[tennisets]

I just set up foobar a few days ago since I couldn't get winamp to work with asio. I'm using columns ui and foo_browser. But the thing that drives me crazy with foo_browser is that if an artist starts with the word "The" (for example The Shins, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, etc.), the browser puts it under T, for The. So I have a long list in the browser window of The ... and it's really annoying.

I liked in winamp that it automatically sorted by the next word if the first word was The. Is there any way to do this in Foobar? I don't want to have to put The as the last word (Shins, The). So what can I do?

 

[Gatticus]

I use MediaMonkey and it has an option to ignore "The". I seem to remember reading that being an option in Foobar too but I expect it is more difficult to setup. Like everything in Foobar.

 

[tennisets]

Well I actually just got ASIO working in WinAmp (needed to offset the channels by 2), so I don't need to use FooBar. However, I don't like any of the WinAmp album art plugins, and MediaMonkey looks pretty interesting, so I may have to check that out. Thanks for the rec.

Edit: I'd still be interested in seeing how to do this in Foobar though.

 

[LFC_SL]

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...howtopic=51783

 

[HiFiRE]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tennisets /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just set up foobar a few days ago since I couldn't get winamp to work with asio. I'm using columns ui and foo_browser. But the thing that drives me crazy with foo_browser is that if an artist starts with the word "The" (for example The Shins, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, etc.), the browser puts it under T, for The. So I have a long list in the browser window of The ... and it's really annoying. I liked in winamp that it automatically sorted by the next word if the first word was The. Is there any way to do this in Foobar? I don't want to have to put The as the last word (Shins, The). So what can I do?

Check this out ...

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...23&postcount=2

 

[MrMuffin]

Use this as your sort string:

Code:

[left]$if($stricmp($substr($if2($if2(%albumartist%,%album artist%),%artist%),1,4),the ),$substr($if2($if2(%album artist%,%albumartist%),%artist%),5,99),$if2($if2(%albumartist%,%album artist%),%artist%)) ب[%disc%] ب$num(%tracknumber%,3) ب%_path_raw%[/left]

 

[Patu]

I've renamed them like this:

The Prodigy --> Prodigy, The
The Flaming Lips --> Flaming Lips, The
etc.

No need for code strings and works fine. It's not too much trouble either.

 

[Gatticus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tennisets /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well I actually just got ASIO working in WinAmp (needed to offset the channels by 2), so I don't need to use FooBar. However, I don't like any of the WinAmp album art plugins, and MediaMonkey looks pretty interesting, so I may have to check that out. Thanks for the rec. Edit: I'd still be interested in seeing how to do this in Foobar though.

For a free app that does organizing your library better than WinAmp or Foobar definitely checkout MediaMonkey. Winamp plugins work in MM too and it also has Shoutcast radio.

 

[lordgibbness]

I remove the "the" from all of my artist names (both in the tag and the filename). It works well for me - artists appear in a better order in my opinion that way. Plus I can never remember which artists have "the" in their name or not anyway... Smashing Pumpkins? Prodigy? etc...

 

[Denim]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordgibbness /img/forum/go_quote.gif I remove the "the" from all of my artist names (both in the tag and the filename). It works well for me - artists appear in a better order in my opinion that way. Plus I can never remember which artists have "the" in their name or not anyway... Smashing Pumpkins? Prodigy? etc...

I did the same thing. Works for me!

 

[cooperpwc]

This may be similar to the approach of Mr. Muffin, but here is my Artist sort string that allows you to leave "The" in the name and still sort properly. This will show the name without "The" (e.g. Beatles) in the Album Panel but still show the proper name in your Column View (The Beatles). This also sorts albums within an artist by year of release:

$if($stricmp($left(%artist%,3),'The'),$right(%arti st%,$sub($len(%artist%),4)),[%artist%])

For sort by Artist/Album I use this:

[$if($stricmp($left(%album artist%,3),'The'),$right(%album artist%,$sub($len(%album artist%),4)),[%album artist%]) - ]['['%date%']' ]%album%|[[%discnumber%.]%tracknumber%. ][%track artist% - ]%title%

 

[Chri5peed]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patu /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've renamed them like this: The Prodigy --> Prodigy, The The Flaming Lips --> Flaming Lips, The etc. No need for code strings and works fine. It's not too much trouble either.

Is if you've 100 'the' bands.

Use this Foobar2000:Title Formatting Reference - Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase

 

[khaos974]

Personally, I prefer the "facets" plugin which enables an itunes organisation by genre/artist/album. In the preferences, there's a "ignore 'the' in artist name" option.

And don't forget how much faster the research function is in foobar2k compared to winamp.

 

[wolfen68]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordgibbness /img/forum/go_quote.gif I remove the "the" from all of my artist names (both in the tag and the filename). It works well for me - artists appear in a better order in my opinion that way. Plus I can never remember which artists have "the" in their name or not anyway... Smashing Pumpkins? Prodigy? etc...

Same here...simple answer.

 

[panda]

having 'the' in the artist name is pointless so i remove it also, which avoids this issue all together.

what is this facets plugin?