Re: [clementine-player] Re: Playlist Feature request. Select collection based on specific path/subdirectory

[Peter Tipping]

An alternative is to use "File name" and "contains" as your smart playlist
criteria, which includes the path.

This is probably the easiest option as it requires no extra work to be done
from your perspective.

Peter.

On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 at 09:52, Peter Tipping  wrote:

>
>1. Clementine uses a library database.  With nothing in the database,
>you obviously can't create a smart playlist, which only references the
>database.
>2. You can add multiple folders to the library, but the music found is
>all added to a single library.
>3. Clementine doesn't have a concept of files or folders.  It has
>music in a library.  If you would like to reference the music to a specific
>folder, as Garthhh has already indicated, you will need to add a tag to
>each song to indicate which folder it belongs to.  That sounds like you
>didn't do this step.  It sounds like you loaded a folder from your OS into
>Clementine as a playlist.  For each of these playlists, you will need to
>add a tag to each song that can then be referenced in a smart playlist.
>
> Peter
>
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 at 09:21, Poldi  wrote:
>
>> I'm missing something here.
>> I cannot create a smart playlist without songs in the library
>> I cannot keep the folders separated when I add them into the Library
>> I cannot find a way to create a smart playlist based on files
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Monday, March 9, 2020 at 5:33:40 PM UTC+11, Poldi wrote:
>>>
>>> We have two collections; my partners music & my music
>>>
>>> I have created  the directory structure accordingly
>>>
>>> /home/ourmusic/his
>>> /home/ourmusic/hers
>>>
>>> Ideally we'd like three playlistists:
>>> his
>>> hers
>>> both
>>>
>>> There doesn't seem to be a selection criteria for filepath that allows
>>> me to do this.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Leo
>>>
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Re: [clementine-player] Re: Playlist Feature request. Select collection based on specific path/subdirectory

[Peter Tipping]

   1. Clementine uses a library database.  With nothing in the database,
   you obviously can't create a smart playlist, which only references the
   database.
   2. You can add multiple folders to the library, but the music found is
   all added to a single library.
   3. Clementine doesn't have a concept of files or folders.  It has music
   in a library.  If you would like to reference the music to a specific
   folder, as Garthhh has already indicated, you will need to add a tag to
   each song to indicate which folder it belongs to.  That sounds like you
   didn't do this step.  It sounds like you loaded a folder from your OS into
   Clementine as a playlist.  For each of these playlists, you will need to
   add a tag to each song that can then be referenced in a smart playlist.

Peter

On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 at 09:21, Poldi  wrote:

> I'm missing something here.
> I cannot create a smart playlist without songs in the library
> I cannot keep the folders separated when I add them into the Library
> I cannot find a way to create a smart playlist based on files
>
> Thanks
>
> On Monday, March 9, 2020 at 5:33:40 PM UTC+11, Poldi wrote:
>>
>> We have two collections; my partners music & my music
>>
>> I have created  the directory structure accordingly
>>
>> /home/ourmusic/his
>> /home/ourmusic/hers
>>
>> Ideally we'd like three playlistists:
>> his
>> hers
>> both
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be a selection criteria for filepath that allows me
>> to do this.
>> Thanks,
>> Leo
>>
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[clementine-player] Re: Playlist Feature request. Select collection based on specific path/subdirectory

[Poldi]

I'm missing something here.
I cannot create a smart playlist without songs in the library
I cannot keep the folders separated when I add them into the Library
I cannot find a way to create a smart playlist based on files

Thanks

On Monday, March 9, 2020 at 5:33:40 PM UTC+11, Poldi wrote:
>
> We have two collections; my partners music & my music
>
> I have created  the directory structure accordingly
>
> /home/ourmusic/his
> /home/ourmusic/hers
>
> Ideally we'd like three playlistists:
> his
> hers
> both
>
> There doesn't seem to be a selection criteria for filepath that allows me 
> to do this.
> Thanks,
> Leo
>
>

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[clementine-player] Re: Playlist Feature request. Select collection based on specific path/subdirectory

[Poldi]

Thanks.
Going via the files doesn't even need a tag
Clicking on /home/ourmusic/his and selecting 'Open in new playlist' creates 
a new playlist with songs only from this folder(s)

This solves the first issue as I can now create different playlists for 
different folders

What I can't do via this approach is a Dynamic Random Mix for these 
(specific) playlists. I know I can randomize the playlist, but am not sure 
if the randomization algorithm is the same plus I have folders with 
hundreds of CDs
Thanks


On Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 4:45:30 AM UTC+11, Garthhh wrote:
>
> On the left sidebar click files>
> Navigate to your preferred collection>
> contrl+a [select all]>
> right click=Open in new playlist>
> control+A>
> Right click=Edit track information>
> Add tag
> Switch left sidebar back to library
> Right click smart playlist>
> New smart playlist>
> set up filter
>
>
> On Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 11:33:40 PM UTC-7, Poldi wrote:
>>
>> We have two collections; my partners music & my music
>>
>> I have created  the directory structure accordingly
>>
>> /home/ourmusic/his
>> /home/ourmusic/hers
>>
>> Ideally we'd like three playlistists:
>> his
>> hers
>> both
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be a selection criteria for filepath that allows me 
>> to do this.
>> Thanks,
>> Leo
>>
>>

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[clementine-player] Re: Playlist Feature request. Select collection based on specific path/subdirectory

[Garthhh]

On the left sidebar click files>
Navigate to your preferred collection>
contrl+a [select all]>
right click=Open in new playlist>
control+A>
Right click=Edit track information>
Add tag
Switch left sidebar back to library
Right click smart playlist>
New smart playlist>
set up filter


On Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 11:33:40 PM UTC-7, Poldi wrote:
>
> We have two collections; my partners music & my music
>
> I have created  the directory structure accordingly
>
> /home/ourmusic/his
> /home/ourmusic/hers
>
> Ideally we'd like three playlistists:
> his
> hers
> both
>
> There doesn't seem to be a selection criteria for filepath that allows me 
> to do this.
> Thanks,
> Leo
>
>

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[clementine-player] Re: Playlist Feature request. Select collection based on specific path/subdirectory

[Poldi]

Just went through all the options and can't figure out how to do this


On Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 5:20:29 AM UTC+11, Garthhh wrote:
>
> Add a tag for each collection, as a grouping or comment
> You will be able to use the tag as a filter to build smart playlists
>
> On Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 11:33:40 PM UTC-7, Poldi wrote:
>>
>> We have two collections; my partners music & my music
>>
>> I have created  the directory structure accordingly
>>
>> /home/ourmusic/his
>> /home/ourmusic/hers
>>
>> Ideally we'd like three playlistists:
>> his
>> hers
>> both
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be a selection criteria for filepath that allows me 
>> to do this.
>> Thanks,
>> Leo
>>
>>

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[clementine-player] Re: Playlist Feature request. Select collection based on specific path/subdirectory

[Garthhh]

Add a tag for each collection, as a grouping or comment
You will be able to use the tag as a filter to build smart playlists

On Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 11:33:40 PM UTC-7, Poldi wrote:
>
> We have two collections; my partners music & my music
>
> I have created  the directory structure accordingly
>
> /home/ourmusic/his
> /home/ourmusic/hers
>
> Ideally we'd like three playlistists:
> his
> hers
> both
>
> There doesn't seem to be a selection criteria for filepath that allows me 
> to do this.
> Thanks,
> Leo
>
>

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