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Title: Sub-Header with more informations on multiple CDs
Post by: KoRnFrEaK on August 23, 2020, 02:29:20 PM

Hello everyone,

first, I know there are lots of topics about problems with Sub-Header and also there is a pinned topic in Tips & Tricks, but i can't solve it. I don't know what i have to do. Maybe i'm dumb or i don't understand it, because english is not my native language.

When i have 2 or more CDs who belongs to 1 Album, then i want to to show the name of the 2nd CD (if it's different to the first) behind the number of the Disc.

Here is a screenshot of it:

(https://i.imgur.com/cKAyPbe.png)


Disc 1, everything is fine for me, but Disc 2 is also known as "Tour Sampler". I want to see the Name from Disc 2 behind Disc 2.

Disc 1
Disc 2 - Tour Sampler

I hope you can recognize what my problem is and i'm sure it's much easier to solve this problem as it is for me.

Thanks and best regards from germany

Title: Re: Sub-Header with more informations on multiple CDs
Post by: Zak on August 23, 2020, 03:10:19 PM

Assuming you're already using the Disc # tag, you can just create a custom tag (Edit > Edit Preferences > Tags (1)) to save the Disc Name part.

(https://i.imgur.com/rDKEFry.png)

Click Define New Tags... and add it there if you want the values saved to the file and not just the MusicBee database

(https://i.imgur.com/hnGkg3u.png)


Then create a virtual tag in the same preferences screen with something like this:

Code

$IsNull(<Disc#>,,"Disc "<Disc#>)$IsNull(<Disc Name>,,$IsNull(<Disc#>,,": ")<Disc Name>)

(Here, <Disc Name> is the name of the custom tag you've created)

Then in the Album and Tracks panel settings, select that virtual tag as the track sub-header.

That will give you this:

(https://i.imgur.com/H1I0yer.png)

1. No value for the disc # or disc name tags. (i.e Shows nothing)
2. Value for disc # tag only.
3. Value for disc # and disc name tags.


This also lets you display a heading for some tracks even if there is no disc number.
For example, "Bonus Tracks" at the end of an album.

Title: Re: Sub-Header with more informations on multiple CDs
Post by: KoRnFrEaK on August 23, 2020, 04:07:26 PM

Thank you very very much Zak. Perfect, now it's the way i want it  8)