Movie list directory sort order

[Willo3092]

Has anything changed in the directory sort function in ViX 6.0?
I have the default sort setting of 'recordings by date and other media by name' on ViX 5.4 and ViX 6.0 on the same receiver.

On ViX 5.4 and previous versions it has always showed the directories containing the newest recordings first.

MovieList-5.4.0.16.jpg

On ViX 6.0 the directories are just in alphabetic order and even changing to 'sort by date' doesn't work.

MovieList-6.0.0.02.jpg

I record to a NAS, not sure if this makes a difference?

[ccs]

Is that the default ViX movielist you're using?

[Willo3092]

Yes, with the Simple 1080 skin. The only thing I changed was the number of rows.

[ccs]

Where does "Goto: MOVIES" come from?

[Willo3092]

Oh sorry, I also have the coloured button designations changed to different shared folders on my NAS (Movies, Series and Recordings).

[Willo3092]

Tried again and ViX 5.4 allows directories to be sorted by date but ViX 6.0 only sorts alphabetically even if sort by date is selected

[birdman]

I have the default sort setting of 'recordings by date and other media by name' on ViX 5.4 and ViX 6.0 on the same receiver.

Given that a directory is not a recording, I'd expect that to sort directories by name.

[Joe_90]

Given that a directory is not a recording, I'd expect that to sort directories by name.

Maybe directory "Date Modified" could be a sort option?

[Willo3092]

Given that a directory is not a recording, I'd expect that to sort directories by name.

Yes, so would I but in ViX 5.4 the directories in my recordings NAS share have always been sorted by whichever directory has the newest recordings with it set as 'recordings by date and other media by name'.
All other shared folders such as Movies and TV Series are alphabetical with the same settings.
The Movies share is similar to recordings, in that it has directories and individual files but it is all sorted alphabetically

This actually suited me in ViX 5.4 because I knew all of the latest recordings were in directories at the top of the list. In ViX 6.0 I would like to do the same but even sorting by date doesn't work.

[abu baniaz]

Given that a directory is not a recording, I'd expect that to sort directories by name.

But some people put their recordings in a directory. It is a GUI option in the Timer menus asking where to put the recording.

[Joe_90]

@abu - the files (recordings) within a directory can be sorted by date. It appears from @Willo's posts that Vix 6.0 is sorting the actual directories alphabetically by default whereas 5.4 was doing so by date. The linux command ls -al will sort directories by name. ls -alt will sort them by modification date/time with newest first.

[birdman]

@abu - the files (recordings) within a directory can be sorted by date. It appears from @Willo's posts that Vix 6.0 is sorting the actual directories alphabetically by default whereas 5.4 was doing so by date.

Which wouldn't help you if you had multiple directory levels, as the top level wouldn't change date when a lower level directory's date was changed.

[birdman]

The code to do the sort (for "by date" - this hasn't changed in 6.0) is:

               elif self.current_sort == MovieList.SORT_RECORDED: 
                        self.list = sorted(self.list[:numberOfDirs], key=self.buildBeginTimeSortKey) + sorted(self.list[numberOfDirs:], key=self.buildBeginTimeSortKey)

so the intention is to put all of the directories first, sorted by time, then any files, sorted by time.

The thing that has changed is buildBeginTimeSortKey(). It now returns 3 items, not 2. I'm not sure why....

EDIT: oddly, it can now return a name, despite the function supposedly setting up a time key.

It's this change that did it (lines 969/970):

https://github.com/OpenViX/enigma2/commit/ea343a1977250596d4c9669dcfc5f0e80b56bf13

[Huevos]

Certain sorts are not available on a per directory basis. Only global.

I think this thread is a déjà vu of one we had in the private area about a year ago, but I can't find it at the moment.

[Joe_90]

Which wouldn't help you if you had multiple directory levels, as the top level wouldn't change date when a lower level directory's date was changed.

This would be true, but I think the OP does not have subdirectories. He just wants his top directories sorted in date order.