Genre table

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Four fields are linked to this lookup table: Album.Genre, Track.Genre, Artist/Person.Genre and Playlist.Genre.

Field Name

Type

Description

cddbGenre

Text

Use this field to specify the cddbGenre. The cddbGenre is used when submitting disc data to CDDB.

All CDs submitted to CDDB must be assigned a special CDDB genre. The CDDB genres are fixed, you cannot create new genres or modify existing genres. Each of the CATraxx genres is linked to one of the CDDB genres.

Genre

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The main genre.

Please note that, in the data entry windows, the Sub Genre list is linked to the Genre list. When you select a genre, only the sub genres in this genre are available in the Sub Genre list. For example, if you select the Classical genre, only classical sub genres (like Baroque, Chamber Music, Opera, and Renaissance Era) will be displayed.

Genre ID

Numeric

This is an unique ID number that is assigned to each entry in the table.

Full Genre

Text

This field combines Genre and Sub Genre into one field (Genre: Sub genre), for example:

Classical: Opera

Electronic: Jungle

Jazz: Fusion

Rock: Classic Rock

World: Celtic

Marked

Boolean

This field indicates whether the record is marked or not.

Sub Genre

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The sub genre.