[mythtv-commits] Ticket #1083: sort order changes in "previous episodes"

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#1083: sort order changes in "previous episodes"
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 Reporter:  mythtv at hburch.com  |        Owner:  bjm     
     Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  assigned
 Priority:  minor              |    Milestone:  0.20    
Component:  mythtv             |      Version:          
 Severity:  low                |   Resolution:          
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Changes (by bjm):

  * milestone:  => 0.20
  * status:  new => assigned

Comment:

 While this may be possible, there may be no real benefit to justify the
 cost of the changes and added complexity and confusion for the user.
 Deferring for now but would consider a better solution.

 If this was a list of recordings and the user wax choosing one to watch
 based on a known subtitle, then a subtitle sort could be helpful. However,
 these are episodes that were recorded in the past or matching showings
 that were not recorded in the past two weeks. The purpose of this lists is
 for reference but the promary function is to allow the user to clean out
 old crud built up in the oldrecorded table. The main things to do on this
 page are to remove all episodes if they are generic and do no good for dup
 matching (SportsCenter, Anderson Cooper 360, etc.) or if a series ends and
 won't be shown again (Survivor: Pearl Islands) or to unmark an episode you
 wan to see again.

 Say I have a list that shows I've recorded programids 9, 10, 11, 13, and
 14.  I can see that I haven't recorded 12 either because I missed it or it
 will be shown out of order, etc. I don't know the subtitle of 12 and
 wouldn't be able to find it missing from a subtitle list. If I read about
 an episode on the Internet and I have a short list, I could look for it
 without sorting. If I has several seasons of episodes, sorting by
 programid or date may be more helpful to find where it should be than an
 alpha list of subtitle names.

 As for leadings The/A/An, when you go to a video store do you look for The
 Matrix under "T" or "M"? As far as I'm concerned, this wheel doesn't need
 to be reinvented and was solved perhaps a couple hundred years ago.

 The legends are not automatic and would have to be added for each theme.
 The last time I did this was for Sort by Type on the priorities page. The
 key choice is "(4)". Now you know why ;-).

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