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More => Old Versions => Media Center 17 => Topic started by: BartMan01 on November 30, 2011, 12:15:49 pm
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Setting up a view for my surround sound tracks. These are currently kept stacked below a 2 channel version of the track. For example:
From the DVD 'Go Home' by U2 I have the following versions of the song 'One':
One (Live).flac - top of stack
One (Live).ac3
One (Live).dts
One (Live).mp3
From the DVD 'Cunning Stunts' by Metallica I have the following versions of the song 'Fuel':
Fuel (Live).ac3 - 2 channel version, top of stack
Fuel (Live) (5.1).ac3
Fuel (Live).mp3
What I want to see in my view for these two songs is:
One (Live).dts
Fuel (Live) (5.1).ac3
I know I could set up a new library field to indicate the preferred version, just trying to see if there is a way to filter the list so that only the one with the highest bit-rate shows.
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If you're using panes, how about this: Create a pick that outputs the suffix of the file, and a sort order number:
Format-o-Matic
1. DTS
2. AC3
3. FLAC
4. MP3
If you don't care about how they are sorted, skip the number. Then you can select the format you want.
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Don't think that solves the issue that in the example above I want to see the .ac3 file of one track and at the same time the .dts file of another.
This is what I have so far, but it needs a lot more refinement. Is the sort/sequence/sort/nodup all required, or is there a slicker way to make this work? Once I get the basic concept down I can start worrying about final sort orders and duplicate removal logic. FYI: 'Name (Base)' is a custom field with the base name of the track without any extra stuff like '(Live)' or '(5.1)' on the end.
[Channels]=>2 (tracks with more than 2 channels)
~d=a (include all files to see inside of stacks)
~sort=[Name (Base)]-d,[Bitrate]-d (first sort by bitrate)
~seq ~sort=[Sequence] (next add a sequence and sort by that)
~nodup=[Name /(Base/)] (finally remove duplicates)
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would it not be sort by bitrate then limit advanced 1 per [name]
~sort=[Bitrate]-d ~limit=-1,1,[Name]
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Don't think that solves the issue that in the example above I want to see the .ac3 file of one track and at the same time the .dts file of another.
Sorry, I misunderstood the goal.