Author Topic: Advanced search options?  (Read 1490 times)

Nick-

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Is there a way to use some advanced search options? For example I want to find for which albums I have less than X tracks placed in Library (how many I have, not the total tracks of the album) or to locate all tracks that have different <Album Artist> and <Artist>
I looked at the Wiki and the Gui but couldn't find anything on that direction.
Last Edit: May 20, 2017, 04:04:02 PM by Nick-

phred

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Use the drop-down to the right of the magnifying glass in the search box to get to 'custom search.' From there you should be able to set up the criteria you need.
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psychoadept

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For the different album artist and artist search, you might need to supplement with a virtual tag.  I.e. $If(<Artist>=<Album Artist>,same,different)
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Nick-

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The virtual tag option is what I was looking for but also I hadn't realized that there are some more advanced displayed fileds as well. Thank you both!

For anyone else viewing this looking for something similar:
Explaining special fields: http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Special_Fields
Supported functions: http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Functions