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Bands starting with the word THE

Was wondering how I can get foobar to arrange my playlist alphabetically by disregarding the word THE when a band name starts with THE, i.e. THE BLACK CROWES, i want that to be in the B's instead of the T's

Here's what I have now:



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Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #1 –
Instead of
Code: [Select]
%ALBUM ARTIST%
you could just write
Code: [Select]
$if($stricmp($left(%ALBUM ARTIST%,4),'The '),$substr(%ALBUM ARTIST%,5,$len(%ALBUM ARTIST%))', The ',%ALBUM ARTIST%)
. This will basically replace "The <artist>" with "<artist>, The" and otherwise leave the name as it is. You can also use it in the Album List.

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #2 –
Quote from: patrick s. on
Instead of
Code: [Select]
%ALBUM ARTIST%
you could just write
Code: [Select]
$if($stricmp($left(%ALBUM ARTIST%,4),'The '),$substr(%ALBUM ARTIST%,5,$len(%ALBUM ARTIST%))', The ',%ALBUM ARTIST%)
. This will basically replace "The <artist>" with "<artist>, The" and otherwise leave the name as it is. You can also use it in the Album List.



Is there a way to run that AND one to relocate "A"??

Example: 

A New Kind of American Saint

becomes

New Kind of American Saint, A

I don't understand how you can run 2 stings back to back like that.

Also, can these strings be applied in the masstagger component to permanently change the ARTIST field of the ID3 Tags to always ensure a good sort, even if someone else uses them who doesn't use foobar?

Thanks!

I just answered my own question, that string works perfectly in masstagger.

I just renamed every band with "The" to place it on the end, after the title, in one click.

It worked fine in the Album List component as well, but I was looking for something a little more permanent.

Thanks so much. 

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #3 –
without rename file you can use this string:

$cwb_ltrim(%artist%,The ,A ,La )$if($longer($replace(%artist%,$cwb_ltrim(%artist%,The ,A ,La ),),0),', '$replace(%artist%,$cwb_ltrim(%artist%,The ,A ,La ),))

A New Kind of American Saint
becomes
New Kind of American Saint, A

required:  foo_cwb_hooks
Music is my first love.

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #4 –
Another Question:

How to ignore leading "The", etc. when sorting, but without set "The" at the end.

Is this possible?

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Byron86 on
Another Question:

How to ignore leading "The", etc. when sorting, but without set "The" at the end.

Is this possible?


It's almost the same:
Code: [Select]
$if($stricmp($left(%ALBUM ARTIST%,4),'The '),$substr(%ALBUM ARTIST%,5,$len(%ALBUM ARTIST%)),%ALBUM ARTIST%)

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #6 –
thanks

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #7 –
Ok, another question, every time I load a new playlist, it automatically sorts them by album name and I have to go and select  menu > edit > sort > sort by  to get them in the order I would like.  Is there a way to get them to automatically sort the way that I like them to?, which is:

$if($stricmp($left(%ALBUM ARTIST%,4),'The '),$substr(%ALBUM ARTIST%,5,$len(%ALBUM ARTIST%))', The ',%ALBUM ARTIST%) - %DATE% - %ALBUM% - %DISCNUMBER% - %TRACKNUMBER% - %TITLE%

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #8 –
There's an option in foobar2000's preferences. Actually, it's the first one on the "General" page. Not too hard to find

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #9 –
Quote from: patrick s. on
There's an option in foobar2000's preferences. Actually, it's the first one on the "General" page. Not too hard to find


That acutall didn't work for me, but I figured it out anyway.  I just had to right click in the directory frame, and under VIEW > I just selected "by directory structure" instead of "by artist" which was what I had checked before.  Thanks anyway though!  Cheers!

Hmmm well that didn't actually work completey...... maybe album/artist?

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #10 –
Quote from: patrick s. on
Quote from: Byron86 on

Another Question:

How to ignore leading "The", etc. when sorting, but without set "The" at the end.

Is this possible?


It's almost the same:
Code: [Select]
$if($stricmp($left(%ALBUM ARTIST%,4),'The '),$substr(%ALBUM ARTIST%,5,$len(%ALBUM ARTIST%)),%ALBUM ARTIST%)



I'd like to sort similarly, but leaving "The " at the beginning. I enjoyed the ability to use a custom sort string in the library in 0.8.3. 


Currently, I use Frank Bicking's Facets with the string:

Code: [Select]
[$if($strcmp($left(%album artist%,2),A ),$right(%album artist%,$sub($len(%album artist%),2))', 'A,%album artist%)]
to take care of the "A " Artists since as it is currently, Facets takes care of "The " artists.

Previously I had used:
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$if3($if($strcmp($left(%album artist%,2),A ),$right(%album artist%,$sub($len(%album artist%),2))', 'A),$if($strcmp($left(%album artist%,4),The ),$right(%album artist%,$sub($len(%album artist%),4))', 'The),%album artist%)


Which moved both "A " and "The " to the end of the string name. I might start using CWB Hooks with $cwb_ltrim(%artist%,The ,A ,La ,El ,Los ) if it works with 0.9.5 (I don't know if it does).
 

Bands starting with the word THE

Reply #11 –
Quote from: ALiENscApE on
That actually didn't work for me, but I figured it out anyway.  I just had to right click in the directory frame, and under VIEW > I just selected "by directory structure" instead of "by artist" which was what I had checked before.  Thanks anyway though!  Cheers!

Hmmm well that didn't actually work completely...... maybe album/artist?


I use directory structure also. However I just renamed the folders. For example: Lord of the Rings, The is a folder, and inside are individual folders for each of the three movie soundtracks. Now, they are alphabetized correctly wherever I look, in Foobar or in Windows Explorer. The tags I left unaltered.