Author Topic: Albums view: Sort titles inside albums  (Read 369 times)

Acoustics

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Hi,

In the view Albums, is it possible to sort the tracks by a tag other than the track number?

I have a special album in which I drop all the singles (so a sort of huge compilation album, with Album Artist = 'Various Artists')
I don't want to set track numbers for this album because the content changes very often. I would like the tracks to be sorted automatically by Artist.

By default, when the tracks are not numbered, the tracks are sorted by Title, if this can be changed somewhere?

My idea is to use a virtual tag to apply a specific sorting for the tracks in this album only.

Thanks!

Acoustics

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It seems not possible, so finally I will number the tracks. So problem solved.
Last Edit: January 15, 2023, 08:02:32 AM by Acoustics

The Incredible Boom Boom

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In the view Albums, is it possible to sort the tracks by a tag other than the track number?

I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question correctly, because the answer is "yes" and it's very easy to find the option to do so.
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I have a special album in which I drop all the singles (so a sort of huge compilation album, with Album Artist = 'Various Artists')
I don't want to set track numbers for this album because the content changes very often. I would like the tracks to be sorted automatically by Artist.

By default, when the tracks are not numbered, the tracks are sorted by Title, if this can be changed somewhere?

My idea is to use a virtual tag to apply a specific sorting for the tracks in this album only.

You will need to use a Virtual Tag to apply your desired sorting method to this specific collection of songs.
You can then use the Sorting/Grouping menu in Preferences to add your Virtual Tag to the "defined sorting" list and from there, click on the icon to the right of the Search bar -> Main Panel -> Sort By to sort your view in accordance with your Virtual Tag.