Hi

I got one problem,,, all my albums are sortet oute in directories like they are from the realease team when i download them, But ewen tho its a album it doset get sortet that way in the album list in foobar.

So i was woundering if its possible to make the album list sorte the albums after directorie names istead of what is standing in the id of the mp3. I hope u get me right if not tell me because i know my english sux.

/Blorre

Whats wrong with playlist -> add directory ?

You can also sort by file path after adding from directory to list in order from main folder. It will then seperate artists with a two, or more, disc set.

The problem is that i cant have that window open if i feel like switching betwen difrent albums. I need to open that every time i select a new album.... and thats slow.

Are u talkin aboute the album tree now or the playlist?

if its the album tree(album list) then explain more please.

I think I figured out what is it that you want. You want your files to be loaded in the playlist in the exact same order that they are in the directory tree (in Windows Explorer), right?
If that is the case go to Preferences-->Core-->Adding new files-->Sort incoming files by and in that field write "%_path%" (minus the quotes "" of course)

This way when you select an entire folder, all the files are loaded in the order that they are sorted in the folder (alphabetically by file name). ID3 tags are ignored.

Hope this works

Doesn't it (W.E.) sort alphabetically by default anyway?

@Blorre

I was referring to a playlist based on Directory. Using this sorting method you get basically the same thing as what AtaqueEG has mentioned. I think...

For Album List you have to set your preferred method of sorting from the preferences. Help button there details syntax for exactly what you can, and cannot for that matter, do with sorting.

i have a feeling he is talking about the ALBUM LIST tree in Components -> Album List. it does create some bizarre looking 'albums' from screwy id3 tags. I, too (if i am understanding correctly) would like the Album List component to display my albums based on the folder names rather than id3 tags.

You can do it with the Tree Hierarchy function. Mine looks like this:



This sorts by the directory name one level down (for my collection, this means the artist), then the directory in question (the year of release and title), and finally the track number and song name. It comes out looking like this:



Hope that helps.

what would be the correct string if my directory structure is
"F:\Artist - Album"?

Thank you so much. Exactly what i wanted, almost.

Only one small lite problem tho, Some of the DIR´s in my base map seams to get outeside of the tree.....

i want it to look like this in the album list

-MP3_ALBUMS
-Album1 (2)
+cd1
+cd2
-Album2 (2)
+cd1
+d2
+Album3
+Album4(And so on)

But it looks like this in the tree( Some albums get outeside of the root dir)

-All music
+Elvis Presley - Original Elvis Presley Collection 10 cd(10)(<-# DIRs(CDs))
+Absolute Reagge Classics (2)
+MP3-ALBUMS (146) <----- I want that one like the root dir shuld be put at _All music
+VA_-_Absolute Relaxed (2)
+********
+********

The albums around MP3-Albums is actualy put in mp3-album dir, but they get outside of that in the album list for some sort of reason.

I can also go with somthing like this if #1 not possible

-All music
+MP3-ALBUMS

Thank you all for the help i gott so far, and taking a bit of ur time to riddle my english