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Different sorting

Well, I could say this is the only thing missing so that I'd consider this program perfect, 100%.

Is there a way I could sort the songs by path and filename (and not by path+filename)? All my music are on a folder called E:\MP3. My "Albumless" songs are in this directory. Then I have a folder called Albums where I have full albums. Foobar2000 sorts like this ( \ is E:\MP3 )
\aa.mp3
\ab.mp3
\ak.mp3
\Albums\First\song.mp3
\Albums\Second\song.mp3
\b.mp3
\c.mp3

etc.

Well, I wish Foobar didn't split my "Albumless" songs with Albums dir. So I wish it were like this
\aa.mp3
\ak.mp3
\b.mp3
\c.mp3
\z.mp3
\Albums\First\song.mp3
\Albums\Second\song.mp3

etc.

So my question is... is there a way I could sort this way without changing the whole structure of my MP3 directory? It would be like Winamp's sorting (path and filename) scheme. If there is, it will be really sweet!

Thank you very much.

[EDIT] Just one more question, where are the filetype association? (besides when installing)
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Different sorting

Reply #1 –
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where are the filetype association? (besides when installing)

In foobar directory there is a file: fooassoc.exe. Just run it and you can associate extensions.

Different sorting

Reply #2 –
You can get the path minus the filename by using $left(%_path%,$sub($len(%_path%),$len(%_filename_ext%))). That way you can change the sort order to sort first by path, then by filename. Basically, change "Preferences --> Core --> Sort incoming files by:" to
Code: [Select]
$left(%_path%,$sub($len(%_path%),$len(%_filename_ext%)))|%_filename_ext%
I think that should work.

Different sorting

Reply #3 –
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You can get the path minus the filename by using $left(%_path%,$sub($len(%_path%),$len(%_filename_ext%))). That way you can change the sort order to sort first by path, then by filename. Basically, change "Preferences --> Core --> Sort incoming files by:" to
Code: [Select]
$left(%_path%,$sub($len(%_path%),$len(%_filename_ext%)))|%_filename_ext%
I think that should work.

Gee! That really worked! Thanks a lot Blind!
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Different sorting

Reply #4 –
wow i think use the code you can do almost everything you want:)
but many people don't know how to write it.