Music - Group by Year

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Music - Group by Year

Post by peuebi » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:09 pm

Hi all,

how can I modify the view-definitions.xml so that I have a grouping of musik by year?


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Re: Music - Group by Year

Post by phibertron » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:26 pm

In all or just to the view.xml that you use
Add this to the <container id='music'>, like the others are

<link groupid='music/year' />


In the view-definitions.xml
Add this into music section, like the others in <container name='music'

<container name='By Year' groupid='music/year' class='object.container.storageFolder' createClass='object.item.audioItem.musicTrack'>
<container buildon='pv:year' createClass='object.item.audioItem.musicTrack' class='object.container.storageFolder' />
</container>
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XBOX 360
iTouch - Gen 2 and Gen 3
PSP - 3000

Encoders
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Handbrake
x264
ffmpeg
mencoder

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Re: Music - Group by Year

Post by phibertron » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:43 pm

You could also do this to add album under year to make it more manageable


<container name='By Year' groupid='music/year' class='object.container.storageFolder' createClass='object.item.audioItem.musicTrack'>
<container buildon='pv:year' createClass='object.item.audioItem.musicTrack' class='object.container.storageFolder' >
<container buildon='upnp:album' albumart='1' sortcriteria='+pv:numberOfThisDisc,+upnp:originalTrackNumber' createClass='object.item.audioItem.musicTrack' class='object.container.album.musicAlbum' />
</container>
</container>
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10627
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9353
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9408
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9416
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9424
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9364
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9497

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