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gappie

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small request, disc # like track #
« on: December 03, 2007, 05:57:44 am »

hello,
i use track # in several views to show me the amount of songs underneath a selection (thumbnail). it would be very nice if disc # could work the same way, showing the amount of discs (albums).

thanks
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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2007, 11:20:07 am »

BTW: is there a reason why i get no values at all in panes for disc # when using details view

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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2007, 12:29:06 pm »

i use track # in several views to show me the amount of songs underneath a selection (thumbnail). it would be very nice if disc # could work the same way, showing the amount of discs (albums).

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by this. Could you perhaps post a screenshot?

BTW: is there a reason why i get no values at all in panes for disc # when using details view

I have no problems with displaying the disc number values in all possible places. The field works like any other field for me.
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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2007, 12:55:21 pm »

I think he is using the top part of a viewscheme to get track totals.
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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2007, 12:55:27 pm »

Alex, in library browser (not panes) views, the [track #] field actually shows a file count for each grouping...



so, if you use [track#] in the thumbnail text area of the customise current view dialogue, you get a sometimes handy report on the file count beneath each grouping.

gappie, interesting thing regarding the [disc #] field, it is indeed empty, regardless, not even a ubiquitous <varies> !!

-marko.

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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2007, 12:56:55 pm »

5 seconds..lol what a close shave :D
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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2007, 12:58:40 pm »

indeed, I didn't even get the "warning - further posts have been made..." message from the board. I wonder if we beat it, or has the feature AWOL again?

gappie

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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2007, 02:28:28 pm »

 :)
indeed marko, that was what i meant. no value at all when using [disc #] in 'library browser views'. and as far as i know, no way to fool the system either. it seems like it is a choice that has been made, "by design". was wondering why.

here a screen shot from my test db.


this led me to the next observation. when i make a user defined calculated library field i always get <varies> even when i use formatnumber in the calculation. when i make a field using integer or decimal it always gives me the average.

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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2007, 02:39:11 pm »

while we wait for this to be picked up, what about artists beginning with Q?

I've only got Queen in my library, I don't have any Queensryche...
What do you have filed under 'Q'?

:)

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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2007, 03:14:09 pm »

I see. I didn't remember that feature. I have not used it since trying it when it was new.

The problem looks like a bug to me. Here's a screenshot in which the first "Name" column is the Disc # field.

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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2007, 03:24:30 pm »

while we wait for this to be picked up, what about artists beginning with Q?

Queens of the Stoneage.
Quietdrive

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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2007, 03:35:12 pm »

while we wait for this to be picked up, what about artists beginning with Q?

I've only got Queen in my library, I don't have any Queensryche...
What do you have filed under 'Q'?

:)

i have nothing under Q  :-[
still have a nice vinyl album though, called mainstream from Quiet sun ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Sun_(band) )
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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2007, 04:00:53 pm »

Quartz Lock feat. Lonnie Gordon
Queen
Queen Latifah and Lil' Kim and Macy Gray
Queen Latifah and Taye Diggs
Queen of Japan
Queens of the Stone Age
Quentin Harris
Quentin Harris feat. Cordell McClary
Quentin Harris pts.
Quesh
Quicksound
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
Quivver
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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2007, 04:28:20 pm »

I reported the disc # issue all through the original MC12 Betas,
but it was never picked up...

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Re: small request, disc # like track #
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2007, 04:28:57 am »

I reported the disc # issue all through the original MC12 Betas,
but it was never picked up...


makes me wonder why.


and i found some Quincy Jones also, was hidden under 'multiple artists'.  :)
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