Properties
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Simon Armstrong
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Properties
Glad to see the Properties menu has remained as before. Looking at it did however remind me that discussion had been had in the past over allowing albums to be sorted by original date as opposed to version release date (date). With labels re-releasing albums at every possible opportunity this would be a welcome addition.
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Re: Properties
If you are talking about the MM5 album grid view. it has actually gone backwards in sorting capability, from what was available in MM4.Simon Armstrong wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 6:57 am Glad to see the Properties menu has remained as before. Looking at it did however remind me that discussion had been had in the past over allowing albums to be sorted by original date as opposed to version release date (date). With labels re-releasing albums at every possible opportunity this would be a welcome addition.
In MM4 we we could sort and group the album grid by:
- Album
- Album Artist
- Release Date
- Composer
- Rating
- Genre
- Length
But instead they have restricted the sort sequence to just the top three items in the above list.
At one point they said that this was a TODO, but recently they have stopped answering queries about this.
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Simon Armstrong
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Re: Properties
In relation to my opening post I have since discovered the option to sort by release date does already exist, so thanks to the developers.
To Barry, I must admit I don't use grid view much preferring instead to work in List By Album and then sort as necessary by the selected column. With the option to add additional columns, my needs are pretty much covered. I understand your frustration though as I cannot see the advantage in limiting the sort options in what is essentially a database. I do think MM might be bending to the wrong audience here, as those who rip their own music probably have a pretty good idea how to navigate sort options. Those that don't will most likely use Tidal, Spotify etc. instead pf MM.
To Barry, I must admit I don't use grid view much preferring instead to work in List By Album and then sort as necessary by the selected column. With the option to add additional columns, my needs are pretty much covered. I understand your frustration though as I cannot see the advantage in limiting the sort options in what is essentially a database. I do think MM might be bending to the wrong audience here, as those who rip their own music probably have a pretty good idea how to navigate sort options. Those that don't will most likely use Tidal, Spotify etc. instead pf MM.
Yet another whole night in front of the computer! Need more NAS storage and a faster processor.....always.