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[DHF]

I have tried a couple times to create a covers Smartlist.   

By covers- I mean songs "covered" by a different performer than the original.

So the list would be of songs in the library that have the same name, but are performed by multiple artists.

Any ideas?

[mark_h]

Lots of ways to find tracks/potential covers with the same name...

Need more details about exactly what kind of smartlist you want...

A very basic simple start might be:

~dup=[Name] ~nodup=[Artist],[Name] ~sort=[Name]

[connersw]

This is what I use to find other versions of the currently playing Track.  Maybe it will help as a start:

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([IsPlayingNow]=[1] or [Media Type]=[Audio]) [Channels]=2 ~sort=[IsPlayingNow]-d ~limit=1,-1,[Name] ~sort=[Date (year)]-d,[Description],[Disc #],[Track #]

[DHF]

Lots of ways to find tracks/potential covers with the same name...

Need more details about exactly what kind of smartlist you want...

A very basic simple start might be:

~dup=[Name] ~nodup=[Artist],[Name] ~sort=[Name]

That actually worked pretty well - exactly as you wrote it.   The one issue I had with the logic is a song that appears in the library twice - like a song in the greatest hits album and the original issue album. One instance of that song by a single artist would appear in the list.

 So, I got to thinking about the logic. ?

If you turn it around, and perform the filters in reverse order - no duplicates of [Artist] [Name] first - then only duplicates of [Name] - it gets rid of the greatest hits songs issue.  And makes for a pretty good playlist.   

Thanks for the help.

[mark_h]

There you go

In my setup I have various smartlists

Show all tracks with same name as currently playing track
Show all tracks with same name as currently Playing Now playlist
Show all tracks by an artist that are same as other track names in database
Show all tracks that match the currently playing Artist

etc.

Basically a whole bunch of ways to show potential covers.  I then have user fields Cover Song (Yes/No), Covered Artist, Covered Song (sometimes the song name is changed), Cover Song Original Year.  And then some views built using all this data.

And a couple of websites that are useful for doing fuller work on a song/artist basis that I sometimes refer too

http://www.whosampled.com/
http://www.coversproject.com/
Wiki is also useful

[DHF]

Wow!  ftp://

You are the man when it comes to covers!

I am going to try those websites as well.

Thanks