sorting order, with a longer name, might it be possible to make it more consistent? Options

[BigBertrand]

Hi,

I would like to know if sorting between "foo" and "foo bar" could be made more consistent

let me introduce with this screenshot :


as you can see, in Album List panel, "foo" is before "foo bar".
but if I right-click on "Amon Tobin" then "send to current playlist", "foo bar" is before "foo" in the Playlist View panel

also, in Windows Explorer :
- I see "foo" before "foo bar"
- DIR command also gives "foo" before "foo bar"
- but if I right-click on the Amon Tobin folder then "play in foobar2000", "foo bar" is again before "foo"...

the correct order should be "foo" before "foo bar"

I'd really be happy if my playlist loaded with the correct order

Cheers

[smkk]

Made a thread about this a while ago: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....c=69885&hl=

[BigBertrand]

Hi,

I forget to mention I am using a custom grouping scheme :

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$if($meta_test(album artist),'['%album artist%']  ',$if($meta_test(artist),'['%artist%']  '))$if($meta_test(date),%date%[ - %album%],[%album%])

however the issue is identical with predefined grouping schemes

I think the issue is related with this precise part :


I will craft a new grouping scheme when I had engouh free time
usings some things like $directory_path(%path%)

Cheers

This post has been edited by BigBertrand: Jun 30 2009, 13:58

[Frank Bicking]

Can't help with the sorting issue, but except for the fact that %album artist% does not only fall back to artist but also composer and performer, your grouping pattern should be the same as:

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['['%album artist%']'  ][%date% - ][%album%]

[BigBertrand]

Hi again,

I've begun, crafting this:

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$replace($directory_path(%path%)'*'%filename_ext%, ,:)

it uses the facts * and : are forbidden characters in paths, and considers this ordering : "*" then ":"

C:\my path 2\another file.mp3
C:\my path\my file.mp3

becomes :

C:\my:path*my:file.mp3
C:\my:path:2*another:file.mp3

I'm open to suggestions

Cheers


edit : thank you Frank Bicking, I hadn't noticed %album artist% fall back to %artist% ! so my current grouping scheme becomes simpler :

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['['%album artist%']'  ]$if($meta_test(date),%date%[ - %album%],[%album%])

ah, I use a $if(...) instead of [%date% - ], because I have files with %date% but no %album%, and don't like to display "ghost" hyphens

This post has been edited by BigBertrand: Jun 30 2009, 14:55

[BigBertrand]

It's me again,

I cannot fully use this scheme, because the file order is determined when adding to playlist...
I can add a column with my scheme, and click on its header to sort the list, but I cannot directly load the playlist sorted

does anybody have an idea ?

cheers

This post has been edited by BigBertrand: Jun 30 2009, 15:31

[shakey_snake]

Edit->Sort->Sort By...


This post has been edited by shakey_snake: Jun 30 2009, 15:33

[BigBertrand]

thank you shakey_snake, I didn't know about this option
however, it doesn't solve the problem: it needs to be called each time... the setting is not automatically applied

edit : half solved... I put my scheme into : "Preferences > General > Sort incoming files by"
it is applied when loading from Windows Explorer, but not when loading from Album List...

This post has been edited by BigBertrand: Jun 30 2009, 16:19

[shakey_snake]

edit : strange... I put my scheme into :
"Preferences > General > Sort incoming files by"
but looks like it is not applied

Playlists created from the Album List inherit their sort pattern from the Album List view.

It just so happens that the sort pattern is treated differently with Window's Natural Sort (what is used on the playlist, or Sort Incoming Files By...) than it is using the windows explorer tree (what sorts the Album List in "by folder structure" mode and the tree in explorer).

There's not much fb2k can do about it.

This post has been edited by shakey_snake: Jun 30 2009, 16:53

[BigBertrand]

Ideally, this behaviour of Album List might be corrected
One sees part of a folder structure in Album List, he expects this structure to be loaded in the same order in the Playlist View...

It would really be helpful for some users, including myself
Cheers