Photos - Sort by title not working?

[Luke 42077]

You'd have to do what i mentioned above. Change the config file value, and then go through the process of full metadata refreshes on libraries that are not sorting correctly.

[happpyg 20]

On 2/27/2021 at 1:57 PM, Luke said:

You'd have to do what i mentioned above. Change the config file value, and then go through the process of full metadata refreshes on libraries that are not sorting correctly.

Thanks Luke, that seems to have fixed the issue

[Luke 42077]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Bliesner 0]

Hi all - I have the same problem, as HappyG running on a Synology Disk Station (v4.7.2.0), and have had a look at the system.xml file, but can't find "EnableV2SortTitles"

Has this changed?  Is there another way to solve the issue of files not sorting correctly?

Here's what my system.xml looks like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ServerConfiguration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <EnableDebugLevelLogging>false</EnableDebugLevelLogging>
  <EnableAutoUpdate>true</EnableAutoUpdate>
  <LogFileRetentionDays>3</LogFileRetentionDays>
  <RunAtStartup>true</RunAtStartup>
  <IsStartupWizardCompleted>true</IsStartupWizardCompleted>
  <EnableUPnP>true</EnableUPnP>
  <PublicPort>8096</PublicPort>
  <PublicHttpsPort>8920</PublicHttpsPort>
  <HttpServerPortNumber>8096</HttpServerPortNumber>
  <HttpsPortNumber>8920</HttpsPortNumber>
  <EnableHttps>false</EnableHttps>
  <IsPortAuthorized>true</IsPortAuthorized>
  <AutoRunWebApp>true</AutoRunWebApp>
  <EnableRemoteAccess>true</EnableRemoteAccess>
  <LogAllQueryTimes>false</LogAllQueryTimes>
  <EnableCaseSensitiveItemIds>true</EnableCaseSensitiveItemIds>
  <PreferredMetadataLanguage>en</PreferredMetadataLanguage>
  <MetadataCountryCode>GB</MetadataCountryCode>
  <SortRemoveWords>
    <string>the</string>
    <string>a</string>
    <string>an</string>
    <string>das</string>
    <string>der</string>
    <string>el</string>
    <string>la</string>
  </SortRemoveWords>
  <LibraryMonitorDelay>60</LibraryMonitorDelay>
  <EnableDashboardResponseCaching>true</EnableDashboardResponseCaching>
  <ImageSavingConvention>Compatible</ImageSavingConvention>
  <EnableAutomaticRestart>true</EnableAutomaticRestart>
  <CollectionFolderIdsMigrated>true</CollectionFolderIdsMigrated>
  <UICulture>en-GB</UICulture>
  <SaveMetadataHidden>false</SaveMetadataHidden>
  <RemoteClientBitrateLimit>0</RemoteClientBitrateLimit>
  <DisplaySpecialsWithinSeasons>true</DisplaySpecialsWithinSeasons>
  <LocalNetworkSubnets />
  <LocalNetworkAddresses />
  <EnableExternalContentInSuggestions>true</EnableExternalContentInSuggestions>
  <RequireHttps>false</RequireHttps>
<IsBehindProxy>false</IsBehindProxy>
  <RemoteIPFilter />
  <IsRemoteIPFilterBlacklist>false</IsRemoteIPFilterBlacklist>
  <ImageExtractionTimeoutMs>0</ImageExtractionTimeoutMs>
  <PathSubstitutions />
  <UninstalledPlugins />
  <CollapseVideoFolders>true</CollapseVideoFolders>
  <EnableOriginalTrackTitles>false</EnableOriginalTrackTitles>
  <VacuumDatabaseOnStartup>false</VacuumDatabaseOnStartup>
  <SimultaneousStreamLimit>0</SimultaneousStreamLimit>
  <DatabaseCacheSizeMB>96</DatabaseCacheSizeMB>
  <EnableSqLiteMmio>false</EnableSqLiteMmio>
  <NextUpUpgraded>true</NextUpUpgraded>
  <ChannelOptionsUpgraded>true</ChannelOptionsUpgraded>
  <TimerIdsUpgraded>true</TimerIdsUpgraded>
  <ForcedSortNameUpgraded>true</ForcedSortNameUpgraded>
  <InheritedParentalRatingValueUpgraded>true</InheritedParentalRatingValueUpgraded>
  <EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>false</EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>
  <ShowIntroDetectionScheduledTask>false</ShowIntroDetectionScheduledTask>
  <OptimizeDatabaseOnShutdown>true</OptimizeDatabaseOnShutdown>
  <DatabaseAnalysisLimit>400</DatabaseAnalysisLimit>
  <DisableAsyncIO>false</DisableAsyncIO>
</ServerConfiguration>

[Happy2Play 9780]

11 minutes ago, Bliesner said:

Hi all - I have the same problem, as HappyG running on a Synology Disk Station (v4.7.2.0), and have had a look at the system.xml file, but can't find "EnableV2SortTitles"

Has this changed?  Is there another way to solve the issue of files not sorting correctly?

Here's what my system.xml looks like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ServerConfiguration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <EnableDebugLevelLogging>false</EnableDebugLevelLogging>
  <EnableAutoUpdate>true</EnableAutoUpdate>
  <LogFileRetentionDays>3</LogFileRetentionDays>
  <RunAtStartup>true</RunAtStartup>
  <IsStartupWizardCompleted>true</IsStartupWizardCompleted>
  <EnableUPnP>true</EnableUPnP>
  <PublicPort>8096</PublicPort>
  <PublicHttpsPort>8920</PublicHttpsPort>
  <HttpServerPortNumber>8096</HttpServerPortNumber>
  <HttpsPortNumber>8920</HttpsPortNumber>
  <EnableHttps>false</EnableHttps>
  <IsPortAuthorized>true</IsPortAuthorized>
  <AutoRunWebApp>true</AutoRunWebApp>
  <EnableRemoteAccess>true</EnableRemoteAccess>
  <LogAllQueryTimes>false</LogAllQueryTimes>
  <EnableCaseSensitiveItemIds>true</EnableCaseSensitiveItemIds>
  <PreferredMetadataLanguage>en</PreferredMetadataLanguage>
  <MetadataCountryCode>GB</MetadataCountryCode>
  <SortRemoveWords>
    <string>the</string>
    <string>a</string>
    <string>an</string>
    <string>das</string>
    <string>der</string>
    <string>el</string>
    <string>la</string>
  </SortRemoveWords>
  <LibraryMonitorDelay>60</LibraryMonitorDelay>
  <EnableDashboardResponseCaching>true</EnableDashboardResponseCaching>
  <ImageSavingConvention>Compatible</ImageSavingConvention>
  <EnableAutomaticRestart>true</EnableAutomaticRestart>
  <CollectionFolderIdsMigrated>true</CollectionFolderIdsMigrated>
  <UICulture>en-GB</UICulture>
  <SaveMetadataHidden>false</SaveMetadataHidden>
  <RemoteClientBitrateLimit>0</RemoteClientBitrateLimit>
  <DisplaySpecialsWithinSeasons>true</DisplaySpecialsWithinSeasons>
  <LocalNetworkSubnets />
  <LocalNetworkAddresses />
  <EnableExternalContentInSuggestions>true</EnableExternalContentInSuggestions>
  <RequireHttps>false</RequireHttps>
<IsBehindProxy>false</IsBehindProxy>
  <RemoteIPFilter />
  <IsRemoteIPFilterBlacklist>false</IsRemoteIPFilterBlacklist>
  <ImageExtractionTimeoutMs>0</ImageExtractionTimeoutMs>
  <PathSubstitutions />
  <UninstalledPlugins />
  <CollapseVideoFolders>true</CollapseVideoFolders>
  <EnableOriginalTrackTitles>false</EnableOriginalTrackTitles>
  <VacuumDatabaseOnStartup>false</VacuumDatabaseOnStartup>
  <SimultaneousStreamLimit>0</SimultaneousStreamLimit>
  <DatabaseCacheSizeMB>96</DatabaseCacheSizeMB>
  <EnableSqLiteMmio>false</EnableSqLiteMmio>
  <NextUpUpgraded>true</NextUpUpgraded>
  <ChannelOptionsUpgraded>true</ChannelOptionsUpgraded>
  <TimerIdsUpgraded>true</TimerIdsUpgraded>
  <ForcedSortNameUpgraded>true</ForcedSortNameUpgraded>
  <InheritedParentalRatingValueUpgraded>true</InheritedParentalRatingValueUpgraded>
  <EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>false</EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>
  <ShowIntroDetectionScheduledTask>false</ShowIntroDetectionScheduledTask>
  <OptimizeDatabaseOnShutdown>true</OptimizeDatabaseOnShutdown>
  <DatabaseAnalysisLimit>400</DatabaseAnalysisLimit>
  <DisableAsyncIO>false</DisableAsyncIO>
</ServerConfiguration>

The setting was in older versions and does not exist in newer one.

Can you go over an example of your issue.

[luser 37]

Did anyone ever find a fix for this?
Sorting still doesn't work as of September 2025.

[Luke 42077]

@luser

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

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Thanks !