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Topic: CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags (Read 6375 times) previous topic - next topic
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CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

I am getting the same problem, using column UI. Sometimes I'll notice a slight error in tags and notice this has been the problem, yet a lot of the time the tags are identical except for the song name and the problem still occurs. Any suggestions??

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #1 –
If the tags are identical, you would NOT have the problem. The issue could be subtle, nonetheless it is there.
Follow post #7 closely and you may find the error.

terry

If you still have trouble, everybody like screenshots. 

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #2 –
yea, most of the time there is a slight difference in id3 tags, but check this out:

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #3 –
Maybe posting the playlist grouping titleformat code for your playlist will help

terry

Edit: You might also try the following. Select all the tracks for the album. Properties >Select the Album Title and Artist fields > Right click > Clean up
This will get rid of Trailing spaces which will be seen as different values

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #4 –
this is the format code:
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$if2(%artist%,<no artist>)[ / %album%]

not seeing any spaces in the artist or album fields but thanks for the suggestion
 

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #5 –

By the way, How does one see a trailing space.

terry

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #6 –
so a trailing space is something other than a random space after a name or something?... suppose i'll try out what you suggested then and see what happens

[edit] yea that didn't do anything.. could it be because i have a custom skin messing it up? i don't think i had this problem before the skin...

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #7 –
This skin doesn't change the grouping or sort pattern of the ng playlist .
It uses the default sort pattern of foobar2000/Columns UI (%path_sort%).
NG Playlist group pattern isn't saved to the FCL-file, that contains the informations for the Columns UI configuration.

And it looks like your files are not named with the leading tracknumber (e. g. "05. Dull Life.mp3" but "Dull Life.mp3").
So your files are sorted alphabetically, but strange, it looks like your path sortingis reversed...

Do you have all your files in one folder?
Or do you have separated album folders?

There is a second playlist view. Is it sorted the same as in NG Playlist?
Please tell me what is your sort pattern for incoming files (Preferences --> General)?

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #8 –
I have separate folders for each artist and subfolders for each album.
The incoming sort pattern is
Code: [Select]
%path_sort%

in all other views my albums seem to group fine. they are just all split up in the default view

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #9 –
With "default view" you mean the NG Playlist (the playlist shown on your screenshot)?
That's strange, the other Playlist view (ELPlaylist) uses the same sort pattern.

Is it wrong sorted on all playlists or only on the "Default" playlist?
Have you anytime sorted it manually?

Please try the following:
Toolbar --> Edit --> Sort --> Sort by File Path
If your files are named with a leading tracknumber (and i assume it as you said, the sorting is ok in all other views) it will sort your playlist correctly again.

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #10 –
If each artist has his separate folder with subfolders for each album and the filenames include leading tracknumbers, what about something like this?

Code: [Select]
$replace(%path%,\%filename_ext%,) %filename%
This is HA. Not the Jerry Springer Show.

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #11 –
Should be (nearly) the same like %path_sort%

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #12 –
Quote from: tedgo on
With "default view" you mean the NG Playlist (the playlist shown on your screenshot)?
That's strange, the other Playlist view (ELPlaylist) uses the same sort pattern.

Is it wrong sorted on all playlists or only on the "Default" playlist?
Have you anytime sorted it manually?

Please try the following:
Toolbar --> Edit --> Sort --> Sort by File Path
If your files are named with a leading tracknumber (and i assume it as you said, the sorting is ok in all other views) it will sort your playlist correctly again.

THANK YOU! Yea that must have been it. When I clicked sort by file path it worked, as well as when I click sort by album or any of the other options for that matter -- not sure what it was set to sort to earlier then, but no matter. thanks for the persistent replies.
And yes I suppose I mean NG Playlist when I said "default" as I meant the one in my screenshot (sorry I don't know all the foobar jargon). Anyways, thanks again.

CUI/DarkOne: broken playlist grouping/sorting or tags

Reply #13 –
From titleformat_help.html in foobar's folder:

Quote
%path_sort%: Path of the file; for use with sorting, where order of subsongs within a file needs to be preserved; exact value returned by it is undefined and should not be relied on.

That's why I thought my proposal could make possibly sense.
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