V4 meta-data question

[Paul]

Update: We have fixed these issues for the upcoming Mezzmo v4.0.

[MidnightInAurora]

That's great.

I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Thanks.

Jim

[jbinkley60]

Speaking of metadata we had spoken before about two additional features user defined fields and the ability to strip leading words off of titles for smart playlists. The user defined fields would be used for smart playlists driven from our own database tags (like my favorites, my wife's favorites etc..) and striping off leading words like "A". "The", "An" etc.. for rolodex smart playlists and not having all the titles which begin with "The" show up under T. From the feature list it looks like you included the second one in v4.0 . I can't tall on user defined fields. Can you confirm or not on both features ?

[Paul]

Both are confirmed.

Sort title has been added. You can also set your own sort title keywords (The, A, An, Der, Das, Die, etc.). So a movie like "The Lego Movie" will have a Title of "The Lego Movie" and a Sort title of "Lego Movie, The". This additional metadata field lets you sort on it for your smart playlists, etc.

We have added quite a few other metadata fields - including one called Keywords to meet the needs you mention. You can add any terms you like into Keywords and use them for filtering your smart playlists, etc.

[jbinkley60]

Both are confirmed.

Sort title has been added. You can also set your own sort title keywords (The, A, An, Der, Das, Die, etc.). So a movie like "The Lego Movie" will have a Title of "The Lego Movie" and a Sort title of "Lego Movie, The". This additional metadata field lets you sort on it for your smart playlists, etc.

We have added quite a few other metadata fields - including one called Keywords to meet the needs you mention. You can add any terms you like into Keywords and use them for filtering your smart playlists, etc.

Excellent news on both counts. Looking forward to the features.

[smitbret]

Both are confirmed.

Sort title has been added. You can also set your own sort title keywords (The, A, An, Der, Das, Die, etc.). So a movie like "The Lego Movie" will have a Title of "The Lego Movie" and a Sort title of "Lego Movie, The". This additional metadata field lets you sort on it for your smart playlists, etc.

We have added quite a few other metadata fields - including one called Keywords to meet the needs you mention. You can add any terms you like into Keywords and use them for filtering your smart playlists, etc.

I am assuming this only works if you are letting Mezzmo populate the metadata, but not if Mezzmo is populating from an .nfo or .xml file that already has an entry in the <Sort Title> field?

[Peter]

The sort title should be populated from the Metadata Retrieval Settings on the 'Other' tab, the values here are used to create the sort title.

[smitbret]

The sort title should be populated from the Metadata Retrieval Settings on the 'Other' tab, the values here are used to create the sort title.

I think I am dense. I am not understanding the "Sort Title Keywords". Are these words supposed to be ignored when creating playlists?