losinj;387580 Wrote: 
> 
> I've started tagging like this, as it seemed a good place to start but
> that's just me guessing :-
> 
> PERFORMER - who's playing the instrument, usually solo but can be a
> duet separated by ";"
> LOCATION - Venue and City e.g. "Symphony Hall, Birmingham"
> COUNTRY - really comes before Location
> LABEL (ORGANISATION) - recording label
> SERIES - e.g. "Great European Organs"
> 
These tags looks find, but you will need two additional tags:
PERFORMERSORT - Same as PERFORMER but with last name before first name
LOCATIONSORT - Same as LOCATION but with city before venue

In The Custom Scan settings page for the "Custom Tag" scanning module,
you will need to enter all the non SORT tag, but I'm guessing you have
already got so far.

Besides the tags mentioned above, I also think you will currently need
to add COMPOSER tag, composers are already handled by SqueezeCenter but
you also need to scan them with Custom Scan to make it possible to
accomplish menu number 2.

You will in the "Sort tag mapping" field have to enter:
PERFORMER=PERFORMERSORT,LOCATION=LOCATIONSORT

losinj;387580 Wrote: 
> 
> 1. Browse by Country then Location.  At the moment, selecting
> "Netherlands" shows me all albums with instruments in the Netherlands,
> whereas I'd like to browse Locations within the Netherlands before I
> get to albums
> 
Create a new menu in Custom Browse based on the menu type "Custom
Multiple Tags Albums", enter COUNTRY as "Level 1 tag name" and LOCATION
as "Level 2 tag name".

losinj;387580 Wrote: 
> 
> 2. Browse by Composer then Work then Location (will aid comparison of
> different recordings of same Work). I'd hope to accomplish this by
> myself, if someone could explain how to do #1.  Not sure of the best
> way to tag for this, what with some Works being spread over several
> tracks, so I'll have to look again at the guidance in the Wiki and
> elsewhere.  I'm also open to suggestions
> 
I think the easiest way to accomplish this is to create a menu based on
the menu type "Custom Multiple Tags Songs", then just enter COMPOSER as
"Level 1 tag name", WORK as "Level 2 tag name" and "LOCATION" as "Level
3 tag name".

losinj;387580 Wrote: 
> 
> 3. Performers to be sorted [last_name + first_name] and browsed
> [first_name + last_name]
> 
The trick to accomplish this is the PERFORMERSORT tag mentioned above
together with the "Sort tag mapping" setting in the Custom Tag scanning
module of Custom Scan plugin.

losinj;387580 Wrote: 
> 
> 4. Locations to be sorted [city + venue] and browsed [venue + city]
> 
The trick to accomplish this is the LOCATIONSORT tag mentioned above
together with the "Sort tag mapping" setting in the Custom Tag scanning
module of Custom Scan plugin.

losinj;387580 Wrote: 
> 
> 5. Random Works Mix based on Country or Location e.g. to have a French
> day, or a session at Bath Abbey
> 
For this, you will need the "SQL Playlist" and "Dynamic Playlist"
plugins installed. When you have installed these, you can create two
new playlists in SQL Playlist plugin based on the playlist type "Random
for custom tag". For the first playlist you should enter COUNTRY in the
"Custom Tag name" attribute and for the second playlist you should
enter LOCATION in this field.

In the current release you will be able to play these playlists from
the Dynamic Playlist menu and when you click play you will be requested
to select a country or location. 

In the next version of Custom Browse, SQL Playlist and Dynamic Playlist
plugins, it will also be possible to launch them from the browse menus
by holding play down for a while on a country or location and then
select Dynamic Playlists.


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