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More => Old Versions => Media Center 15 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: yooz on August 20, 2010, 12:27:09 pm
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Dear Expression Professionals...
...how to determine for example : all album that have more than 30 tracks
...or is there a possibility to show and sort albums with the complete count of tracks ?
or something like that with MC15 : http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=40420.msg275540#msg275540 (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=40420.msg275540#msg275540)
thx
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This can be done using a Categories view...
1. Create or select an existing Categories view that includes Album.
2. Set the List Style for Album to "Details" (using the Tab drop-down menu).
3. Set the Columns to include "Track #."
4. Set the Sort By to "Track # (z-a)."
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Rick, an elegant solution
A little variation on your theme
Use thumbnail view
Use sort by ‘Number of files’
In Thumbnail Text do something like
[Name]
[Track #]
To display the total number of tracks
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And it seems the question was too trivial for our "Expression Professionals," so I'll take a stab at that too...
Generally, there's no way to get the same kind of summary statistics in a Panes View as is possible in a Categories View. But in this case, we don't need an average or a total—only the largest track numbers. That can be done with a smartlist that simply sorts the library in descending order of Track # (~sort=[Track #]-d) and then removes duplicates of Album (~nodup=[Album]).
I've added that to the "Filters" pane of my main Panes View. That's a collection of Search lists for such things as single/multiple artist, listened to recently/not, duplicates, etc. I'm not sure why I need it, but now I can select "Tracks/Album" to show a list of albums by number of tracks for any genre/style of music. My view is normally grouped by album, but that's easily changed by clicking on the Track # header and selecting "Sort all files by Track # (removes grouping temporarily)." More importantly, the original grouping and sorting are automatically restored when done.
Now I leave it to our expression wizards provide a smartlist that goes beyond just reporting the largest track number. I'd like to be able to make any selection in my panes (e.g., "5-star blues-rock released in the 1970's") and see a list of albums with the number of tracks they have matching those criteria. My solution is to flag the selection (i.e., set [Flag]=1), then switch to a Category view (where a Rule for file display is [Flag]=1) to see the summary statistics. It works, but I crave more elegance. 8)