Your Music: Grouping or Sorting by Tags

I really like that I can now save whole albums as favourites rather than just having to dump albums into playlists. However, what I would like is to have more power in the ability to sort or group albums. e.g. sort or group by genre or style. And ideally it would be a user defined genre. This could possibly be done using tags.
So, for example, you could tag an album as "Soundtrack" or "Rock" or "Country" etc and then use a filter to just see one (or more) of your chosen music styles. This sort of technique works well in Photoshop catalogues for allowing the user to tag and filter photos.
DY.

This is the thing I need the most from spotify. "Your music" section could it be much better than it is right now just by adding some new cool features. For example: 1.- In the artist view there must be a filter to see only the albums of a given group. Why I have to see all the songs of an artist If I happen to have all its discography saved?, and right now album view is not the option because there you can only see all albums saved from all artist... 2.- Organize my own music by genre as in browse section. 3.- search results has to add results from your own library. Anyway, there must be more options for heavy users to handle this section

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[All Platforms][Your Music] Make it possible to tag and filter "My Music" with user-defined tags

It would be very nice and convenient to be able to tag and filter "My Music" (playlists, songs, albums and artists) with user-defined tags. I'm sure quite a few users would like to classify their music by genre. Myself, I would like to tag my albums, assigning them to different virtual collections.

Updated: 2015-07-23Hello and thanks for the feedback!
A similar idea has also been suggested here:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Your-Music-Grouping-or-Sorting-by-Tags/idi-p/744947
Add your kudos and comments there please! ;)

'Sort by' tags for music ignored?

There are some albums for an artist where I want to sort by something other than the actual album name, and so I use the appropriate 'Sort by' tag. This works fine in iTunes and I get my albums listed accordingly, but the Apple TV doesn't seem to use it and lists by actual album name.
Am I doing something wrong or is this really the case?
I've only had my Apple TV a couple of days and updated the software to 1.1 immediately, so I can't comment on what the original software did.

Thanks for the response. I am currently making a long list of improvements and issues to provide Apple with feedback, both for the Apple TV and the iPod.
Whilst I accept the point that the Apple TV has only been out for a relatively short time, in my opinion, it comes from the iPod family and is aimed at iPod users. I would expect the way things are shown and sorted on the Apple TV to be the same/similar as the iPod. For this reason I bought it, so that I could have one central store of music and audiobooks with an Apple TV set of TV shows and movies and an iPod set of TV shows and movies. This would allow me to sync easily with the iPod and the Apple TV.
There are some obvious errors in the way the Apple TV orders audiobook tracks, where the iPod gets it right. Also, why would you want to Shuffle the tracks of an audiobook?
The Apple TV is fairly simple to use and adding more preference options only affects those who want to change from the default settings. Users only have to go into changing the preferences if that is what they want to do.
There are some features of the iPod that make it easy to use in the way I want but are not on the Apple TV. There are also some features of the Apple TV that make it easy to use in the way I want but are not on the iPod. I feel that both should be made consistent with each other.
At the moment, I will need to put my audiobooks from CD as audiobook .m4b files for the Apple TV (which shows a sub-menu for album and so that it remembers playback position) and as music .m4a files for the iPod (as there is no sub-menu for album in audiobooks). This uses up twice the disc space and they have to be managed differently! For example, for the iPod I can use Sort Album field to show my Harry Potter audiobooks in series order but for the Apple TV I have to prefix the name the audiobooks with the book number.
Regards
John

Allow Drag-and-drop Sorting of Your Music

With playlists, I love how you can drag and drop tracks to rearrange your playlist.
However, I've noticed the only sortings you can have for Your Music (songs) are by the titles (track, artist, time, album, added). For Albums and Artists, the only sortings possible are alphabetical, recently added, or most played. I'd really love to rearrange songs myself so my favorites are always on top.
Spotify should have let users drag and drop to rearrange songs in Your Music (songs) just like we can for regular playlists. This feature should also be extended to songs shown once you select an albums or artist under Your Music.

The remove op the drag and drop an all other ways to simply move tracks up and down in a playlist or between playlist is theworst improvment EVER.You must be able to customize the play order in a playlist. The QUEUE idear is toaly reduclus an very confusing!! Uptil this spring it was easy to set the order tracks played within a play listnow its a total nightmare

Is there an easy way to get rid of duplicates in your music library?

Is there an easy way to get rid of duplicates in your music library?

Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership.See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
tt2

TS3212 All your music in one place. This is what's showing when I downloaded the new itunes but will not go any further. Have been here for 20 minutes? Do I need to start over? Or is there something else I can do to get to so I can click next for the

I've been trying to down load the new itunes version and I'm stuck on All your music in one place but now it's been stuck there for over 20 minutes. Do I need to start over or is this normal?

The sort fields should generally be empty unless you've putting in custom values to sort solo artists by their surnames. You can apply common changes to thousands of tracks at once, just don't apply the wrong change because there is no undo.
It is a good idea to backup before undertaking large scale changes. See this backup tip for a suggested approach.
tt2
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HT1848 How do you transfer music thats on your iphone to your music library I can't figure it out, I authorized the computer but there is no music in the library.

I'm trying to transfer mu music that's not in my itunes library from my iphone 4. But I can't seem to figure it out I authorized my computer. But I am getting a new iphone so i want to put the music on my computer so when I get my new iphone I can transfer it back.

Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer is based on you maintaining your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is purchased content.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only media purchased from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will probably have to use third party commercial software. Examples (check the web for others; this is not an exhaustive listing, nor do I have any idea if they are any good):
- Senuti - http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/
- Phoneview - http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
- MusicRescue - http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/products/musicrescue/ - Mac & Windows
- Sharepod (free) - http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2 - Windows
- Snowfox/iMedia - http://www.mac-videoconverter.com/imedia-transfer-mac.html - Mac & PC
- Yamipod (free) - http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/downloads/ - PC, Linux, Mac [Still updated for use on newer devices? No edits to site since 2010.]
- 2010 Post by Zevoneer: iPod media recovery options - https://discussions.apple.com/message/11624224 - this is an older post and many of the links are also for old posts, so bear this in mind when reading them.
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141 - dates from 2008 and some outdated information now.
Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/ - Information about use in disk mode pertains only to older model iPods.
Get Your Music Off of Your iPod - http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Get_Your_Music_Off_of_Your_iPod - I am not sure but this may only work with some models and not newer Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
Additional information here https://discussions.apple.com/message/18324797

Sort Artist and Sort Album tags don't update

Having spent a lot of time over the years getting the metadata in my iTunes library just right, I've noticed a frustrating problem when it comes to iTunes Match.
I make use of 'Sort Artist' and 'Sort Album Artist' tags so that my library is sorted by artist surname (eg. Lennon, John).
This always worked correctly when I syncronised my music via iTunes, but since switching over to iTunes Match this has become problematic.
When I initially signed up for iTunes Match, my Library moved over correctly - honouring the sort order tags that I had added. However, When I add NEW music to the library and subsequently change the sort tag, the change does not propegate to iTunes Match (Though it does appear correct in iTunes on my Mac). So the result is now a mixed sort order on my iOS devices - some by first name and some by second.
Under iOS 5.0 and iTunes 10 I used to be able to get around this with a little forethought - I would turn iTunes Match OFF on the Mac before adding any new songs, then I would edit the tags and then switch Match back on. This would rescan the library and add the new tracks to the cloud complete with correct metadata.
This workaround no longer works under iOS 6 and iTunes 11.
I have tried switching iTunes match off on my iPhone and restarting it. This does not work either.
Does anyone else have this issue or know of a way to 'force' the metadata to be updated?
Any help would be appreciated.

I also am finding it impossible to convince my iPhone that the Album Sort field exists. This is especially odd considering when I view my Home Shared music from my iPhone, it works exactly correctly. I have verified that the tags are being uploaded to iTunes Match by viewing the songs from another computer that has iTunes Match. So, for some reason, iOS 6 will not sort by the Album Sort field when using iTunes Match music.
Does anyone have any sort of fix or workaround for this problem? I've submitted Feedback to Apple.

Group and sort in group2

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table_1](
[group] [int] NULL,
[sort] [int] NULL,
[Item] [nchar](10) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
INSERT [dbo].[Table_1] ([group], [sort], [Item]) VALUES (1, 1, N'Car ')
INSERT [dbo].[Table_1] ([group], [sort], [Item]) VALUES (2, 1, N'Bus ')
INSERT [dbo].[Table_1] ([group], [sort], [Item]) VALUES (1, 0, N'Bike ')
INSERT [dbo].[Table_1] ([group], [sort], [Item]) VALUES (2, 0, N'Lorry ')
INSERT [dbo].[Table_1] ([group], [sort], [Item]) VALUES (1, 1, N'Train ')
INSERT [dbo].[Table_1] ([group], [sort], [Item]) VALUES (1, 1, N'Ship ')
Data
My Dataset Query in ssrs table
Group2 expression
Group on Group
Sort on Sort
Group 1 expression
Sort on Sort
First(Item.value ) is not working.. i need to fix in ssrs since this is an an sample data of sp with more columns
  my problem is once group2 is grouped, it is not taking the sort and just dispalying the First item in the sort of the item.
ShanmugaRaj

I beg your pardon, but in your example in the insert statement you have 1, 1, Ship , whereas in your report you display 1, 0 , Ship.
Why not avoid the problem at the source, byt letting T-sql do the work:
with a ([Group], [FirstSort])
AS (SELECT [GROUP], MIN(sort) As FirstSort from dbo.Table_1 group by [group])
select a.[GROUP], a.FirstSort, c.[Item] AS FirstItem , b.[sort], b.[item]
from a
inner join dbo.table_1 as b on a.[Group] = b.[group]
inner join dbo.Table_1 as c on a.[Group] = c.[group] and a.[FirstSort] = c.[Sort]
order by a.[group], b.[sort] -- LEAVE OUT the order BY in the report dataset
Gives this result (I took the insert statements from your example)
GROUP FirstSort FirstItem sort item
1 0 Bike      0 Bike
1 0 Bike      1 Car
1 0 Bike      1 Train
1 0 Bike      1 Ship
2 0 Lorry     0 Lorry
2 0 Lorry     1 Bus
Jan D'Hondt - SQL server BI development
sorry for that .. will take care heare by
ShanmugaRaj

Oracle 10g group by sorting

Hello friends
Pls refere to my previous thread where we have discussed on sorting oprtion of Adding order by whereever group by is applicable
ORACLE 10G group by sorting Suggestion rqd
Read?
Then come to my point
if there is multiple columns for the group by then if we want to include order by clause, same number of columns has to be included in the order by also.
i dont think it is so
example'
SELECT SUM(QTY1),SUM(QTY2), PARTNO, PART_DESC
from part_sen
group by partno, part_desc
order by partno, part_desc
qty1 qty2 partno partdesc
70     101     I001     BRAKE SHOE
56     54     I002     HORN
30     30     I003     GEAR
15     5     I004     DOOR
5     5     I007     MOTOR GEAR
10     15     I008     ANCILLARY
10     15     I009     Window
so in order by clause we can include only the first column.. that is partno
SELECT SUM(QTY1),SUM(QTY2), PARTNO, PART_DESC
from part_sen
group by partno, part_desc
order by partno
Same result i get.
Pls give your suggestion
s

ALex,
SELECT SUM(QTY1),SUM(QTY2), PARTNO, PART_DESC
from part_sen
group by partno, part_desc
70     101     I001     BRAKE SHOE
56     54     I002     HORN
30     30     I003     GEAR
15     5     I004     DOOR
5     5     I007     MOTOR GEAR
10     15     I008     ZLLADER
10     15     I008     OCTLADER
10     15     I008     ANCILLARY
10     15     I008     BALLLADER
10     15     I009     Window
SELECT SUM(QTY1),SUM(QTY2), PARTNO, PART_DESC
from part_sen
group by partno, part_desc
order by partno
70     101     I001     BRAKE SHOE
56     54     I002     HORN
30     30     I003     GEAR
15     5     I004     DOOR
5     5     I007     MOTOR GEAR
10     15     I008     ANCILLARY
10     15     I008     BALLLADER
10     15     I008     OCTLADER
10     15     I008     ZLLADER
without ordering the second column part_desc it is properly ordered how?
so adding order by partno is same as order by partno,part_desc
Pls reply
S

Group and Sort

Hi, I am a new PPM user I am trying to group my activities but the Group and Sort window does not respond. Any ideas?

I beg your pardon, but in your example in the insert statement you have 1, 1, Ship , whereas in your report you display 1, 0 , Ship.
Why not avoid the problem at the source, byt letting T-sql do the work:
with a ([Group], [FirstSort])
AS (SELECT [GROUP], MIN(sort) As FirstSort from dbo.Table_1 group by [group])
select a.[GROUP], a.FirstSort, c.[Item] AS FirstItem , b.[sort], b.[item]
from a
inner join dbo.table_1 as b on a.[Group] = b.[group]
inner join dbo.Table_1 as c on a.[Group] = c.[group] and a.[FirstSort] = c.[Sort]
order by a.[group], b.[sort] -- LEAVE OUT the order BY in the report dataset
Gives this result (I took the insert statements from your example)
GROUP FirstSort FirstItem sort item
1 0 Bike      0 Bike
1 0 Bike      1 Car
1 0 Bike      1 Train
1 0 Bike      1 Ship
2 0 Lorry     0 Lorry
2 0 Lorry     1 Bus
Jan D'Hondt - SQL server BI development
sorry for that .. will take care heare by
ShanmugaRaj

[Desktop][Your Music] Option: Order artists in Your Music by number of songs

I'd love to be able to sort artists by number of songs. That way I have some idea of which artists that I've +-d I want to listen to most, or have the most songs I like the most. It could then be sorted by album within the songs. Thanks very much and please let me know if this ever is incorporated.

Updated: 2015-07-25Hello and thanks for the feedback!
A similar idea has also been suggested here:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/your-music-gt-artists-gt-sort-by-MOST-SONGS/idi-p/876165
Add your kudos and comments there please! ;)

Your Music -- Album View under Artists [iOS]

When navigating the "artists" menu under "Your Music," please group the albums together when there is more than one so we can quickly find and play a specific album, rather than just placing all the songs by that aritsts in a list.

The new update to Spotify is a massive step forward for me. No longer will I scroll down and down and down and down to find a new album in my playlists. Brilliant!
But...Something is still missing.
The problem with the current versio of "Your Music" is that you can loose the ability to enjoy the music as the artisit indeeded, via their album. They spend days deciding what order to have the album, and with the current version of Spotify it makes it harder for you to pick out an album from the new "Your Music". All you can do is read the name under each track and work it out from there.
This is a simple fix for me. Just make the "Your Music" artisit page the same as the "Artist" page. Group the songs by album and allow is to play an album on its own.

Itunes media folders for musical groups that Start with "The"

I am using Itunes 10.7 and have selected the option of copying files to Itunes media folder when adding to library. When I add a musician group that sometimes starts with "The" and other times don't start with "the" (eg Bee Gees or The Bee Gees) these two names are correctly sorted on the Itunes list - "The Bee Gees" sorts next to "Bee Gees".
When I look at the folders in Itunes/Itunes Media/Music I get one folder for "Bee Gees" and a second folder for "The Bee Gees. I have just started loading music into Itunes and already have 47 sets of folders where the groups are in two different folders - musical group name starting with "the" and another that does not start with the word "the".
Suggestions?
Thanks

As Ed says, that's the way it works. For any similar group decide which of the two forms you think is correct and then use it consistently in Artist, Album Artist, and Composer when relevant. While not the ultimate arbiter of fact Wikipedia suggests that Bee Gees is the correct form in this example.
See my article on Grouping tracks into albums for more.
tt2

[Desktop][Your Music] Make "Your Music" friendlier to large collections

I've appreciated all the big interface changes that have gone into helping out people who like to collect album-by-album, and the "Your Music" functionality is really great. However, for people with big collections such as myself (well over 6000 songs spanning over 18 straight days of music, although i'm sure I'm not the biggest out there) it's kind of hard to just browse your music looking for an album to listen to. The album art based "Albums" view is very pretty, but for me it only fits 8 albums on screen at a time, which makes browsing your collection by album very slow. My idea is to add a slider, similar to the functionality that lets you change icon size in Windows' File Explorer, by which you could control the size of the albums manually: (Image not mine) It would also be cool to have "List" functionality, like File Explorer; just displaying the albums in a big list next to the artist and year, sort of how the Songs view is now, but for albums. It's a pretty minor gripe, but it would help make Spotify more usable for "music hoarders" such as myself :)

Updated: 2015-07-26Hello and thanks for the feedback!
Any news regarding this request will be announced in the original idea topic here:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Your-Music-View-Options-Icons-amp-List-view/idi-p/750175
Please add your kudos and comments there, if you haven't already. ;)

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