INTERACT FORUM
More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 18 for Windows => Topic started by: apostos on February 23, 2013, 09:54:02 am
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In ‘Standard View’
Select ‘Audio’ from tree (view - album thumbnails sorted alphanumerically)
Next select ‘Albums’ (same view, tree expands)
Then select ‘All Albums ‘ (view - albums are sorted by artist – tree still sorts alphanumerically)
Select ‘All Albums’ tab – There you have ‘List Style’, ‘Group By’, ‘Sort Inside Groups By’ & ‘Columns’ as choices.
Under ‘List Style’ ‘Details’ is selected
Under ‘Group By’ ‘Album’ is selected
Under ‘Sort Inside Groups By’ ‘Default’ is selected
Under Columns – Audio (the preset) is selected
In this view albums are being sorted by artist name and not by album name as I would expect. Selecting ‘Album’ from the ‘More (sort groups a –z)’ menu item under ‘Group By’ shows the expected result, albums sorted by name. If I then go back and select ‘Album’ from the ‘Group By’ menu list I am presented with a view sorted again by album artist.
I don’t believe I’ve customized the album view. Its set as ‘View As: Categories’. There’s only one entry ‘Album’ and it’s set as a Library field to sort by ‘Ascending’. I believe these are the default.
Now, have I screwed something up or is this how it’s supposed to work?
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The stock "Album" Group By preset is magic. It really groups and sorts by:
Artist - Date - Album
It is a useful setting to provide a preset grouping that seems to work well for most cases. You can use your own groupings by creating custom calculated fields.
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Ah, more Media Centre magic ….
Thank you for taking the time to respond to this literal type. :)