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Mar2zz
Tried some stuff in album list, but can't figure it out.

I added an extra folder to my music library. Decided to put my downloadfolder there too, so that a rescan will pick up all new files. (instead of adding them through win explorer).

I want the album list to split up in 2 nodes. 1 called Music and 1 called Downloads. Both folders have the same path, so $replace(%path%,\\na5\\,) gives Music or Downloads. When I add extra syntax to it, it splits up in 100's of nodes, all starting with Music or Downloads.

I want the nodes Music and Downloads to be parentnodes, so that they open only when I click their nodes.

Is this possible? If it isn't then how can I create an albumlistview that only shows songs that are inside Downloads?

$if(possible,hurray!,how to create an albumlistview that only shows songs that are inside Downloads without using the filter?)
kanak
Using the "Folder Structure" View
Suppose your music folder is in folder A.
Create a folder called Music and make A its subdirectory. Now add "Music" to the library instead of "A".
Do the same thing for downloads, add its parent directory instead of itself.

Using titleformatting
Something like $if($strstr(%path%,"SOMETHING TO IDENTIFY THE MUSIC FOLDER"),MUSIC|,DOWNLOADS|)[...]
would do the trick.

Using folder view is much more straightforward, but using titleformatting means you don't have to move your music.
Mar2zz
About the 2nd option you mentioned I can't get it to work. But your first one is a good solution.

Anyhow, I decided not to add downloads to my library, as downloaded files often have messed up tags and polute the library and are messy in playlist view. For other purposes (cleaning up garbage files, like .nfo's and par2 files) I need to go in Win explorer too, so it's less work adding files from there to the incoming playlist, then rescanning that folder every time new files are added.

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