Hi Scott,
You asked:
> Can anyone please advise how I can do the following in iTunes?
> OK the deal is I have a box set the metallica collection I just
> purchased.
> Now alll the albums in the box set are all named the metallica
> collection then under this title all the albums are grouped in to
> groupings and all the tracks for each album are part of the box set.
> My query is if i use the browser to look up metallica then look up
> the album then under the grouping column I can see all the albums
> listed. I want to sort all the albums in to their own playlists by
> using the grouping column. Is this possible and if so how is it done?
>
> At first when I looked up metallica in the browser i thought i would
> be able to sort by albums but no it shows up as the metallica
> collection and each album is grouped in their own grouping.
An easy way to make playlists of indvidual albums in your Metallica
collection would be to use a smart playlist and select by disc number,
since each disc in the collection is a separate album with a different
name under grouping. So for example. using rules like: <Album> <is>
<Metallica Collection> and <Disc number> <is> <1> you would get the
grouping named "Kill 'Em All", which is the first album in the 16-disc
collection you purchased from the iTunes Store. If you used the file
browser in iTunes to select the album ("Metallica Collection") and
view the results in the songs table, you'll get all 16 albums in the
collection. These appear in album order if you've sorted on the album
column, but the individual album names in the collection appear under
the grouping keyword, and tracks from all 16 discs appear in the song
table.
To rename the playlists to the album named under "grouping" after
you've made up each smart playlist, copy this from the Get Info menu
of one of your tracks and then paste this into your playlist name:
1. Select any of the songs, Command-I to bring up Get Info menu; VO-I
and select the "Info" tab in item chooser menu, return, and VO-Space;
next VO-I and select "Grouping", arrow down to find the text entry,
return, then Command-C to copy the grouping entry; Escape to close the
get info menu.
2. Tab back to the sources table where the playlist is selected.
Double-click with VO-Shift-Space (hold down the Control, Option and
Shift Keys while tapping the space bar twice). Command-V to paste in
the Grouping (album) name (e.g. "Kill 'Em All").
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
P.S. I tried looking at the iTunes Store entry for this album. For
any of the tracks you start playing (e.g., by pressing return on your
selecting in the songs table) you can do a Command-I and query the
tagging information. This is how I could tell there are 16 discs in
the collection. On the iTunes Store entries I could also expand or
collapse the individual album listings in this collection (much like
you can do with podcast folders). Does it work this way for your
purchased tracks, too, when you select the album?
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