[mythtv-users] any way to sort videos by alternate value

[Jeremy Jones]

On May 6, 2012 9:45 AM, "Ronald Frazier" <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:
>
> I was wondering if there was any way to sort videos by some value
> other than the title. I was thinking this would be useful for a few
> circumstances. Normally, when movies are titled with numbers (1, 2, 3,
> or part 1, part 2, part 3) they will sort just fine. However, once you
> get to 10 parts, they will start sorting wrong (1, 10, 2, 3). You can
> hack around this by using 2 digit numbers (01, 02 ... 10) but that's
> ugly IMHO. Furthermore, if the movie uses names instead of numbers
> (such as Lord of the Rings), the parts don't sort into the proper
> order at all.
>
> So is there any way to deal with this currently in myth? I don't see
> one. I've done that sort of thing in other apps I've written, and I
> handled it by adding another value for "sort_title". So while the
> movie is named "Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King", the sort
> title would be "Lord of the Rings 3".
>
> Is anyone else interested in this (or is anyone already working on
> such a feature)? I could take a shot at implementing it sometime. Does
> the above method sound like a good way, or does someone else have a
> better suggestion?
>
> --
> Ron Frazier

I have often wanted a menu option to sort recordings by original  airdate.
Would that also take care of your issues?

Is that a proper field for movies?

Is the sorting part of the theme?

Jeremy
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