Jaikoz edit table view sorting by disc then track

[chub1962]

Thanks Paul for the great program which I have used lightly for a couple of years but am wanting to sort out my music.
My question is whether I can make the Edit view table sort by track number within disc for multi-disc Various Artist compilations ? (I did search but couldnt find an answer to this…)

Background is that I mainly use Jaikoz to fix the track release date on compilations, rather than the default of compilation release date. When I add a folder, the entry order appears to be random? I then only seem to be able to search by one column. If I choose Disc, then tracks are in random order (but not always?). I am doing something wrong? I tried preferences but found no answer here either. Thanks in advance.
Carl.

[paultaylor]

By default files are listed in the order of the filename, and usually people set filenames so they are in track order. If you want to sort by a different field you can but unfortunately we dont support muti-column sorting at the moment.

[chub1962]

Thanks Paul for the quick reply. I have always default to Aritst - Title, so now I know why the sort doesnt work!
If I can ask for one more piece of advice, I assume you support the “File Rename From Metadata” convention I just saw in Jaikoz preferences as “Artist - Album - Track - Title”?. As I am mostly correcting Various Artist compilations, I would suggest something like “Album - Disc - Track - Artist - Title” to aid sorting (or perhaps drop Album). I do have a bunch of files for some compilations that are “Disc-Track - Title”, which is why they sorted correctly in Jaikoz, but i like to see Artist.
thanks in advance,
Carl.

[paultaylor]

So the key thing is put trackno before track title (and before track artist)

Jaikoz has File Rename From Metadata but the Artist - Album - Track - Title part is just the name, the actual rename mask uses Javascript Expressions, and you can define one rename mask for use in non-compilations and one for use in compilations.

Javascript Expressions are much easier then they sound, see this SongKong link for more details - How to create Rename masks (the syntax is the same for SongKong/Jaikoz)