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[apostos]

In ‘Standard View’
Select ‘Audio’ from tree (view - album thumbnails sorted alphanumerically)
Next select ‘Albums’ (same view, tree expands)
Then select ‘All Albums ‘ (view - albums are sorted by artist – tree still sorts alphanumerically)
Select ‘All Albums’ tab – There you have ‘List Style’, ‘Group By’, ‘Sort Inside Groups By’ & ‘Columns’ as choices.

Under ‘List Style’  ‘Details’ is selected
Under ‘Group By’  ‘Album’ is selected
Under ‘Sort Inside Groups By’   ‘Default’ is selected
Under Columns – Audio (the preset) is selected

In this view albums are being sorted by artist name and not by album name as I would expect. Selecting ‘Album’ from the ‘More (sort groups a –z)’ menu item under ‘Group By’ shows the expected result, albums sorted by name. If I then go back and select ‘Album’ from the ‘Group By’ menu list I am presented with a view sorted again by album artist.

I don’t believe I’ve customized the album view. Its set as ‘View As: Categories’. There’s only one entry ‘Album’ and it’s set as a Library field to sort by ‘Ascending’. I believe these are the default.

Now, have I screwed something up or is this how it’s supposed to work?

[MrC]

The stock "Album" Group By preset is magic.  It really groups and sorts by:

   Artist - Date - Album

It is a useful setting to provide a preset grouping that seems to work well for most cases.  You can use your own groupings by creating custom calculated fields.

[apostos]

Ah, more Media Centre magic ….

Thank you for taking the time to respond to this literal type.