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Album list question

Hey,

I recently switched from MediaMonkey to foobar and I just love its customizability. However, there are still a few things that could be improved.

I use the Columns UI. To separate classical from regular music, I have two album lists in a tab stack. The regular music is sorted by artist (default sorting script), for the classical music I use this one:

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$if(%composer%,%composer%,ZZZ)|%album%|[[%discnumber%.]%tracknumber%. ][%track artist% - ]%title%

My regular music tracks never have a composer defined, thus this is an easy way to get all the classical stuff. Everything else is put into 'ZZZ' at the end of the list. It looks like this:



Question is: could I also hide the regular music in the classical tab instead of just putting it into another node? And are there alternative ways to achieve what I did - such as having only one tab and switching between sorting styles with a button?

As for the playlist columns, these don't matter because the only columns I ever use are title, track no. and duration.

Album list question

Reply #1 –
edit: original post removed. i did suggest an alternative component called library tree but it's not necessary as the OP wants music to appear under one node OR the other which a single album list view can do perfectly fine.

Album list question

Reply #2 –
Other alternatives are using a single Album list panel and creating 'General/Classical' nodes with something like this:

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$if(%composer%,Classical|%composer%,General|%album artist%)|%album%|[[%discnumber%.]%tracknumber%. ][%track artist% - ]%title%

Or using two CUI Filter panels and setting one of them to filter based on the %composer% tag.

By deleting the ZZZ part of your script you can also omit the general music node in your classical view.

Album list question

Reply #3 –
Thanks for your posts!
marc2003 is right, I want general and classical music in separate lists (or tabs) without a root node. The CUI filter unfortunately does not allow me to expand artists/composers to select certain albums or tracks.

Well, it would have been nice, but I guess it's not the end of the world if there's no way to get rid of the ZZZ entry at the and of my lists.

Album list question

Reply #4 –
So what's stopping you from using something like this for your classical music:

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$if(%composer%,%<composer>%|%album%|[[%discnumber%.]%tracknumber%. ][%track artist% - ]%title%)

and disabling the (All music) root node in the Album List Panel advanced preferences?

You could also use the non-presence of the composer tag to display your other music:

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$if($not(%composer%),%album artist%|%album%|[[%discnumber%.]%tracknumber%. ][%track artist% - ]%title%)
 

Album list question

Reply #5 –
Thanks, works like a charm! I tried that before and ended up getting the classical on top and all the rest below - guess I misplaced the closing bracket.