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Search library for technical information

"Note that you can't access technical information (such as codec specifications) or component-provided information (playback statistics and such) this way."

Is there a component or other way to search the library for this information?  Or do I need to make my own tag to fill in the relevant information?

Search library for technical information

Reply #1 –
That only refers to the simple syntax for metadata fields, right above the part you quoted:

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If <field> HAS, IS, GREATER, LESS, EQUAL does not include any of #$% characters, it will be treated as a metadata field.
Example: artist IS Radiohead (...)

It simply means that you cannot, for example, use: codec IS FLAC.
Instead, other information is available through title formatting:

%codec% IS FLAC
%last_played% DURING LAST 2 WEEKS
%replaygain_track_gain% MISSING

For some technical information, there are no title formatting fields, so $info has to be used, for example:

"$info(encoding)" IS lossless

Note the quotation marks that are required for parentheses.
 

Search library for technical information

Reply #2 –
Ah, I didn't know quotation marks were needed around $info(whatever).  Thanks.  (I tried without and obvious got nothing)