French movies and tv shows not properly sorted

[CharleyVarrick 283]

I have english movies and tv shows that are sorted to ignore article like "A", "The"

I just noticed my French movies and tv show are not sorted similarly, Le, La, Les, Un and Une are not ignored.

I can't find the setting for this, if it exist.

Au secours.... 

[Happy2Play 9783]

I am guessing old vs new install as a new system.xml contains this.

  <SortRemoveWords>
    <string>the</string>
    <string>a</string>
    <string>an</string>
    <string>das</string>
    <string>der</string>
    <string>el</string>
    <string>la</string>
  </SortRemoveWords>

 

[CharleyVarrick 283]

10 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

I am guessing old vs new install as a new system.xml contains this.

  <SortRemoveWords>
    <string>the</string>
    <string>a</string>
    <string>an</string>
    <string>das</string>
    <string>der</string>
    <string>el</string>
    <string>la</string>
  </SortRemoveWords>

 

? Sorry Happy, I don't know what you mean.

I like that articles are ignored, and I wish to make French content ignore articles, just like English content already does.

EDIT: I have a Movies library for English, and a separate Films library for French movies, same setup for tv shows.

(So a movie or tv show called La femme would show under F and not L)

 

Edited February 19, 2021 by jlr19

[Happy2Play 9783]

Just now, jlr19 said:

? Sorry Happy, I don't know what you mean.

I like that articles are ignored, and I wish to make French content ignore articles, just like English content already does.

I would assume your system.xml file does not have those articles.

My original install has, but a new install has above.

  <SortRemoveWords>
    <string>the</string>
    <string>a</string>
    <string>an</string>
  </SortRemoveWords>

Just update your system.xml with the article you want ignored.

[CharleyVarrick 283]

2 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

I would assume your system.xml file does not have those articles.

My original install has, but a new install has above.

  <SortRemoveWords>
    <string>the</string>
    <string>a</string>
    <string>an</string>
  </SortRemoveWords>

Just update your system.xml with the article you want ignored.

Got you, yes, I had to perform a complete reinstall a year ago when I upgrade win7 to Win 10.

Can you be more specific about the system xml (where to find it and how to do it, is there a kb 'bout that?

 

@Happy2Play

EDIT:

Ok, found the system.xml and yes it looks like you say.

I need to shutdown Emby before and insert the formatted french articles.

A quick question: does the order in which I add them matter at all?

I am not really at ease doing this and prefer to err on the safe side.

Edited February 20, 2021 by jlr19

[CharleyVarrick 283]

I searched the forum and found a thread about my issue.(Sorry, I should have done so before posting)

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/49117-ignorer-les-articles-le-la-les-l-un-une-à-lors-du-tri-de-la-médiathèque/&tab=comments#comment-467417

The OP strongly suggest to use an xml editor as opposed to notepad.

I'd rather very carefully use the familiar notepad instead of a program I know nothing about ( tried once and totally hosed Emby).

He also mentions once this step is done, it is needed to remove and re add all libraries for it to work, is that correct?

 

Hopefully, this will get MUCH easier in the future.

Edited February 20, 2021 by jlr19

[Happy2Play 9783]

There are several topics but just make a backup of original system.xml make your edits with your preferred program (I use Notepad++).

Shut down Emby

Make changes

Start Emby

Do a library scan

About alphabetical order of libraries - EmbyServer 4.4.2.0 - General/Windows - Emby Community

 

[CharleyVarrick 283]

Thanks Happy,

I will read as much as possible, I am in no rush to do this. I will tackle only when and if 100% sure.

It sure would be nice if we could somehow toggle this on or off thru emby gui instead in near future.

Merci

[Luke 42085]

Yes we can look at improving this in future updates. thanks.

[CharleyVarrick 283]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

Yes we can look at improving this in future updates. thanks.

LOL, didn't I see this statement in the past.

 

[speedy78 1]

I only got it working by

1. shutdown emby
2. Edit "Emby > Config > system.xml" - by removing every string line within "SortRemoveWords" only, but keep the rest.
3. start emby
4. library scan only didn´t helped. I had to replace meta data, for at least the one relating movie for testing first. After it worked, you have to do it with the whole library.

If you don´t shutdown, after each restart the system.xml is rewritten to the old version with "Remove Words"

 

Thanks to Happy2Play, for the main part of the solution.

[Luke 42085]

Thanks for the feedback.