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str1d3r

Oct 25 2005, 18:40

I'm using Database Explorer to sort through all the files in my music folder.
I've got all my music sorted as E:\Music\[artist]\[album]\[track]
Is there any way I can reproduce this as a formatting string? I've gotten as far as listing each album (without the artist) which is kind of nice, but there is no hierarchy to it.

Any suggestions are very much appreciated

EDIT: I'm sorting it as "By Path." <<<Random info.

EDIT2: To give a visual representation it might look something like this:

CODE

Or something like that.

krazy

Oct 25 2005, 19:40

The albumlist panel for 0.9 beta has a default "by directory structure" view. My setup is much the same as yours.

str1d3r

Oct 25 2005, 19:54

I don't feel like changing all my stuff over to .9 (unless it's fairly quick and simple). Is there any way you can give the plugin you're using to me? Unless it's too much to ask, granted that it might be stuck in foob's code.

krazy

Oct 25 2005, 20:54

It is very simple. I'd recommend giving it a go.

However, this code should work assuming that your albums are all replaygained, and that single songs are are at a level higher than albums..

CODE

$if(%__replaygain_album_gain%,$directory($extra(path),2)|,)$directory($extra(path))|$extra(filename)

gfngfgf

Oct 25 2005, 23:43

The albumlist panel (or standalone) for 0.8.3 also has the "by directory structure" view.

str1d3r

Oct 26 2005, 17:32

Thanks to both of you.
@krazy: Any way I can upgrade without losing anything? Last time I tried that I lost my twenty-some playlists (custom made song by song

) and I couldn't find my .fcs's
@gfngfgf: Album list is perfect, but I can't find the panel. Any help?

gfngfgf

Oct 26 2005, 19:31

http://music.morbo.org/panels.php

Should be right there

krazy

Oct 26 2005, 22:50

You should be able to right-click on your playlist switcher and "Save all playlists..." to a folder, then drag them into 0.9.
As for the fcs's, they must be re-coded for 0.9. There are some available around the forums or maybe try writing your own.

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