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Topic: Need a little help with the library filter/autoplaylist (Read 1294 times) previous topic - next topic
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Need a little help with the library filter/autoplaylist

I've put loads of custom tags in the comment field of all my mp3s, so I can create playlists based off similar aspects to tracks. I don't really know how to use the filter expressions though, so I'm having trouble doing what I'm after. I had a look at the help page for it but the text expressions make my head hurt!

So, I want to be able to find stuff that contains A, but does not contain B, E or F, for example. Or, I just want to find everything that doesn't contain A or B. And then make auto-playlists based on that.

Hope that was clear!

Need a little help with the library filter/autoplaylist

Reply #1 –
Try these:

Quote from: yakkady on
So, I want to be able to find stuff that contains A, but does not contain B, E or F, for example.
field HAS a AND NOT field HAS b AND NOT field HAS e AND NOT field HAS f

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Or, I just want to find everything that doesn't contain A or B.
NOT field HAS a AND NOT field HAS b

Need a little help with the library filter/autoplaylist

Reply #2 –
Thank you! I was trying different combinations of things but it was simpler than I expected.

Okay I have a more advanced question now, is there a way to essentially check for spelling mistakes I've put in? The comments contain various combinations of a finite number of descriptors. Is there a way to check for a string of characters that doesn't match any of those descriptors? So for a track where the comment was...

deep light electornica

... it'd show me that 'electornica' isn't right.

I can export the tag details using MP3tag to Excel and check there, but I was wondering if Foobar could do this for me. I suspect it might be a bit complicated, might as well ask though.

Need a little help with the library filter/autoplaylist

Reply #3 –
Sorry, I don’t know how to do that. Hopefully someone else does! Glad the other stuff helped.
 

Need a little help with the library filter/autoplaylist

Reply #4 –
Quote from: yakkady on
Okay I have a more advanced question now, is there a way to essentially check for spelling mistakes I've put in?

What about foo_tagbox? As I remember you can make a pre-defined list of variables and use a checkbox-based system to add whichever you want (to the multivalue field).

That would also completely eliminate the necessity of manual typing.