Lowlander wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:12 pm
Folders (Library) I frequently use as well as Album, others not so much. Folders (All) made me think for a moment, but it's because My Computer was renamed to Folders and Folders (Folders) I guess was worse.
I mostly use Folders (Explorer]
<real question
> I still can't undersatnd what Folders All, and Folders Library do ... and why they are worth their salt?
eg. I have 173 tracks by Kronos Quartet when I FMFS via Artist ... but only 11 by either of the above two Folder options ... what's going on with that? The options just seem to replicate FMFS by Album.
Lowlander wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:12 pm
Most files will have multiple matching files on Artist, Album Artist, Album, Composer as well as Folders, but many files have no matching files on Title. Although a few users have asked for it, it's not a flood of users requesting this
Well I do thank them for adding a FMFS menu option for
every artist or composer tag, and not just the last of each tags as in MM4 .... not that there was a
flood of requests for that feature either.
I am album focused so searching for alternates of any specific song is rare for me, so the workaround is 100% OK.
I would think differently if I had a large mixed track collection, and was looking for alternate versions on a regular basis .. or had the Use Case as described by the OP.
Lowlander wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:12 pm
This was discussed with MediaMonkey 4 and they choose not to include then either.
IMO they chose wrongly ... both for Title and AlbumArtist. ... And I still think that the following would be excellent improvement for power uses:
I think that a Find More Of Same option which allowed to pick a single tag from the current track, and for it then to filter upon tracks containing that value in that tag , would be a great feature. Maybe they could have a Recently Used section at the top
Given that Continuous Improvement is a thing, I haven't given up hoping on any of this ... You have argued elsewhere that they are reluctant to add new items to the UI, between major releases, due to documentation translation reasons, so that's a reason not to give easy ... because MM6 is not likely before some time in the late 2030's
Thanks for taking the time to respond anyway.