Title-Formatting Strings
This following table contains every property in the title_format_strings
config object, what it’s used for, and where it appears in the UI
Property | Description | Location |
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album_subtitle | Usually an un-official name for the album; Weezer’s “Blue Album” | In brackets and italics next to the album name at the top of the metadata grid and in the playlist header |
album_translation | A translated title for the album | Wrapped in brackets next to the album’s name in the metadata grid |
artist_country | The name or 2-letter abbreviation of the artist’s country used for showing flags images. Can be multi-value. | Beside the artist’s name |
artist | How the artist’s name should be formatted | Anywhere the artist is shown |
date | The full date listed for the album. Shows YYYY-MM-DD if possible. | In the Playlist header if “show full date” is enabled |
disc_subtitle | The subtitle for the current disc, or group of tracks if you wish to separate groups of tracks in the playlist | In the metadata grid, and in the playlist |
disc | The disc being played – by default only shows if more than one disc exists | Above the progress bar and in the playlist disc row headers |
edition | The edition of the album. Typically only used if different than the standard release. | Shown in the playlist group header |
last_played | The last time the current song was played | Used to calculate the right edge of the played section of the timeline |
lyrics | Used for the embedded lyrics check | If evaluates to text, will be shown when the lyrics button is pressed |
original_artist | The original artist that either wrote or performed the song | Shown in the italics next to the title above the progress bar and in the playlist. |
releaseCountry | The country where this edition was released. Can be the full country name or a 2-letter country code. | Only used to display the flag image in the metadata grid |
title | The title of the currently playing track. By default includes song title translation | Above the progress bar, and anywhere else the song title is shown, but not in the library or playlist |
tracknum | How the tracknumber should be shown | Above the progress bar and to the left of the song title |
vinyl_side | The vinyl side if it exists. “A”, “B”, etc. Analogous to %discnumber% for non-vinyl albums, but will always be shown if it exists and “Use vinyl style numbering” is enabled | Above the progress bar and in the playlist |
vinyl_tracknum | The track number on the vinyl side | Above the progress bar and in the playlist |
year | Only the four-digit year, regardless if %date% contains a YYYY-MM-DD value | In the upper right corner when playing a song and in the playlist header if “show full date” is disabled |