rusty wrote:Ignore the following for sorting purposes: __The, An, A ___
[x] Artist (including Album Artist)
[ ] Album
[ ] Title

+ [ ] Never!

Rusty you're completely right. Any of the alternatives you describe and especially the 1st one will solve the problem once and for all....

One thing I noticed is that "The" sorting is ignored in the list boxes in the AutoPlaylist Criteria advanced widows. It takes some mental adjustment to switch back and forth between the two methods of sorting Artist and Album names. Consideration should be given to make "The" sorting consistent through out all areas where Artist sorting occurs.

You're right--MM currently applies this logic to other fields (I've seen it applied to 'Album'). I'd suggest that:

Ideally MM would allow the user to configure:
Ignore the following for sorting purposes: __The, An, A ___
[x] Artist (including Album Artist)
[ ] Album
[ ] Title

If we don't get to providing this level of functionality, I would propose that the following would be more than sufficient:
Ignore the following when sorting tracks by Artist: __The___

At a minimum if there is no configuration:
MM should only ignore 'The' for Artists.

-Rusty

Ok, I know that Ignoring The for sorting purposes was a long time requested feature and now is here!!!
Thats cool but current implemantion is incomplete.
What i mean is that most people (including me) don't like sorting Artists or even Albums using "The", but when it comes to track titles is different. "The" in the start of a track title has completely different meaning that "The" before an artist name.
I can realise though that many people may like sorting Tracks ignoring "The".
What i propose is:
Customizable sorting preferences (e.g. what words to ignore and in what fields)


Edit: Once more it is proved that being fast is equal of being wrong...
I just noticed that in fact Track title is sorted using "The" except in a few cases (e.g. Track title starts with "The Best")
Hmm, this still creates problem to me. I would prefer not ignoring "The" at all when it comes to track title... so i guess my proposition is still valid

Thanks