Browse by Genre?

Drooling Dog · 18th May 2005, 16:01

Other than sorting by the "Genre" column, and scrolling through everything, is there a way to browse by Genre?

It would be nice if that cool drill-down interface you get when you select "Audio" (under "Local Media") started with Genre, then drilled down to Artist/Album/Song, instead of starting at Artist.

Either that or some fancy search term, like "genre=rock". I know I can just search by "Rock", but that searches every field, so it would bring up, for example, "Chris Rock", which is comedy, not rock.

I can't find a way to do either of these things. Am I missing something?

Thanks.

billyvnilly · 18th May 2005, 20:10

to search for genres in the search bar, use

?genre has rock

Also, if you want to make it a little easier (takes time to do it in the beginning) create smart views for each genre.

rightclick local media >
add smart view >
name genre, and choose simple vs. artist/album view >
Query: genre has "rock"

Also, a plugin being created, ml_tree discussion here will have a custom sorting where youll be able to sort by genre...which will be nice

Drooling Dog · 18th May 2005, 20:18

Awesome! Thanks for your help.

18th May 2005, 16:01	#1
Drooling Dog Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 63	Browse by Genre? Other than sorting by the "Genre" column, and scrolling through everything, is there a way to browse by Genre? It would be nice if that cool drill-down interface you get when you select "Audio" (under "Local Media") started with Genre, then drilled down to Artist/Album/Song, instead of starting at Artist. Either that or some fancy search term, like "genre=rock". I know I can just search by "Rock", but that searches every field, so it would bring up, for example, "Chris Rock", which is comedy, not rock. I can't find a way to do either of these things. Am I missing something? Thanks.

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18th May 2005, 20:10	#2
billyvnilly Forum King, M.D. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Detroit burbs Posts: 3,379	to search for genres in the search bar, use ?genre has rock Also, if you want to make it a little easier (takes time to do it in the beginning) create smart views for each genre. rightclick local media > add smart view > name genre, and choose simple vs. artist/album view > Query: genre has "rock" Also, a plugin being created, ml_tree discussion here will have a custom sorting where youll be able to sort by genre...which will be nice

18th May 2005, 20:18	#3
Drooling Dog Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 63	Awesome! Thanks for your help.