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