miniliQuid 85 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 How would manually-sorted collections differ from playlists though? I've got a few playlists of The Prisoner episodes, each in their various recommended orders. Works for me. Well if I am correct, collections are server wide? Playlists are personal for each account I think? For example I will create a collection of all Marvel movies, a Marvel collection, and for DC the same, just so my users have all those movies belonging together (sort of) in a collection. This because I know some might wanna watch them, but do not know of every Marvel movie released, same for DC. Also, collections are already in there anyway so being able to adjust some things and organize them a little better, will keep me from making a playlist (even if it is for every user), which keeps the look a little cleaner as well. Instead of having things spread out in movies, collections and playlists, its just movies and collections, making it just a tad bit easier for the less tech savvy people on my server (Mom, Dad, Kids) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshhuggins 18 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Has anything changed on this? I was hoping to be able to set a custom watch order for a series that aired out of chronological order using a collection. Really don't want to have to create and manage a separate playlist for each user for each of these types of scenarios. Anyone find any workarounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37049 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Not yet, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshhuggins 18 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Thanks for the update Luke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniliQuid 85 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Shouldn't this be easily done by giving collections the same properties/parameters as a playlist, except for it being still server wide rather than user related. Or is it not as easy as that? Cause putting the collections in order manually once (those that need it) shouldn't be too much of a hassle when it is server wide once finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37049 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 A playlist is better suited for this I think, since it already has the feature. Only thing missing is being able to present the playlist differently, like a poster view for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 A playlist is better suited for this I think, since it already has the feature. Only thing missing is being able to present the playlist differently, like a poster view for example. Well, it is also missing the "collapse" functionality in the views... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniliQuid 85 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 (edited) Wouldn't a playlist be account specific? This would mean every account has to do this either themselves, or server admin has to do it for every single account on the server. Where as making the collection makes it available to watch for every account. Would be kind of solved if the server admin has the option to create a playlist and make it visible server wide somehow? That way a star wars or marvel playlist could be made and the option for serverwide availability could be ticked (or something), problem solved Edited October 6, 2019 by miniliQuid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdatanet 1549 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 +1 for manual sort order for collections I'm creating the Infinity Saga Collection and I want to sort the movies as I want. At the moment my solution is to use playlists, but I prefer to use only collections. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlerate 7 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 12/23/2018 at 12:33 PM, Luke said: A manual sort order for collections is a good idea for the future. Thanks ! Any update on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testbug 2 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Gonna do a small bump on this topic, hoping for some sort of response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37049 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 There's no update right now other than to say that more control over this is planned for future updates. thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testbug 2 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Understood. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozrdnag 73 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I would also love to see this! I was trying to create a Conjuring Universe collection that would include all the Conjuring and Annabelle movies along with the Curse of LaLlarona and was bummed to find I can't arrange them in a custom order. Neither release date or Alphabetical would be anywhere close to chronological order. I don't want to use a sort name because I still want them alphabetical in the main movies view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
point5pnoi 0 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I will add my interest to this feature as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicko84 37 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 +1 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortexian 0 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Hi @Luke any idea when this is scheduled? Would love the ability to customize the order of collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37049 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 12 hours ago, Cortexian said: Hi @Luke any idea when this is scheduled? Would love the ability to customize the order of collections. Hi, no ETA but it's a good idea for future updates. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniliQuid 85 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Also what updates are expected? Only re-ordering collections or will playlists also get some options? Like being visible just for yourself, or at least being able to lock them so they cannot be changed? Cause I would definitely be interested in such options, as currently anyone can mess with those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37049 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/21/2021 at 10:43 AM, miniliQuid said: Also what updates are expected? Only re-ordering collections or will playlists also get some options? Like being visible just for yourself, or at least being able to lock them so they cannot be changed? Cause I would definitely be interested in such options, as currently anyone can mess with those things. Ordering collections as well as playlist permissions. Both of those. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meijinhada 4 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 +1, I could sort with .nfo tags in MrMC for my Star Wars and MCU movies, but I guess I can't in Emby. And it would definitely be preferable to be able to sort in collections. Adding a "sort number" or something similar we can edit in metadata for each movie in a collection would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staylor38 0 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 08/10/2018 at 00:47, Happy2Play said: Isn't that list just a list of movies by Release Date? You need a drag and drop order for Custom Collections. Since you don't use "Group items into collections" the sortname moves the items from there default location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXK57 32 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) I would like at a +1 for this feature as well. Have the ability to choose per collection how you would like to sort is something that would be a great addition. Either by title, release date, or custom. Plex currently has this option. Some people have built an awesome script "Plex Meta Manager" to build collections based off of dynamic lists, or tmdb, imdb, trakt lists. It would be nice to pull this into Emby as well but we will need to have the manual sort option within collections. Edited May 24, 2022 by TKX57 named the script wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveparks 7 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 +1 - this is definitely needed. I am working on adapting Plex-Meta-Manager for Emby and such limited sorting options for collections is such a bummer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXK57 32 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) Adding it again, having manual sort would be fantastic! I'm going to add to this, having a way of displaying a collection on the home screen? Say you had a trending movie collection built off imdb, tmdb, trakt of popular movies and/or shows. Having a random sort option with this collection then be able to have this as a strip on the home screen would be fantastic. Also if you had timed collections for hollidays and being able to display these on the home screen would be great. Edited February 15, 2023 by TKX57 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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