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[Poohbear]

Do we need to be able to edit the primary name then?

[Jazz_North]

Do we need to be able to edit the primary name then?

I don't think you can do this except when you edit the property for the album. Primary name is simply the name that appears in the Artist box on the general tab. You can't edit it in the artist profile and I haven't found any place other than the album properties where it can be done.

[Poohbear]

It could be implemented though, couldn't it?

[Jazz_North]

It could be implemented though, couldn't it?

That would lose the connection to the cd entry; might as well just change it in album properties. And then there is the entanglement of the Other spellings entries. There is a reason you can't edit the primary name by itself and that is because in OCD it is a kind of index.

[Poohbear]

Ah well, never mind
Still a super piece of software though.
Let's see what this promised revamp brings

[Jazz_North]

Ah well, never mind
Still a super piece of software though.
Let's see what this promised revamp brings

You can, of course, make the sort name be the primary name, but then it will sort by first name (and you will have to change every artist's properties.

[andrei_c]

I don't think you can do this except when you edit the property for the album. Primary name is simply the name that appears in the Artist box on the general tab. You can't edit it in the artist profile and I haven't found any place other than the album properties where it can be done.

Actually, you can edit primary names in menu Library -> Manage Artists. Select artist and click Rename button.

(Note that individual albums will retain original artist name as alternative spelling, but they will be listed under new name in tree.)

[Poohbear]

Can anyone tell me if this will be the answer I'm looking for?