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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 18 for Windows => Topic started by: minekey on March 08, 2013, 01:21:32 pm

Title: [Tag] Multiple genre
Post by: minekey on March 08, 2013, 01:21:32 pm

Hi,

Often we can't classify an artist with only one style of music. But when we want to mark several genres in tags, this creates just one tag.
For example with the artist Ben Harper, if I class it in folk and rock in my tags, I'll find a tag [Folk Rock]. However, I would like to make that the artist Ben Harper appears in the genre [Folk] and gender [Rock].

Hence my question, can I mark several separate genres in the tags?
Thanks

(A french user, forgive my English).

Title: Re: [Tag] Multiple genre
Post by: MrC on March 08, 2013, 01:52:30 pm

Yes, Genre is a list type.  Just enter the values separated by a semicolon.  Here's the genre reference in specific, but you might find this wiki entry useful in general:

   http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/File_Properties_%28tags%29#Genre (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/File_Properties_%28tags%29#Genre)

Title: Re: [Tag] Multiple genre
Post by: minekey on March 08, 2013, 02:09:48 pm

Awesome!

Thanks a lot.

Title: Re: [Tag] Multiple genre
Post by: Al ex on July 17, 2013, 04:16:20 pm

Quote from: MrC on March 08, 2013, 01:52:30 pm

Yes, Genre is a list type.  Just enter the values separated by a semicolon.  Here's the genre reference in specific, but you might find this wiki entry useful in general:

   http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/File_Properties_%28tags%29#Genre (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/File_Properties_%28tags%29#Genre)

Just discovered this - great!

Title: Re: [Tag] Multiple genre
Post by: Arindelle on July 19, 2013, 07:27:22 am

You can also set up a secondary field called for example Genres (note the plural)

in options managing fields etc reclassify your new field to a "Calculated Data" Field and paste this in the expression box

Code: [Select]

[genre]&datatype=[list]
In your views, change from Genre to the new Genre(s) field (or whatever you called it) and you will see the multiple genres parsed -- meaning you will not see eg. alt. metal;hard rock but alt. metal and hard rock will be separate either by artist or via searches.  Another benefit is for tagging -- you will have check boxes instead of typing in semi-colons and avoid spelling goofs; the original Genre field is filled in automatically btw -- also can be used for artist, styles etc. changing [genre] in the expression to the appropriate semi-colon delimited field.

Someone posted this here a couple of years ago but can't find the original to give them credit (thank you !)