Operation Manual

A highly dynamic and creative way to organize a collection of tracks is to apply conditions that

automatically filter (search) the database for tracks that match the criteria outlined. VirtualDJ calls

these types of folder FilterFolders.

Create a Filter Folder

Click on the blue FilterFolder icon and a Filter creation dialog is displayed.

Give the NEW filter folder a name. For example - Top 100 Played

Now enter the Filter to be used for creating the results desired. This is where it can be complicated or

simple. This example is simple, use the keyword ‗top‘ with the number ‗100‘ and the element ‗nbplay‘.

‗nbplay‘ looks at the Play Count data field. As the filter statement is entered VirtualDJ evaluates that the

statement is properly created. The OK button will remain ‗grayed‘ out if the statement is not well-

formed.

So the entire filter statement would look like ‗top 100 nbplay‘. What VirtualDJ will do each time this

folder is selected with sort the entire database on the Play Count field in Descending order and then

display the first 100 entries or the Top 100.

The filter dialog provides some great examples but to get it‘s real power need to now what are the

appropriate elements, operators, and a few keywords that are used.

Elements - "title", "author", "artist", "album", "genre", "year", "bpm", "key", "bitrate", "songlen",

"filesize", "filepath", "filename", "extension", "hascover", "isscanned", "alreadyplayed", "lastplay",

"firstplay", "firstseen", "nbplay", "type", "days since firstseen", "days since firstplay",

"days since lastplay", "LinkedVideo", "HasLinkedVideo", ―BPMDiff‖, ―KeyDiff‖, ―ispresent‖, ―inSearchDB‖

Operators – "==", "=", ">=", "<=", "!=", "<>", ">", "<", "is not", "is", "equals‖, "equal", "contains",

"contain", "doesn‘t contain", "starts with", "start with", "ends with", "end with ", "and ",

"or ", "&&", "||", "&", "|"

Keywords – ―top‖, ―[inverted]‖

FILTER FOLDERS