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[syndromeofadown]

I use a calculated list field called Artists. It allows multiple artists for each track.

I want to have a view that uses panes and album thumbnails.

In the first pane I want listed, all of the artists contained in the artists field for the
Currently playing track.

In the second pane I want to see ALL of the albums these artists are the artists of.

In the third pane I want to see ALL the tracks contained on all of the albums.

Basically like a regular view but only showing the artists of the track that is playing.


I'm not sure if this is possible. I can't figure it out.
I can get the artists to show up fine but I can only get the currently playing track in the panes below.
Not full albums.

Any help appreciated.
Thanks


PS
I apologize for my stupid username.
Those with the ability, please feel free to change it.
It can be anything, i don't care.

[rick.ca]

The panes will always show the values that exist in the files currently displayed. So if you're displaying what's in the current PN list your Albums pane, for example, will only show the albums of the tracks currently displayed. To restrict the view to what's in PN, do the search [IsInPlayingNow]=[1] or add this to a Search List pane.

If you want a separate view that always shows the album or all the tracks of the artist for the currently playing track, that's a little different. This post explains how that is done.

[syndromeofadown]

Thanks

I got everything working the way I want.
At least on my work computer, I’ll have to confirm when I get home with my entire library.

I used the following as my rules for file display for my new view

([Media Type]=[Audio] or [isplaying]=[1]) ~sort=[isplaying]-d ~limit=1,-1,[Artists]

[isplaying] is a calculated field that adds 1 to the track that is playing and everything else is unassigned
Things didn't work for me if I used a value for the tracks not playing. Random artists were showing up.
This is how it’s calculated

if(isplaying(),1, )

I am using split view
the left side is my regular audio view
the right side is tabbed with this new one and playing now

the right view doesn't update when a new song starts playing until I hit the refresh button
Would be nice if it was automatic but it’s not a big deal.

This new view is perfect
When I am listening to a track with multiple artists, featured artists, remixing artists, and/or covered artists
I can hit the refresh button and see all the albums for everyone involved in the song.

Very nice

Thanks again

[rick.ca]

Would be nice if it was automatic but it’s not a big deal.

Yes, it would be nice if views were refreshed on track changes. I suppose users of these functions are the only ones wanting such behaviour. There's no doubt other circumstances when a refresh would not be welcome. I suppose we might hope for an option.

I can hit the refresh button and see all the albums for everyone involved in the song.

Your [Artists] must be a list of all individual musicians associated with the track. Cool. I'll soon be adding a ton of allmusic data, so I'm looking forward to doing the same thing with credits, band members, styles, moods, etc.

[mark_h]

Automatic refresh discussed here:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=58640.0

[rick.ca]

And I thought we were having an original conversation.  

[syndromeofadown]

[Artists] is indeed a list of all individual musicians associated with the track.
It combines a few fields that contain Remixed by, covered artist, featured artist.

After further testing I discovered that my new view doesn't work with
the multiple artists contained in [Artists].
It works perfect when there is only one, so it is still nice to have.

The problem with playing a track that contains multiple artists is that the view only shows
albums/tracks that ALL said artists appear on together.
It doesn't show their individual work, which is what I want.

Again, I'm not sure if this is possible and any help is appreciated.

[rick.ca]

It doesn't show their individual work, which is what I want.

Oh, well. I suppose we can't complain the program inspires wishful thinking.

You might do better constructing a different smartlist that uses the individual fields.