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General => MusicBee Wishlist => Topic started by: Will Pittenger on February 21, 2017, 05:41:52 PM

Title: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: Will Pittenger on February 21, 2017, 05:41:52 PM
I'd like to have two levels of grouping in the music library.  The first level would be "Album Artist" with "Album Title" below that.  That'd keep tracks from different artists whose albums just happen to have the same name separate.  As is, I tried to create a custom sort field with that combination and group by it.  But the result is that it groups by the Album Artist only.  That's wrong.
Title: Re: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: psychoadept on February 21, 2017, 05:54:39 PM
If your top level of grouping/sorting is album artist, how are albums by different artists, even with the same name, being combined?
Title: Re: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: Will Pittenger on February 21, 2017, 05:55:27 PM
The album title is simply ignored.
Title: Re: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: psychoadept on February 21, 2017, 06:04:13 PM
I think it would be helpful to have screenshots.  What view are you using?
Title: Re: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: Will Pittenger on February 21, 2017, 06:11:07 PM
The artist Michael W. Smith has two albums in it.  "Sort Album Artist" isn't the same as the "Album Artist" field.  It's the custom field I mentioned that combines "Album Artist" with "Album Title".  (http://i.imgur.com/UfpSUwj.png)
Title: Re: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: Will Pittenger on February 21, 2017, 06:17:00 PM
This image shows the definition of that custom field.

(http://i.imgur.com/cQ4OAeC.png)
Title: Re: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: psychoadept on February 21, 2017, 06:35:04 PM
Sort Album Artist is a special field with unique handling, as explained here: http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Using_Sort_Order


I think what you really want is a virtual tag, something like <Album Artist> - <Album>.  Then you can group by that.
Title: Re: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: Will Pittenger on February 21, 2017, 06:40:30 PM
Better, although I'd rather see true multi-level grouping.  Think of it listing a group called "Michael W. Smith" with groups called "Live the Life" and "Healing Rain" inside that.
Title: Re: Grouping by multiple fields
Post by: psychoadept on February 21, 2017, 07:10:06 PM
You might prefer to use album & tracks view, then.  If you don'tlike the large album art, there are ways around it.  But you'll have the ability to use left & right headers and the subheaders