database - browse files help

[costas]

I've just installed rockbox  ...I'm so happy with it.   

but there is just one thing, I always browse my files like this:
"Genre -> (lets say Trip-Hop) -> All tracks"
now is it possible... while browsing "all tracks" to be able to see 'artist - title' and not only the titles?

I've got an 5G 60Gb ipod and I'm totaly newbie with codes and staff, I've read about tagnavi+++ but I can't get what to do so I'm afraid I only can mess things up. If someone could help me... plllllls 

thx

[bzavala]

Hi there!

Yes, you should be able to do that!

The best you can do is, make a copy of the tagnavi.config file and rename that copy to: tagnavi_custom.config (this way, whatever changes you make to it will remain everytime you update Rockbox).

Open tagnavi.config with a text editor (wordpad, or NotePad++).

Scroll down to where it says "=== Begin of Main Menu ".
Find the line that says "Genre"    -> genre    -> artist -> album -> title = "fmt_title"

You can edit this line or create a new line. Let's create a new line and call it Genre 2. So add this line after the "Genre" line:

"Genre 2" -> genre -> title = "fmt_genre_title"


NOW. Go to the top of the file where the "# Basic format declarations" are defined and add a new line:

%format "fmt_genre_title" "%s - %s" artist title

And you're done!

Restart rockbox and go to the Database; you should see the Genre 2 entry that you just created; When you select the genre you want to listen to, it will dispaly all tracks listed by Artist - Title.

Hope this helps!


Ben

[costas]

thx for your reply!!!!

I did what you've said but the player soon after the tagnavi_custom gets in wont even boot to start, it just stays on the entry "ROCKbox" screen.
I couldn't even get pc-access to it / I had to press "Select+Menu" -> "Select+Play" to get into disk mode so I can remove it.
Note: I've tried several ways to make this work I really need this feature but no luck.

THX again

[bascule]

You need to delete the line %include "/.rockbox/tagnavi_custom.config" from your tagnavi_custom.config file, otherwise the file keeps trying to include itself when it loads and you end up in an endless loop, as you've experienced...

[costas]

Yes, now it loads and I can see the "Genre2"... but again only the title is showing up, as it did before.
 

This is what I did:

#! rockbox/tagbrowser/2.0
# ^ Version header must be the first line of every file

# Tag Browser configuration file, do not edit as changes will be lost!
# Instead, you can modify "/.rockbox/tagnavi_custom.config" which will never
# get overwritten automatically.

# Basic format declarations
%format "fmt_title"       "%d.%02d. %s" discnum tracknum title ? discnum > "0"
%format "fmt_title"       "%02d. %s - %02d:%02d" tracknum title Lm Ls ? tracknum > "0"
%format "fmt_title"       "%s - %02d:%02d" title Lm Ls
%format "fmt_mostplayed" "%2d|%3d %s (%s)" playcount autoscore title artist %sort = "inverse" %limit = "100"
%format "fmt_lastplayed"  "%06d%s - %s" lastplayed artist title %sort = "inverse" %limit = "99" %strip = "6"
%format "fmt_forgotten"  "%06d%s - %s" lastplayed artist title %limit = "99" %strip = "6"
%format "fmt_best_tracks" "%02d. %s (%3d)" tracknum title autoscore
%format "fmt_score"       "(%3d) %s-%s" autoscore title artist
%format "fmt_rating"       "(%2d) %s-%s" rating title artist %sort = "inverse"
%format "fmt_genre_title" "%s - %s" artist title

# Include our custom menu

#
# === Begin of "A to Z" sub menus
#

# Define the A to Z Artist sub menu
%menu_start "custom_artist" "Artist A to Z"
"Numeric"   -> artist ? artist < "A" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"A"   -> artist ? artist ^ "A" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"B"   -> artist ? artist ^ "B" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"C"   -> artist ? artist ^ "C" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"D"   -> artist ? artist ^ "D" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"E"   -> artist ? artist ^ "E" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"F"   -> artist ? artist ^ "F" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"G"   -> artist ? artist ^ "G" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"H"   -> artist ? artist ^ "H" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"I"   -> artist ? artist ^ "I" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"J"   -> artist ? artist ^ "J" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"K"   -> artist ? artist ^ "K" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"L"   -> artist ? artist ^ "L" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"M"   -> artist ? artist ^ "M" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"N"   -> artist ? artist ^ "N" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"O"   -> artist ? artist ^ "O" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"P"   -> artist ? artist ^ "P" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"Q"   -> artist ? artist ^ "Q" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"R"   -> artist ? artist ^ "R" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"S"   -> artist ? artist ^ "S" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"T"   -> artist ? artist ^ "T" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"U"   -> artist ? artist ^ "U" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"V"   -> artist ? artist ^ "V" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"W"   -> artist ? artist ^ "W" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"X"   -> artist ? artist ^ "X" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"Y"   -> artist ? artist ^ "Y" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"Z"   -> artist ? artist ^ "Z" -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"

# ^ An empy line ends the menu

# Define the A to Z album sub menu
%menu_start "custom_album" "Album A to Z"
"Numeric"   -> album ? album < "A" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"A"   -> album ? album ^ "A" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"B"   -> album ? album ^ "B" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"C"   -> album ? album ^ "C" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"D"   -> album ? album ^ "D" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"E"   -> album ? album ^ "E" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"F"   -> album ? album ^ "F" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"G"   -> album ? album ^ "G" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"H"   -> album ? album ^ "H" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"I"   -> album ? album ^ "I" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"J"   -> album ? album ^ "J" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"K"   -> album ? album ^ "K" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"L"   -> album ? album ^ "L" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"M"   -> album ? album ^ "M" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"N"   -> album ? album ^ "N" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"O"   -> album ? album ^ "O" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"P"   -> album ? album ^ "P" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"Q"   -> album ? album ^ "Q" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"R"   -> album ? album ^ "R" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"S"   -> album ? album ^ "S" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"T"   -> album ? album ^ "T" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"U"   -> album ? album ^ "U" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"V"   -> album ? album ^ "V" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"W"   -> album ? album ^ "W" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"X"   -> album ? album ^ "X" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"Y"   -> album ? album ^ "Y" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"Z"   -> album ? album ^ "Z" ->  title = "fmt_title"

# Define the A to Z track sub menu
%menu_start "custom_track" "Track A to Z"
"Numeric"   -> title ? title < "A" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"A"   -> title ? title ^ "A" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"B"   -> title ? title ^ "B" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"C"   -> title ? title ^ "C" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"D"   -> title ? title ^ "D" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"E"   -> title ? title ^ "E" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"F"   -> title ? title ^ "F" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"G"   -> title ? title ^ "G" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"H"   -> title ? title ^ "H" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"I"   -> title ? title ^ "I" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"J"   -> title ? title ^ "J" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"K"   -> title ? title ^ "K" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"L"   -> title ? title ^ "L" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"M"   -> title ? title ^ "M" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"N"   -> title ? title ^ "N" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"O"   -> title ? title ^ "O" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"P"   -> title ? title ^ "P" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"Q"   -> title ? title ^ "Q" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"R"   -> title ? title ^ "R" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"S"   -> title ? title ^ "S" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"T"   -> title ? title ^ "T" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"U"   -> title ? title ^ "U" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"V"   -> title ? title ^ "V" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"W"   -> title ? title ^ "W" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"X"   -> title ? title ^ "X" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"Y"   -> title ? title ^ "Y" ->  title = "fmt_title"
"Z"   -> title ? title ^ "Z" ->  title = "fmt_title"

# Define the A to Z sub menu
%menu_start "a2z" "A to Z..."
"Artists" ==> "custom_artist"
"Albums" ==> "custom_album"
"Tracks" ==> "custom_track"

#
# === Begin of "Search by..." sub menu
#

# Define the search sub menu
%menu_start "search" "Search by..."
"Artist" -> artist ? artist ~ "" -> album -> title = "fmt_title"
"Album Artist" -> albumartist ? albumartist ~ "" -> album -> title = "fmt_title"
"Album" -> album ? album ~ "" -> title = "fmt_title"
"Title" -> title = "fmt_title" ? title ~ ""
"Album by year" -> album ? year = "" -> title = "fmt_title"
"Artist between years" -> artist ? year >= "" & year <= "" -> album -> title = "fmt_title"
"Album between years" -> album ? year >= "" & year <= "" -> title = "fmt_title"
"Filename" -> filename ? filename ~ ""
"Score" -> title = "fmt_score" ? autoscore > ""
"User Rating" -> title = "fmt_rating" ? rating > ""
"Comment" -> album ? comment ~ "" -> title = "fmt_title"

# Define the "same as current" sub menu
%menu_start "same" "Same as current"
"Directory" -> title ? filename ^ "#directory#"
"Title" -> title = "fmt_title" ? title = "#title#"
"Artist" -> album ? artist = "#artist#" -> title  = "fmt_title"
"Album" -> title = "fmt_title" ? album = "#album#"
"Composer" -> title = "fmt_title" ? composer = "#composer#"

# Define the runtime sub menu
%menu_start "runtime" "Play history"
"Most played (Plays|Score)" -> title = "fmt_mostplayed" ? playcount > "0"
"Recently played tracks" -> title = "fmt_lastplayed" ? playcount > "0"
"Never played tracks" -> artist ? playcount == "0" -> album -> title = "fmt_title"
"Favourite artists" -> artist ? playcount > "3" & autoscore > "85" -> album -> title = "fmt_best_tracks"
"Favourite albums" -> album ? playcount > "3" & autoscore > "85" -> title = "fmt_best_tracks"
"Recent favourites" -> title = "fmt_lastplayed" ? playcount > "3" & autoscore > "85"
"New favourites" -> artist ? playcount <= "3" & autoscore > "85" -> album -> title = "fmt_best_tracks"
"Forgotten favourites" -> title = "fmt_forgotten" ? playcount > "3" & autoscore > "85"

#
# === Begin of main menu
#

# Define the title of the main menu
%menu_start "main" "Database"
"Artist"   -> artist   -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"Album Artist"   -> albumartist   -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"Album"    -> album    -> title = "fmt_title"
"Genre"    -> genre    -> artist -> album -> title = "fmt_title"
"Genre2"    -> genre    -> artist -> album -> title = "fmt_genre_title"
"Composer" -> composer -> album -> title = "fmt_title"
"Track"    -> title
"Year"     -> year ? year > "0" -> artist -> album -> title = "fmt_title"
"User Rating" -> rating -> title = "fmt_title"
"Recently Added" -> album ? entryage < "4" & commitid > "0" -> title = "fmt_title"
"A to Z..." ==> "a2z"
"History..." ==> "runtime"
"Same as current..." ==> "same"
"Search..." ==> "search"
"Custom view..."  ==> "custom"

# And finally set main menu as our root menu
%root_menu "main"

[bascule]

Ah, now I've read your initial post fully, I see what the problem is. The <All Tracks> selection (in fact, all the <abc> selections) cannot be user-formatted.

To get what you need, change the "Genre2" main menu entry to the following:

"Genre2" -> genre -> title = "fmt_genre_title"

[bzavala]

To get what you need, change the "Genre2" main menu entry to the following:

"Genre2" -> genre -> title = "fmt_genre_title"

That's exaclty what I told him to do, but instead he added

genre -> artist -> album -> title = "fmt_genre_title"

[costas]

@bzavala   @bascule

THX a million --- got it, working now