Stripping 'The' from artist names in playlist?

fsh · 25th March 2007, 23:05

Is there anyway to set up the Advanced Title Formatting to strip the word 'The' out of the artists' names when they display in the playlist? Or to make the sort function ignore 'The' at the beginning of the title? In other words, when I look for a song by the Beatles I generally look under 'B', not 'T'. Even worse, some songs are titled 'The Beatles' and some as 'Beatles', so there's two places I need to look.

The media library certainly understands this difference and lists 'The Beatles' in line with 'Beatles', but I can't seem to figure it out for the playlist.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

-Chris

PS - I've been using winamp for years and years, and paid for the full version a while back. It's a great program that I use for all my multimedia viewing (except DVD's for now...) Thanks for all the great work that's been put into this great program.

PPS - I tried searching the forums for this, but it's hard to search for the word 'The'....

DummyDDD · 26th March 2007, 23:16

Just replace %artist% with the following code (it was quite difficult to make, because I couldn't find complete atf documentation):
$IfStrEqual2($cut(%artist%,4),the ,$right(%artist%,$sub($len(%artist%), 4)),%artist%)

billyvnilly · 27th March 2007, 00:31

complete atf documentation here:
http://www.myplugins.info/winamp-wik...tle_formatting

fsh · 27th March 2007, 03:09

This is *exactly* what I needed - thanks, guys.

Is there any easy way to re-parse my playlists, or do I have to re-do them from scratch?

siebe83 · 27th March 2007, 07:03

Select all items in the playlist (Ctrl+A), and then use the following option:
Playlist editor: click 'Misc' button > Misc (Opts) > Read extended info on selection (Ctrl+Alt+E)

DummyDDD · 27th March 2007, 14:24

@billyvnilly
Thanks, I've been searching quite a lot for it

25th March 2007, 23:05	#1
fsh Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3	Stripping 'The' from artist names in playlist? Is there anyway to set up the Advanced Title Formatting to strip the word 'The' out of the artists' names when they display in the playlist? Or to make the sort function ignore 'The' at the beginning of the title? In other words, when I look for a song by the Beatles I generally look under 'B', not 'T'. Even worse, some songs are titled 'The Beatles' and some as 'Beatles', so there's two places I need to look. The media library certainly understands this difference and lists 'The Beatles' in line with 'Beatles', but I can't seem to figure it out for the playlist. Any suggestions are appreciated. -Chris PS - I've been using winamp for years and years, and paid for the full version a while back. It's a great program that I use for all my multimedia viewing (except DVD's for now...) Thanks for all the great work that's been put into this great program. PPS - I tried searching the forums for this, but it's hard to search for the word 'The'....

27th March 2007, 07:03	#5
siebe83 Forum King Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,229	Select all items in the playlist (Ctrl+A), and then use the following option: Playlist editor: click 'Misc' button > Misc (Opts) > Read extended info on selection (Ctrl+Alt+E) If you're bored go here or, if the boredom is more serious, here.

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26th March 2007, 23:16	#2
DummyDDD Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 33	Just replace %artist% with the following code (it was quite difficult to make, because I couldn't find complete atf documentation): $IfStrEqual2($cut(%artist%,4),the ,$right(%artist%,$sub($len(%artist%), 4)),%artist%)

27th March 2007, 00:31	#3
billyvnilly Forum King, M.D. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Detroit burbs Posts: 3,379	complete atf documentation here: http://www.myplugins.info/winamp-wik...tle_formatting

27th March 2007, 03:09	#4
fsh Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3	This is exactly what I needed - thanks, guys. Is there any easy way to re-parse my playlists, or do I have to re-do them from scratch?

27th March 2007, 14:24	#6
DummyDDD Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 33	@billyvnilly Thanks, I've been searching quite a lot for it