Naming and sort order

[Linthorn 0]

I have a series of old movies (31) that I'd like listed in order. I am trying to get them into Emby and currently I have the movie number first which messes up the identification.  When I edit the metadata I can get it to read right and find a cover, but it shows as a tiny cover in a "movie cell" box.  I think I just need to rename them to Movie-(year), but several of the movies came out the same year and I'd like to preserve the order.  Do I need to just manually set the sort order after a rename?  What's the recommended approach to this?

[Carlo 4561]

Hi,

Perhaps the best method would be to remove the number from the filename, so Emby can identify them correctly. You would then manually edit each movie to edit the sort title entry, then lock it after the edit.

Something to keep in mind is that the title or sort title field is character based and not number based which means the sort order would be similar to 1, 11, 111, 1111, 2., etc  Careful use of the sort title knowing this would still allow you to achieve this however,

Perhaps a better method would be to get everything scanned in properly, then setup a playlist using the order you want them to appear in.  You could then see the movies normally in the movie view or see them ordered as you want using the playlist view.

Carlo

[Linthorn 0]

Thanks.  Perhaps the playlist is the best option.