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Tekniqal
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| is there a way to do what KevinSartori said above, plus ignore the case? |
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choekstr
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| ebf wrote: | | choekstr wrote: | Either hit enter and choose alphabetical sort or hit "1" for a hotkey toggle. |
Since the date sort method cannot be controlled in subfolders, I wanted to go back to the original, always alpha method. |
I thought when you sort by alpha all the subsequent subfolders sort by alpha as well. This would be the same way it used to be.
Does it not sort by alpha in the subdirectories when you sort the parent folder? |
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ebf
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| choekstr wrote: | ... Does it not sort by alpha in the subdirectories when you sort the parent folder? |
Not with the mod or creation time option included. I was able to toggle the top level with the 1 key, but the subfolders stayed sorted by mod date. |
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choekstr
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| Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| ebf wrote: | | choekstr wrote: | ... Does it not sort by alpha in the subdirectories when you sort the parent folder? |
Not with the mod or creation time option included. I was able to toggle the top level with the 1 key, but the subfolders stayed sorted by mod date. |
That sounds like the if/else logic isn't working properly. I believe wmcbrine intended it to work as we would expect. |
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wmcbrine
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:16 am Post subject: |
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Not my fault... the TiVo asks for a date-sorted listing on the lower-level folders, and there's no way to tell it to do otherwise. But, like I say, that's why I'm thinking of an option to force it.
But I repeat myself.
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TheAmigo
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:27 am Post subject: |
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| wmcbrine wrote: | No. I just mean:
[Movies]
type = video
path = /where/ev/er
sort = alpha
or something along those lines. Then that share would always be sorted alpha (the old pyTivo behavior). |
If you do implement that (which I'd really appreciate), I have a couple requests:
1) Ignore leading articles. As others have posted on how to skip 'the ', but it should also ignore 'a ' and 'an '.
2) Don't sort based on filename, instead, sort by seriesTitle, episodeNumber, then title.
Typically, sorting by filename is good, but when getting metadata for foreign films, the title can be completely different than the filename.
Although I'm sure there are other opinions on the best way to sort.
I gave it a try, but I ended up with shows jumping around as I paged through the list, so I obviously didn't do something right... I just started with python last month, so I've still got some learning to do.
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reneg
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| TheAmigo wrote: |
If you do implement that (which I'd really appreciate), I have a couple requests:
1) Ignore leading articles. As others have posted on how to skip 'the ', but it should also ignore 'a ' and 'an '.
2) Don't sort based on filename, instead, sort by seriesTitle, episodeNumber, then title.
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If this happens, I hope sort is flexible. I sort based on filename. |
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TheAmigo
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| reneg wrote: | If this happens, I hope sort is flexible. I sort based on filename. |
Is your metadata such that sorting by seriesTitle, episodeNumber, then title would be different than filename? In a bad way?
Sorting by filename gives me this messy looking section:
Seven Pounds
Avaze gonjeshk-ha <-- filename: The Song Of Sparrows (2008).mov
Step Brothers
L'heure d'été <-- filename: Summer Hours (2008).mov
Sunshine Cleaning
I'm trying to automate the downloading of trailers. While it may seem easy to rename files, doing so in an automated fashion is likely to cause problems (e.g. matching the wrong release at IMDb and naming the file based on that)
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reneg
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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I sort by filename because I have a large collection of TV Series. My filenames contain the series name, season, episode number, and episode title on one line. This allows me to see all the relevant data I need to select episodes without drilling down into metadata.
All I'm saying is that sorting should be flexible because there is more than one right answer on how to sort results. My perfect sort is different than yours. |
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TheAmigo
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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I name my TV shows the same way... that's why I propose sorting by seriesTitle, then episodeNumber. In your case, that would be the same as filename.
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reneg
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| As long as series name, season, episode number, and episode title are displayed on the selection screen without having to examine the metadata info, then I'm happy. |
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wmcbrine
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 5:12 am Post subject: |
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OK, I've added an per-share option "force_alpha" -- set this to "True" to get the old pyTivo behavior. Video shares only. While I was changing things, I made the name sorting when not using force_alpha work more like it does on the TiVo, by not grouping folders and files separately.
I acknowledge the wisdom of these comments:
| TheAmigo wrote: | If you do implement that (which I'd really appreciate), I have a couple requests:
1) Ignore leading articles. As others have posted on how to skip 'the ', but it should also ignore 'a ' and 'an '.
2) Don't sort based on filename, instead, sort by seriesTitle, episodeNumber, then title. |
However, that involves more work, so it will have to wait. I've put this off this long enough.
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KevinSartori
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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I just updated pyTivo today with wmcbrine's latest. You are probably already aware of this, but setting force_alpha = True sorts folders and files alphabetically, but the sub-folders contained in those folders are still sorted by date. Previously, I was using wmcbrine's 2009-05-10 .git (the one before the force_alpha option was added) and modifying plugin.py using the combined tips from danimal4326 and ebf. This mod would sort the sub-folders as well.
I appreciate the work you're putting into this and I don't mean this as a criticism, I just thought it was important to point out this bug! Thanks again and keep up the good work! |
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wmcbrine
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| Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 2:10 am Post subject: |
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No, I'm not aware of it, nor is it true. I suspect you're misusing the option -- remember, it's per-share; you can't put it in the "Server" section.
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KevinSartori
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| Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:36 am Post subject: |
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I didn't put it in the Server section. I used the pyTivo web interface and added True to the force_alpha option in my video share. I tried updating again and it was still doing it.
So I decided to try totally uninstalling pyTivo (setting and all) and then reinstall pyTivo-wmcbrine-2008.08.20-RC1.zip and then apply the latest update.
Now it's not doing it! Sub-folders are sorting alphabetically now! I have updated a bunch of times... No idea what happened. Very strange. I backed up my old pyTivo.conf file, but when I compare it to the new one, I don't see anything different.
Sorry about that! Honestly, the sub-folders were sorting by date before...  |
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