Topic: Sorting "the", "a" (Read 1256 times)

axebox · « **on:** January 31, 2005, 07:39:16 pm »

Media Center sorts band names (and I assume everything else) without stripping out "the" or "a" from the band. So for example:

A Perfect Circle
The Chemical Brothers
The Offspring

should really be sorted as:

Chemical Brothers, The
Perfect Circle, A
Offspring, The

This makes much more sense.

So how do you do it?

KingSparta · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2005, 07:43:19 pm »

Do What?

axebox · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2005, 07:45:09 pm »

I'm not sure how else I can explain it.

scthom · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2005, 08:01:24 pm »

MC will sort those correctly, but it won't change the display.

You have to go into Tools\Options\Tree & View\Sorting. Enable the "Ignore articles" checkbox. I believe it only works on A, An, The. For others like Los, Las, El, etc. you are out of luck as it's currently not customizable, though I agree it should be.

It will still show it as "The Chemical Brothers", but it will be in the right place.

axebox · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2005, 08:38:02 pm »

Great! Thanks, I figured it was a buried option somewhere.

benrad · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2005, 10:00:22 pm »

Along the same lines, is there any way to sort by artists last name?

modelmaker · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2005, 11:58:40 pm »

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axebox

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