[mythtv-users] Recordings (date) sort order reversed - All Programmes v News

[Mark Perkins]

A query regarding sort order of recordings. I believe the relevant setting is FE Setup / Video / Playback / Page 4.

I would like my TV Shows to sort by series / episode descending where there is series / episode info available (latest episode first). Otherwise I would like recordings with no series / episode info (like the news) to sort by recording date descending (newest first).

The default in FE setup I think was "Sort all sub-titles/ multi-titles Descending". This works as I want for the TV Shows with series / episode info available. It also works for the "All Programmes" grouping where the newest recording is at the top. However if I go to the "Seven News" grouping things like the news recordings sort oldest first to newest (ie reversed).

So I assumed changing multi-titles to Ascending ("Sort sub-titles Descending, multi-titles Ascending") would fix this and that "All Programmes always sorted newest to oldest regardless of settings. And indeed it does, the "Seven News" sorts reversed (newest first). But it also reverses the sort order of the "All Programmes" grouping to be oldest first.

Is this expected behaviour that the "All Programmes" grouping date sort order is always reversed compared to the other groupings date sort order?

I find it confusing because lets say I have two episodes of 'Seven News' recorded (title always remains the same) the topmost listed recording in "All Programmes" is the bottommost listing if I go to the "Seven News" grouping. It seems no matter the sort option these are always opposite?

Is this expected behaviour or have I stuffed something up locally? 

For the purposes of testing I was using mythbuntu theme. I ended up testing all 4 options and the order in "All Programmes" was always opposite to "Seven News" for recording date sort order.

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