[SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread touchmatt
I really can't find a solution to have albums sorted to the bottom of the regular album releases. For instance, I have added the date for a bootleg (the recording date) but try to have it sorted to the end of the list with official releases. Is this possible? I don't want to scroll though the

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread dasmueller
It sounds as if you are searching with the artist field. You could use the artist field and name official releases for example The Band for the album Music From Big Pink. Then name bootlegs The Band bootlegs for The Lonestar Cafe 1986 for that show. In this way they will show as a separate artist

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread Apesbrain
You could give your bootlegs ALBUM tags that start with a character that sorts after numbers and letters, for instance: -The Lonestar Cafe 1986 This is easy to do in Mp3tag by using the Tag - Tag converter button with these values: Field: ALBUM Format string: -%ALBUM% Test a few files to be

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread dasmueller
Would this require a clear library and rescan everything or will a look for new and changed media files work ? dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread Apesbrain
dasmueller wrote: Would this require a clear library and rescan everything or will a look for new and changed media files work ? A new/changed rescan should work. Apesbrain's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread touchmatt
Apesbrain wrote: You could give your bootlegs ALBUM tags that start with a character that sorts after numbers and letters, for instance: -The Lonestar Cafe 1986 This is easy to do in Mp3tag by using the Tag - Tag converter button with these values: Field: ALBUM Format string:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread touchmatt
Sorry, that screenshot didn't work very well: 14490 +---+ |Filename: cream albums.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14490|

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread Mnyb
But if you sort by year and not the name it will be sorted by year not the name so albumsort etc have no impact . The main thing that decides the order in this case is the year or date tag . The trick to precede the real name with chars that sort last would work in the other views when albums

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Sort albums (bootlegs) at the bottom / end

2013-02-17 Thread aubuti
Mnyb wrote: But if you sort by year and not the name it will be sorted by year not the name so albumsort etc have no impact . The main thing that decides the order in this case is the year or date tag . The trick to precede the real name with chars that sort last would work in the