Album view

The Album view is where you can browse your tracks categorized by album while showing the album picture as a thumbnail and useful information about each album.

Using the Album view

Show the Album view using any of the methods below:

Click View > Views > Albums from the main menu.
Press F10 on your keyboard.
Click the Albums button in the Navigation Bar.

To view the contents of an album, click on the thumbnail of the album, and all tracks assigned to that album will show in the track list.

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Information for album entries

Each entry in the Album view shows information about the album. The information shown (and the order of the fields) can be customized from the Album Sorting & Grouping dialog. The following information can be shown for each album:

Album
The Album name for the associated album.
Artist
The Artist for the associated album. This will show Various Artists if the album is from more than one artist.
Release Year
The album's Release Year.
Length
The total playing length of the album.
Tracks
The total number of tracks in the album.
Added Date
The date when the album was added to your database.
Publisher
The album's Publisher.
Size
The total album size on disk.
Lent Out To
If the album has a Lent Out status, this will show the date lent out and the name of the person who the album has been lent out to. When an album is lent out, a hand icon will overlap the album picture.
Number of discs
Shown in the lower right corner as one disc icon for each of the album's discs.
Release Type
Shown in the lower right corner as a Release Type icon.
Album Rating
Shown as star icons with a numeric representation of 0.5 to 5 (including half stars). This rating is calculated from the rating of the tracks in the album.

Customizing the Album view

The Album view can be customized in several ways:

Changing thumbnail size. This can be done either from the context menu (right click on any album) or from the bottom toolbar (if enabled in Options).
Change the sort order of the albums using the Album Sorting & Grouping dialog.
Change the displayed fields and their order using the Album Sorting & Grouping dialog.
Define a grouping for displayed albums using the Album Sorting & Grouping dialog.

The selection checkbox

If enabled, or previously used, there is a checkbox to the left of each album entry where you can manually select multiple albums. You can also use the Select menu on the Album view toolbar (if visible) or from the context menu to select multiple albums. The following tasks can be performed on multiple albums at once:

Remove pictures
Remove albums
Set Release Type
Download Album Information
Lend Out

The checkbox can be enabled by using any of the commands under the Select option in the context menu (right click on any album) or you can enable it manually from Options.

The filtering toolbar

Above the thumbnail view are some controls that handle the filtering of albums.

The filters are divided into three sections:

Release Type

When clicked, a list of all available release types is shown. When any of the release types are selected, only albums with the selected release types will be shown in the Album view. When any release type is selected, the release type drop down list will be highlighted so that you can see that a filter is set.

To clear the Release Type filter, click on Clear Selection.
Album Rating

When clicked, this contains a list of Album Ratings from No Rating (no stars) to Awesome (5 stars).

Select an Album Rating to show albums with this Album Rating in the list of albums.

Use the Select All option to select all Album Ratings, and the Clear Selection option to clear the selection of Album Ratings.
Pictures filter, containing the following buttons:
- Show albums with assigned pictures.
- Show albums without assigned pictures.
Lent out filter, containing the following buttons:
- Show albums that are lent out.
- Show albums that are not lent out.

Note:

All buttons can be toggled on and off.
Enabling all buttons in one section gives the same result as if no buttons are selected.

Removing albums

Removing one album

From the Album view, right click an album and select Remove.

Removing multiple albums

From the Album view, select the albums you want to remove by selecting the check boxes on the left side of each album.
Right-click any of the selected albums and select Remove.

The Album view context menu

If you right click an album the common album context menu will be shown.

This context menu contains a few functions specific to the Album view as described below:

Select
- Select Albums With Pictures
  This command will select all albums that have a picture
- Select Albums Without Pictures
  This command will select all albums that do not have a picture
- Select Albums Starting with
  This command will select albums whose name starts with the entered expression
- Select Albums Containing
  This command will select albums whose name contains the entered expression
- Select Artists Starting With
  This command will select albums whose artist starts with the entered expression
- Select Artists Containing
  This command will select albums whose artist contains the entered expression
Album Sorting and Grouping
- Contains pre-defined templates for displaying different fields in the Album view and their sorting and grouping options.
  The Customize menu option will launch the Album Sorting and Grouping dialog, enabling you to modify the sorting and grouping of the Album view.
Album view Tools
- Thumbnail Size
  Allows you to adjust the size of the each album entry. Available sizes are 32*32 pixels, 64*64 pixels, 96*96 pixels and 128*128 pixels
- Lend Out
  Will open a dialog letting you specify the name of the person that this album is lent out to. Type a name in the Name box and click OK to apply. When an album is lent out, a hand icon will overlap the album picture. You can display the name of the person that has been lent an album, together with the lent out date by including the Lent Out To field in the album list. This is configured from the Album Sorting and Grouping dialog.
- Not Lent Out
  Will remove any previous information about an album being lent out. This option should be used when an album is returned to you.
- Save Album Picture to Album Folder
  Will save the 128*128 pixels thumbnail image to your album folder. This can be automated while downloading and adding album pictures by enabling the Auto copy album pictures setting on the Album Pictures page in Options.
- Rename Album
  Opens a dialog where you can edit the name of the selected album. Type a name in the New name edit box and click OK to apply the changes. All tracks in the album will be tagged with the new Album name.
- Change Publisher
  Opens a dialog letting you edit the Publisher for the selected album. Type a Publisher in the Publisher edit box and click OK to apply the changes. All tracks in the album will be tagged with the new Publisher.
- Remap Path
  Will open the Remap Path tool, with the selected album's path (if available) pre-selected.
At the bottom of the context menu
- Find Album
  Opens a dialog which allows you to search for a specific album. It is possible to select the direction of the search (forwards/backwards) as well as where the search should start (from beginning or from the selected album).
  This function can be accessed by pressing CTRL+F when the Album view is active.
- Browse Selected Albums
  When clicked, the contents of all selected (check marked) albums will be shown in the tracklist.
- Expand/Collapse
  Expands/collapses all groupings in the Album view
- Remove
  Removes the selected albums

The Album view toolbar

The Album view toolbar is located just below the list of Albums, if you have selected to use sidebar toolbars (View > Toolbars > Show Sidebar Toolbars).

This toolbar contains the same commands as in the Album view's context menu.

The Album Filter

The albums in the Album view can be filtered, allowing only albums that meet certain criteria to be shown.

Click here to learn more about the Album Filter.