Folders > Manage Library Fields > Add New Field.  Name it as you like, under Data Type choose List (semi-colon delimited).

Another option that I think some people use is "nested keywords", which work well in panes but not elsewhere (for genres, IMO). I believe these only work for list type fields also. A forum search will give you more info on using these, if you're interested.

-JB