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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 19 for Windows => Topic started by: rotho on April 20, 2014, 08:17:24 am
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Hello,
After having a small problem on my hard drive, I decided to clear my library, and re-import all my music files.
But now, the "Imported Date" of my files is no longer meaningful, and I am not able to have a proper "Recent" view for my albums.
One solution would be to sort my albums by "Date Created" and not by "Date Imported", but it seems to be impossible.
I also tried the "Move/Copy fields" function, in order to copy the "Date Created" values into the "Date Imported" field, but this field is read only, so that's also impossible.
Can anyone suggest a way to solve this sorting problem ?
Thanks in advance,
Olivier
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You can sort by any MC field. If a sort does not exist, you might need to create a custom sort preset.
Where are you trying to sort?
Here are some related posts also, for later:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=74850.0
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=85012.0
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=72058.55
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=82985.0
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Ok, with your help, and the posts you mentioned, I understood how to do it :D :
1) In a Standard Album view, click on the "Albums" tab, then "Sort by / Custom", delete the default value, then "Add / Z-A / Date created".
That does the trick for these "Standard" views.
2) Now, to do the same in Theater View, it is necessary to create a "Preset" with the above custom sort :
To do that, first use the above Standard view, click again on the "Albums" tab, then "Sort by / Custom / Preset" and give a name to this new custom sort.
Now, in "Tools / Options / Theater View", the "Sorting" list field will contain this new custom sort...
Quite powerful, indeed ! (But not so simple to figure out ... ;D)
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What was the problem with your hard drive?
It might be possible to restore a library backup and fix the problem, which would retain the original "date imported" values.