by JazzMC » Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:13 am
Hello,
I have spent 2 hours now browsing this forum to see if my question has been answered before, so my conscience is clear in respect to asking such a simple question.
MM version I use is 3.0.6
When I enter a search term in the search tab (the one with the magnifying glass next to it), MM always sorts the results by their path on the HD. If, though, I want the results sorted by artist, I have to click on the column header "Artist" every time I use a new search term, and if I want the results sorted first by artist and then by title (which is my preferred order), I have to click on the "Artist" column, hold down Ctrl, and the click the "Title column". (e.g. the MP3 F:\Music\Pop\Robbie Williams - Angels.mp3 will be listed before the MP3 F:\Music\Rock\Ash - Angel Interception by default, because the word "Pop" is lexicographically preceding the word "Rock", and I would like to have it reversed, since I want the artist "Ash" to be listed before the artist "Robbie William")
Question is:
How do I tell Media Monkey that, whenever I input a search term, or chose a folder in the node tree and have its contents displayed, or chose a playlist in the node tree, I want the results automatically sorted first by "Artist" and then by "Title"?
If I click on the magnifying glass, and get into the Search dialogue box (which also features the Advanced Search tab), there IS an option called "Sort Order", which is exactly what I need, but unfortunately, this option is not used if you just enter a term in the search tab on the main window. I know, I'm lazy, because my problem would be solved at least for the serach results by going that extra step, but it would still not give me the right sort order when selecting a tree node or a playlist.
I read these other forum topics, which were helpful, but all do not explain how to save the double sorting config to MM so it uses it automatically with every search I do:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 1&p=171684
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 8&p=180629
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 1&p=168223
If writing a customized script is the only way out, I'm prepared to do that, if you can tell me where to save such a script, or which one to alter, so MM reads it when it starts.
Thanks for any help,
Cheers,
Jan
Hello,
I have spent 2 hours now browsing this forum to see if my question has been answered before, so my conscience is clear in respect to asking such a simple question.
MM version I use is 3.0.6
When I enter a search term in the search tab (the one with the magnifying glass next to it), MM always sorts the results by their path on the HD. If, though, I want the results sorted by artist, I have to click on the column header "Artist" every time I use a new search term, and if I want the results sorted first by artist and then by title (which is my preferred order), I have to click on the "Artist" column, hold down Ctrl, and the click the "Title column". (e.g. the MP3 F:\Music\Pop\Robbie Williams - Angels.mp3 will be listed before the MP3 F:\Music\Rock\Ash - Angel Interception by default, because the word "Pop" is lexicographically preceding the word "Rock", and I would like to have it reversed, since I want the artist "Ash" to be listed before the artist "Robbie William")
[u]Question is:[/u]
[b]How do I tell Media Monkey that, whenever I input a search term, or chose a folder in the node tree and have its contents displayed, or chose a playlist in the node tree, I want the results automatically sorted first by "Artist" and then by "Title"?[/b]
If I click on the magnifying glass, and get into the Search dialogue box (which also features the Advanced Search tab), there IS an option called "Sort Order", which is exactly what I need, but unfortunately, this option is not used if you just enter a term in the search tab on the main window. I know, I'm lazy, because my problem would be solved at least for the serach results by going that extra step, but it would still not give me the right sort order when selecting a tree node or a playlist.
I read these other forum topics, which were helpful, but all do not explain how to save the double sorting config to MM so it uses it automatically with every search I do:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33571&p=171684
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=35128&p=180629
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32911&p=168223
If writing a customized script is the only way out, I'm prepared to do that, if you can tell me where to save such a script, or which one to alter, so MM reads it when it starts.
Thanks for any help,
Cheers,
Jan