Hi Esther.
NO you can't collapse or expand the albums like it was displayed in the iTunes
store.
I think the easiest way so far is to create a playlist and just copy the songs
from each album in to the playlist because to play an album from start to end
just to select that album in the collection to play the album seems to me to be
a lot of work. Also if I just copy the collection to the ipod nano 4g, I would
need a smart playlist just to play an individual album wouldn't I seen's
there's no easy way to select an album on the ipod.
Is this correct?
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From: Esther
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: Query about iTunes album's and groupings
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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