- is there a way to save the last position in list (not playlist!), so that I enter the list at the next pc startup directly at let's say "Omega man"?
No. It always starts at the top of the list. But you
can reverse the sort order, so Z is at the top of the list instead of A. You could also have it sort randomly, but I would consider that a torture, not a boon.
- how do you sort your movies? Also alphabetic or is there something like random view? (I always fantasize about something like caleidoscope, which is repositioning similar movies around your actual movie selection, a little bit like play doctor...)
Well, I want it to look like I sort my movies alphabetically by [Name] (which is the title), but that doesn't work for all movies so I do something a little more subtle. The Alien movies would be displayed out of order if you sorted just by name, for example.
I create a second, user defined field, called NameSorting. I then copy all the Name fields over to NameSorting so that they're the same.
In my theater view Name category, I change the sort method to sort by [NameSorting].
Now theater view will always display the correct title, but I can change [NameSorting] to adjust the order as needed. For example, I change the NameSorting fields for each of the Harry Potter movies to:
HarryPotter1
HarryPotter2
HarryPotter3
etc...
This way when you scroll to the Harry Potter series, they're under H where you'd expect, but they show up in series order.
In your case, you'd change the [NameSorting] value for "7 Psychos" to "Seven Psychos" and it will show up under S instead at the top of the list, but it will still display as "7 Psychos".
JRiver sorting is extremely flexible. I'm actually doing things much more complicated than what I described, but you have to walk before you can run.
If you don't know how to create database fields or modify views, googling for those things will produce lots of good info here on the forum.
If the problem is just that your list of movies is too long and you can't be bothered to remember what you have or scroll through it, then buy fewer movies.