Hey!
Need a way to parse albums tagged with multiple genres with specific "super genres"
Like these examples:
Iftrue=Electronic (grouping), then show only genres Techno, House, Ambient, Down Tempo, Trip Hop, Electro-Pop
Iftrue= Country, then only show Trad. Country, Alt. Country, Nashville, Bluegrass etc.
Something like if(isequal([grouping],Jazz,1) ??
To understand what I would like to do, I have to explain how my library is organized.
I use the Grouping field as sort of a super-genre or category e.g. Pop/Rock; Latin; Jazz; Classical
I use the Genre Field to break this down e.g. Jazz as a Group then as Genre it could be Hard Bop, Swing, Cool
I then set up separate calculated data fields linked to standard fields e.g.
Genres=[genre]&datatype=[list]
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This allows multiple genres which can then be parsed separately for play lists, searches etc but the actual data in the tag field would look like this e.g. "Alt. Rock; Grunge" Same thing if I combine Grouping fields like with a genre like Jazz Vocals, I would put it both in the Category Vocals and Jazz.
I want to set up a view for theater view/jremote which could be filtered more coherently for the "categories"
E.g., at present if I click on Category (grouping field) Electronic I get albums broken down first by artists then by albums, but including fields like Alt. Rap and Indie Pop&Folk which I don't want to appear (they are tagged with multiple genres)
In other words I need an expression for a view or smartlist, or to create a field(s) (maybe even better, could be automatic) so even albums tagged with multiple genres like "Funk; Urban; Electro-Pop" would show up parsed under two categories R&B=>Funk and Urban AND Electronic=>Electro-Pop but Electro-Pop would not show under R&B nor would Funk and Urban show up under Electronic.
Thanks to any who even took the time to read this :D
PS - I have 18 Categories and 146 genres :-[ probably is going to be painful