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Feature request: Filtering (or sorting) artists by genre
Currently (v2.1.0), when selecting e.g. the genre "Classical", I get a list of albums of this genre. When selecting classical music, I would like to have a list of composers (saved as "artists") instead. So I would need the artists list filtered to only contain artists that appear in albums of genre "Classical".
When you choose a genre, you can sort by artist in the options menu. It will still show albums, but they are ordered by the composer/artist so you can easily find what you look for.
In 2.1.0, when I choose a genre, the menu only offers 'Refresh' and 'Single Column' (translated to English). It would help if the search filter looked at the artist in addition to the title.
You can always try the latest compiled versions from our source code http://mirrors.kodi.tv/tools/kore/nightlies/
Ok, I am now using Tuesday's nightly. Sorting a genre's list by artist is already helpful, thank you!
Now it would be great to similarly sort the artist list by genre. (Only few of the artists would need to be listed in more than one genre.)
However, I still think that filtering instead of sorting would give me even better access. For this, the top filter field would need to be switchable between title/genre/album/artist.
(BTW, could you please make a release s.t. I can more easily roll the current state out to all my family's devices?)