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From: Robert Peirce on 10 Aug 2010 22:22 In article <everyday-C6A3EC.18551610082010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > In article <bob-D0FCED.21500010082010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > > Use text program if you need returns. I just use a continues string to > enter date, place, artists in the comments field. To help you answer > your other question is it searchable, enter something unusual in the > comments field and then do a search on it. First, it isn't searchable. Therefore, it would not be a good place to put group members if I want to look for them. Second, cut and paste might be ok for a couple of tracks or CDs, but not a whole library. I am back to trying to find a way to use the Artist field in Album view.
From: Gerry on 10 Aug 2010 23:06 In article <bob-072082.22221310082010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > In article <everyday-C6A3EC.18551610082010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > > > In article <bob-D0FCED.21500010082010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > > Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > > > > Use text program if you need returns. I just use a continues string to > > enter date, place, artists in the comments field. To help you answer > > your other question is it searchable, enter something unusual in the > > comments field and then do a search on it. > > First, it isn't searchable. Therefore, it would not be a good place to > put group members if I want to look for them. Second, cut and paste > might be ok for a couple of tracks or CDs, but not a whole library. > I just entered my middle name in an Iron Maiden comments field and then entered my middle name in the search field and iTunes found it, so the Comments field is searchable. How did you test the search on your Comments field?
From: Wayne C. Morris on 11 Aug 2010 01:16 In article <bob-E7FA3B.21491110082010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: > > I'd put the group's name in the Artist field, leave Album Artist blank, and > > put the names of the group's members in the Comments field. > > I tried to use comment but I could not figure out how to get a <RET> in. > It appears to require one continuous line. That's often a problem is dialog boxes. To work around it, I switch to TextEdit (any text-oriented program will do), copy a line break, then switch to the other app and paste it. Doesn't work in some apps, but it does work in the Comments field in iTunes. > Is the comment field searchable? Yes. iTunes will search all the fields including Comments, assuming you haven't changed the Search box from All to Artist, Album, or Name. You can also create Smart Playlists that specifically search the Comment field.
From: Sander Tekelenburg on 11 Aug 2010 09:01 In article <everyday-9C00BB.20063110082010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > In article <bob-072082.22221310082010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > Robert Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote: [... iTunes' Comments field] > > First, it isn't searchable. [...] > > [...] the Comments field is searchable. It depends. The Comments field is included in a search, *provided* that it is a visible column in the current playlist. (View->View Options...->Comments) -- Sander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/> Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!" PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!"
From: AES on 11 Aug 2010 10:57
In article <user-0D2616.15013111082010(a)newsreader.euronet.nl>, Sander Tekelenburg <user(a)domain.invalid> wrote: > > The Comments field is included in a search, *provided* that it is a > visible column in the current playlist. (View->View Options...->Comments) > If this is correct, it certainly seems an unusually dumb -- or anyway unhelpful -- programming decision for what's supposed to be, among other things, a sophisticated database for your audio files. |