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ELPlaylist grouping settings

Hi

I'm trying to organize my music in alphabetical order with just the artist name, then the albums, and finally the songs. At the very least I would like it in alphabetical order. It's in order for the most part but there are a number of artists that are either separated and in different spots or just don't belong where they are. currently (http://picasaweb.google.com/dimmyjean/UntitledAlbum#5297964816072177986) you'll see that it list an album under the artist name. The only problem is the artist drop down contains more then one album and it just chooses a random album cover and name to represent the artist. If anyone knows what to put in group format and sort format to acheive what im looking for i would sincerely appreciate it.

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #1 –
The default group setting in the configuration had grouped the albums correctly if there where an album artist (e. g. Various Artists) tag on your files (if i understand you correctly).

In sort format in your case there should be:
%album artist% - %album% - %tracknumber% - %title%
instead of the default %path_sort%. That should sort like you wants it to (if you wants to sort the tracks in the correct order of the tracknumber. If not erase the "%tracknumber% - "-part in the string above.
You should enable "show" for context "menu --> sort" on the "behaviour"-tab, as it is disabled by default in my configuration.

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #2 –
Hey

I'm new at this shit so I apologize if I suck at this
I typed in exactly what you wrote above but I guess I typed it wrong
Group Format
%artist%
Sort Format
%album artist% - %album% - %tracknumber% - %title%
I also enabled show

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #3 –
If you only type %artist% in group format, the albums are all grouped under the artist, not as seperate albums.

Maybe i understood you wrong, but you want to group and sort your albums alphabetically, don't you?
You want to group like that?
Artist A - Album A
Artist A - Album B
Artist A - Album C
Artist B - Album A
Artist B - Album B
Artist B - Album C
...

With your method, only writing %artist% in group format, you'll get this:
Artist A - Albums A-C (with information in group header only from Album A)
Artist B - Albums A-C (with information in group header only from Album A)
...

So, in addition to the sort string i posted above you should write %album artist% - %album% - %discnumber% in group format.

EDIT:
Oh, i forgot, after setting your sort string, you should right click in your playlist and choose "Sort --> preset default" to sort like that.

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #4 –
This is just about what I'm looking for. The only thing is I have a lot of different albums so the list is really really long. I was wondering if there was a way so it just had the artist then when you click the artist it expands to just the individual albums. Then you can choose which album you want to see the track listings for and it just expands those tracks.

If that's not possible its fine

by far the best theme I've used so far by the way

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #5 –
Maybe possible with subgroups but i haven't employed with until now, 'cos i do that with the album list panel and the library viewer playlist

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #6 –
This all worked perfectly for me but when I change to a different artist it's in the wrong format. I have to re-right click and select Sort --> preset default.

How can I make it stay as preset default? I have a feeling it has something to do with my "Sort incoming files by..." as I just started with a fresh install so I haven't changed it as of yet.

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #7 –
I have a problem with compilation album (various artist).



This is my playlist picture. Each song that show are on the same album.

How does I made for solve the problem, and all the songs appear on the same album ?

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #8 –
Quote from: Baldor on
I have a problem with compilation album (various artist).

This is my playlist picture. Each song that show are on the same album.

How does I made for solve the problem, and all the songs appear on the same album ?


have you got the tags of the album artist set to Various Artists?

if album artist isnt set it will read the track artist field, which i would imagine is the cause of the problem you have

EDIT: missed a crucial word

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #9 –
My tags are correctly taggued with the "various artists" mention in "album artists". The problem is anywhere 

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #10 –
Quote from: Baldor on
My tags are correctly taggued with the "various artists" mention in "album artists". The problem is anywhere 


is the Album Artist tag "albumartist" or "band"?

if i recall correctly most programs (ie, wmp, mp3tag) tag mp3 album artist to the band tag, where as foobar tags to the albumartist tag & if that isnt present it searches for the track artist tag.
im sure i had a similar problem when migrating from wmp to foobar & this was the cause of the problem.

have a check, & please somebody correct me if im wrong.

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #11 –
You're right.
In MP3tag, "album artist" is "<BAND>" in Fb2k. In Fb2k, right click, properties.


So, I've re-taggued my compilation albums with Fb2k and it's magic, it's OK !!!

Thank you Jack

EDIT : Add the picture

Moderation: Removed useless full quote of the preceding post.

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #12 –
Quote from: xbrokenxherox on
This all worked perfectly for me but when I change to a different artist it's in the wrong format. I have to re-right click and select Sort --> preset default.

How can I make it stay as preset default? I have a feeling it has something to do with my "Sort incoming files by..." as I just started with a fresh install so I haven't changed it as of yet.

i am having the same problem... can anyone help me? i am a total foobar noob

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #13 –
Well old post here, but I just installed the latest ELPlaylist and it's not working properly with Album Artist tagged files...

My reply to this post explains my problem if anyone can help...

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=83247

I can't get this thing to work properly with the %album artist% tag in my songs.

ELPlaylist lists songs by album then the artist name. I want to list them first by the artist, then album and work also with my Various Artists cds that are tagged with %album artist%...


THANKS

P.S. Ok I'm getting since I posted this. Under the 'Group Header' tab there was this line like this:

$puts(group.text,%el_group_format%$ifequal(%el_group_depth%,0,$ifgreater(%el_direct_item_count%,0,$char(10),)%artist%,))

And I changed it to this: (If you don't you get two lines with artist names appearing)

$puts(group.text,%el_group_format%$ifequal(%el_group_depth%,0,$ifgreater(%el_direct_item_count%,0,$char(10),),))

Now under Group Format I have:

%album artist% - %album% *%date%

Sort Format:

%album artist% - %album% - %tracknumber% - %title%

So everything now looks ok, here's a screenshot: (Notice the date 1983 came before 1982) - How can I get it to show dates from earliest to latest by the artist, like you'd expect it to?



THANKS

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #14 –
Sorry for double post I couldn't edit it above.

I got it, I put the toolbar up and went to Edit - Sort - Sort by - and clicked OK and now the artists are sorted by date...

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #15 –
Can something like this be done,

Basically i want there to be

Artist then a drop down with albums instead of there being a drop down for each album seperatly



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this is what i have in the settings :



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ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #16 –
I want to group my albums using the "%codec%" - if for example I have one album in flac and mp3 version I want them to be grouped separately, one before the another. My current group format: %album artist% | $if(%album%,%album% | %discnumber%,%artist%%title%)

Where should I add "%codec%"?

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #17 –
between album artist and album.

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #18 –
Quote from: marc2003 on
between album artist and album.
It works, but when the files are in the same folder there are now a separate group for every song.
Unfortunatelly it doesn't work:

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #19 –
you'll probably want to update the sort pattern of whatever is populating your playlists. if adding from the file menu/explorer, look under file>preferences>shell integration>sort incoming files by.

if using columns UI filters, it has a similar dialog under file>preferences>display>columns UI>filter tab.

or if using another library viewer then check its options.

ELPlaylist grouping settings

Reply #20 –
Quote from: marc2003 on
you'll probably want to update the sort pattern of whatever is populating your playlists. if adding from the file menu/explorer, look under file>preferences>shell integration>sort incoming files by.

if using columns UI filters, it has a similar dialog under file>preferences>display>columns UI>filter tab.

or if using another library viewer then check its options.

OK, thanks, now everything works, Here's what I've done:
1. Update the sort pattern in Columns UI (when you use columns UI filters):
Code: [Select]
%album artist% - %date% - $if(%album%,%date%) - %codec% - %album% - %discnumber% - %tracknumber% - %title%

2. Update the sort pattern in Shell Integration menu (used when you add files from explorer or using plugins like Quick Search):
Code: [Select]
%album artist% - $if(%album%,%date%) - %codec% - %album% - %discnumber% - %tracknumber% - %title%

3. Update the grouping pattern in ELPlaylist settings (without that all tracks will be sorted depending on the codec but under one album group):
Code: [Select]
%album artist% | %codec% | $if(%album%,%album% | %discnumber%,%artist%%title%)