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Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Bex » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:59 pm

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Granpoh » Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:27 am

Well, I'd like to be able to have them order correctly even with non-numerical characters in the title. However, even with no letters, it still does not order correctly.

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Mizery_Made » Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:36 am

It means a non-numerical character in the field. Such as "1/12" or "1+2" as these would no longer be considered a number but a word/string. If you only have numbers in the field, then it should properly sort them in numerical order.

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Granpoh » Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:03 am

I don't know what "string track#" is. How do I not use it?

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Peke » Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:32 pm

Unless you use String track# sort is working as it should
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Each approach have its benefits and its bad sides :(

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by trixmoto » Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:26 pm

As someone who never uses "1/12" I was perfectly happy when track number was only held as a numeric value, so I agree too! :)

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Bex » Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:26 am

I actually agree. What you want is called "natural sort order". But as I understand it, it is a bit complex to implement.

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Granpoh » Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:47 am

This is so bad, especially with audio books numbered with pages. It actually starts on page 1, then goes to page 10, then 100: 1, 10, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 11, 110, 111, 112, etc. See the pattern? This has to be fixed. What can I do?

Thanks

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by trixmoto » Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:11 am

Well it depends exactly what you're doing. MM holds the track number as a numeric value, but also as a string value so that people can do "1/12" or "1 of 12" if they want to. In whatever situation you're in it's obviously using the string field to sort and not the numeric field. I don't have this problem, 10 sorts after 9 for me. Also there are scripts which allow you to automatically add leading zeros if you decide to do that, you don't need to do it manually.

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Granpoh » Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:07 am

It would take forever to rename them all. In Windows Explorer, everything is ordered as it should be, but MM evidently, is not smart enough to recognize that.

Re: 1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by koro » Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:54 am

Hi,
Maybe you can try to use 01, 02, 03

1. 10. 2. 3. 4. 5. ...........etc.

by Granpoh » Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:34 am

How do you get '10.' to show after '9.' instead of after '1.' in numbered tracks, folders, etc. within your library?

Thanks

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