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Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: dapatcho on 2012-11-20 03:17:35
Using multi CD albums of the same name, although I've distinguished which set of songs are in which of the three albums, I still get them compiling as one album, here:

http://i.imgur.com/ljI3E.png?1 (http://i.imgur.com/ljI3E.png?1)

How can I remedy the situation?
Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: BenB on 2012-11-20 05:03:39
That's a sorting issue. Open Preferences (Ctrl+P) and go to Shell Integration. In the box labeled Sort incoming files by:, paste the following (you can omit the dashes if you want) or something similar:

Code: [Select]
%album artist% - %date% - %album% - %discnumber% - %tracknumber% - %title%

There's another box with the same label located under Display > Columns UI > Filter tab that you'll probably want to enter that title formatting into as well.
Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: dapatcho on 2012-11-20 23:10:11
That's a sorting issue. Open Preferences (Ctrl+P) and go to Shell Integration. In the box labeled Sort incoming files by:, paste the following (you can omit the dashes if you want) or something similar:

Code: [Select]
%album artist% - %date% - %album% - %discnumber% - %tracknumber% - %title%

There's another box with the same label located under Display > Columns UI > Filter tab that you'll probably want to enter that title formatting into as well.


It didn't seem to help :\

http://i.imgur.com/RPFHJ.png?1 (http://i.imgur.com/RPFHJ.png?1)
Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: Daeron on 2012-11-20 23:20:59
Do your files have DISCNUMBER tags to begin with?
Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: dapatcho on 2012-11-21 00:09:46
Do your files have DISCNUMBER tags to begin with?


http://i.imgur.com/fNVjy.png?1 (http://i.imgur.com/fNVjy.png?1)

That's about as far as I've gotten with telling foobar there's more than one CD.
Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: earlypaperboy on 2012-11-21 15:17:50
go to preferences playlist/coloumns UI/playlist view/ then switch to grouping tab and use the desired TF to group according to the discnumber tag
something like this
Code: [Select]
%album% [Disc: %discnumber%]
Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: BenB on 2012-11-21 17:00:05
^That isn't necessary to get the files to sort correctly.

http://i.imgur.com/fNVjy.png?1 (http://i.imgur.com/fNVjy.png?1)

That's about as far as I've gotten with telling foobar there's more than one CD.


Have you tried reloading the playlist or reloading the metadata from those files?
Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: earlypaperboy on 2012-11-21 17:55:48
@BenB
oh sorry i misunderstood.
Title: Columns UI and Multi CD albums
Post by: BenB on 2012-11-21 18:32:08
No need to apologize. OP could certainly do what you suggested if he wanted the discs grouped separately, but there is no guarantee that the files would be sorted correctly.