Titles with The/A

[paulsalter 84]

Hi,

I have looked through all the settings but cannot see anything for this

 

How do I get titles that start with the word 'The' to be shown under the letter 'T' for 'The' instead of the rest of the title

eg

I have a film called The Hole

I want this to be titled 'The Hole' and sorted under T, not under H for Hole

 

I know I can change the sort title for all films like this, but is there an option to use the title as it is and not ignore these starting words/letters

 

Thanks

[Koleckai Silvestri 1150]

You need to use the sort name field at this time. You may be able to use a tool like Media Center Master or Metabrowser to automate this as they have more features when it comes to preparing the metadata xml files. 

[paulsalter 84]

Thanks for the info

 

I have manually been through and set the sort order now, just wasn't sure if there was an option to save me doing this

 

Cheers

[ginjaninja 533]

Check the config xml..there may be a list or charachter strings ignored by default iirc

[ginjaninja 533]

  <SortReplaceCharacters>
    <string>.</string>
    <string>+</string>
    <string>%</string>
  </SortReplaceCharacters>
  <SortRemoveCharacters>
    <string>,</string>
    <string>&</string>
    <string>-</string>
    <string>{</string>
    <string>}</string>
    <string>'</string>
  </SortRemoveCharacters>
  <SortRemoveWords>
    <string>the</string>
    <string>a</string>
    <string>an</string>
  </SortRemoveWords>

its in system.xml

[paulsalter 84]

Thanks for last 2 posts

 

That looks like just what I need, will try when I add some more movies in the next few days

[Heckler 147]

I don't mind it ignoring the word 'The'  or most of the others.

 

But there is one movie where it really, really bugs me.

 

 

A.I.   It lists it under I instead of because of that ignoring A thing.... Bugs me no end in that single case.  

[Happy2Play 8248]

I don't mind it ignoring the word 'The'  or most of the others.

 

But there is one movie where it really, really bugs me.

 

 

A.I.   It lists it under I instead of because of that ignoring A thing.... Bugs me no end in that single case.  

Easy fix is to put name "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" in sort name also, now located in A instead of I.