EduardoSantos 40 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hi, I am running MediaBrowser Server (Version 3.0.5238.39498) on a Windows 8.1 box. I also use HTML, Roku, Windows and Android apps as clients. I understand the photo folder support is kind of initial and hope there will be lots of improvement on this. I have, though, a problem that seems to be very simple: the display order of the images seems to be random when I choose "sort by name" (ascending or descending). Both on the HTML, Roku, Android and Windows apps, this sort by name simply does not work. Is there any procedure/configuration I could do to solve this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Pretty shure! Attached is a printscreen of the web interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14905 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 The only name information we would have on a photo is the actual file name. Are you sure it isn't sorting properly based on those file names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14905 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I didn't examine each of those names closely but a name is going to sort by alpha sort rules which will not follow numeric sort rules. For instance, '1' '2' '10' will sort as '1' '10' '2'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) All names are the same size and their formation rule is YYYYMMDDXXZZZ where X and Z are sequential. The alpha text order was the first thing I considered but I think it is not the case. In the sample picture attached, for the first three images the sort order is: - 2014051801008 - 2014051801051 - 2014051801001 Which seems not ok on alpha text order. On the HTML interface I also noticed on the actual picture display that the URI is: http://...../mediabrowser/dashboard/itemdetails.html?id=8cffb40504785d5920f758f180d559ad So there is an internal id to that image. I wondered if this would not be the "name" key. So, for the first three images the corresponding ids are: - ad2534008b8fdddf1d588428edd71236 - 9a1da100654edb6ce1b586fce9855b97 - a0b667042fcee6ae24be39d9bcb2057b Which also seems not ok on alpha text order. And, as I did these tests, I also discovered another weird thing: For the second photo, named 2014051801051 (id 9a1da100654edb6ce1b586fce9855b97), the thumb displayed on the folder level does not correspond to the actual image displayed when clicked. These tests were held on the HTML interface so I verified on the android app. This thumb/image swap did not occur. It led me to consider browser cache so I tested again with another browser and on another machine. Facts are that for some reason the HTML interface presents thumbs that are not from the images. This does not occur on android app nor on the windows 8 app. BUT on the windows 8 app, the same image swapped on the HTML interface is shown as a backdrop (!?!) to the image. Well, this seems to be another issue and I think maybe there should be another thread to this. We would better stick to the sort order. You see now they are wrong? Edited June 5, 2014 by EduardoSantos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14905 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Is the sort also off in the Android app? The backdrop is by design. We make the image itself its own backdrop so that it will display in a large format in clients that support that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 Both on the HTML, Roku, Android and Windows apps, this sort by name simply does not work. Yes, in all client apps I tested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14905 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 If you edit one of the photos in the web client what is shown in the Sort Title field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 It shows the name of the file. A printscreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14905 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 No it doesn't. The Sort Name is blank... That should make it fall back to a sort on the name though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Ok, so do you think it is a bug or am I missing something? Just installed the new server version (3.0.5271.29451) and the odd behaviour is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37028 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 It's acknowledged as an issue, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Well, this is just an update to report that on the current server version (3.0.5347.22095) the problem still exists. I do not know if this issue will be addressed on a near future but I would like it very much to show photos on the corret sort order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Well, this is just an update to report that on the current server version (3.0.5366.22005) the problem still exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolotos 61 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 3.0.5424.1 still has this error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Version 3.0.5490.2 still with the same error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnwinger 7 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) Sorry to bump this old topic, but it appears this issue still exists universally? I'm experiencing this on Windows 7 and on the AppleTV app, on Emby Server version 4.3.0.30. There's no rhyme or reason that I can see as to how the app sorts Photos by filename/title. Every Photo I have has a prefix of "YYYY-MM-DD-" which works fine for sorting in Windows, Kodi, DS Photo, Plex, and basically everything else. Here's some example fillenames: 2018-12-25-IMG_54552018-05-14-IMG_46322018-11-10-IMG_52522018-03-10-IMG_4079 They are sorted in that exact order in Emby. Is this a known issue? Edited December 3, 2019 by cnwinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37028 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Sorry to bump this old topic, but it appears this issue still exists universally? I'm experiencing this on Windows 7 and on the AppleTV app, on Emby Server version 4.3.0.30. There's no rhyme or reason that I can see as to how the app sorts Photos by filename/title. Every Photo I have has a prefix of "YYYY-MM-DD-" which works fine for sorting in Windows, Kodi, DS Photo, Plex, and basically everything else. Here's some example fillenames: 2018-12-25-IMG_5455 2018-05-14-IMG_4632 2018-11-10-IMG_5252 2018-03-10-IMG_4079 They are sorted in that exact order in Emby. Is this a known issue? Hi there, have you explored the different sorting options that are available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnwinger 7 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Hi there, have you explored the different sorting options that are available? I just checked 'by Folder' and 'by Title', and both result in this weirdness. The only other sort option that really applies to Photos is 'by Date Added', which is not what I'm looking for here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37028 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Have you checked the sort title in the metadata editor for these? Is it blank for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnwinger 7 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Have you checked the sort title in the metadata editor for these? Is it blank for them? Yes, all were blank. When I populated the Sort Title for 3 photos that were sorting incorrectly (I just copied+pasted the titles), they then sorted correctly, placed before all the other photos. So this is a required field for Title sorting? Is there an easy way to mass-update using the filename/Title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnwinger 7 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) So this is an issue that needs to be corrected, right? Photos don't sort correctly unless the 'Sort Title' is populated, but 'Sort Title' is not populated as part of the library scan? Edited December 4, 2019 by cnwinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnwinger 7 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Do I need to do anything to submit a bug report? The Photo library is pretty much unusable like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbjungle 0 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I have this exact same issue with home videos. It seems to have started with a recent update. If I click to sort nothing changes. I've even tried manually tagging the mp4s, but the number and title appear to be ignored. I'm not sure exactly when this started, but it appears to have been within the past month. I'm having the problem on 2 servers; one Ubuntu 18.04 host and the other is on a Windows 10 1903 host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnwinger 7 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) I have this exact same issue with home videos. It seems to have started with a recent update. If I click to sort nothing changes. I've even tried manually tagging the mp4s, but the number and title appear to be ignored. I'm not sure exactly when this started, but it appears to have been within the past month. I'm having the problem on 2 servers; one Ubuntu 18.04 host and the other is on a Windows 10 1903 host. Thanks, at least I know now it's not just me. Just need a staff member to verify this issue will be fixed. Edited December 14, 2019 by cnwinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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