Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Sorting and multi-disc albums

[Ernst Persson <ernstp gmail com>]

I usually write "Some Album CD1" and "Some Album CD2".
It solves the problem, and I think it's like that in cddb.

Regards
Ernst

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:16:53 -0500, Paul Kuliniewicz <kuliniew purdue edu> wrote:
> My library has several multi-disc albums in it, and I can't figure out
> how to sort the tracks in their proper order.  I want them to be sorted
> first by album name, then by disc number, and finally by track, so you
> get something like this:
> 
> Track   Title                         Album
> -----   ---------------------------   ----------
>   1     First Track on First Disc     Some Album
>   2     Second Track on First Disc    Some Album
>   1     First Track on Second Disc    Some Album
>   2     Second Track on Second Disc   Some Album
> 
> The problem is, there doesn't seem to be any way to sort by disc number.
> It's stored in the library, but nothing in the UI exposes it, so I can't
> just click on a certain column in the track listing.  GConf key
> /apps/rhythmbox/state/library/sorting only lists a single sorting
> criterion (such as "Album,Ascending").  Sorting by track number doesn't
> take disc numbers into account, so you wind up with this:
> 
> Track   Title                         Album
> -----   ---------------------------   ----------
>   1     First Track on First Disc     Some Album
>   1     First Track on Second Disc    Some Album
>   2     Second Track on First Disc    Some Album
>   2     Second Track on Second Disc   Some Album
> 
> I can understand not wanting to clutter the UI by adding a Disc Number
> column, but the current behavior makes it impossible to listen to a
> multi-disc album from start to finish in the proper order.  Would it be
> better to have sorting by track number also take into account the disc
> number?
> 
> This is in Rhythmbox 0.8.5, by the way.  I could've sworn that the
> default sort behavior at one point had done the Right Thing regarding
> this, but having sorted the tracks manually once seems to have broken
> it?
> 
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