[mythtv-users] sorting watch recordings?

[Michael Freeman]

makes sense.  i'll have to play around when i get a chance and see how that
affects my other recordings.
i'm in the US, so datadirect it is for me.
thanks!

On 2/26/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/26/2006 07:26 PM, Michael Freeman wrote:
> > On 2/26/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 02/25/2006 09:35 PM, Michael Freeman wrote:
> >>
> >>> can i sort the watch recordings screen by show title rather than day
> >>> recorded?
> >>>
> >> The only options for sorting are:
> >>
> >> Sort Episodes
> >>     - Record date
> >>     - Original Air date
> >>     - Program ID
> >> Selects how to sort a shows episodes
> >>
> > in particular, i wanted my episodes of 24 to show up in order of day 1-5
> > rather than in order of when myth snagged them off cable.
> > so you're saying there's no way to do that.
> Oh.  Why didn't you say so?  ;)
>
> All you need to do is forget what you think you want and instead realize
> what you really want.  You're suggesting sorting episodes by episode
> title (subtitle).  This would seldom be useful (only for 24 and Surface
> and a few other shows).
>
> However, what you really want is to sort by the date in which they
> aired.  This is frequently useful.  See "Original Air date" above...
> (Note that your grabber must provide the original air date information
> or you'll have to manually update the database to include the
> information.  It's possible this will only work automatically with
> DataDirect.)
>
> Mike
>
>
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