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RainCaster

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Newby needs some <search> and <playlist> help
« on: February 09, 2010, 06:47:22 pm »

OK- I am completely puzzled as to why I can't do this-

I want to search for a song by <title contains blah> but I just can't figure out how...

Also, MC seems to organize by AlbumArtist, and not by SongArtist. How can I ask it to search for all songs by an artist, even when that artist appears on a compilation CD?

Oh- I can create new playlists and all is well- until I exit. Then they are gone for good. How can I get them to persist?

Here's my setup-
MC 14.130 client- connected to a MC DLNA server. (also v14.130)
Vista Ultimate 64 SP2- all the latest updates
AMD Phenom 9550, 5G RAM

TIA,
RC
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Re: Newby needs some <search> and <playlist> help
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2010, 01:34:10 am »

Morning RainCaster,

Search Help:
For "<title contains blah>" enter the following into the search field: [name]=blah

For songs by any artists, enter the following into the search field: ar="artist name"

For more help with search terms and possibilities, check out this page on the wiki.

The playlist thing will have to pass on to someone else as I've zero experience with DNLA server/client relationships.

Regards,
-marko

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Re: Newby needs some <search> and <playlist> help
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2010, 09:23:46 am »

Thanks Marko- this is a good start for me.
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Re: Newby needs some <search> and <playlist> help
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2010, 09:33:13 am »

It is no doubt indicated in the links posted by Marko, but a quick tip: make sure that Audio is selected in the tree when doing a search. By default, search only searches whatever you currently have selected in the tree. So if you are Playing Now or in PLaylists, the search will only search there.
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Re: Newby needs some <search> and <playlist> help
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2010, 09:38:44 am »

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MC seems to organize by AlbumArtist, and not by SongArtist.

You can have MC organize your stuff any way you like. Just modify the view you want changed or create a new view.
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