Sorting titles and ignoring "the"

[PatrickNeil]

It is very nice that the Media Library can ignore the word "the" when sorting artist names, but the playlist still can't. I use the playlist's sort function (Misc>Sort>Sort list by name) because of how I use the Advanced Title Formating to organize my files. This is my string: [%artist% - ][%year%, ][$cut(%album%,41), ][$num(%tracknumber%,2), ]$if2(%title%,$filepart(%filename%)). Is there a plugin, and if not I'd like to request it, that allows the playlist to ignore the word "the"?

Thanks,
Patrick

[SlowwHand]

I clean up all.
Such as, no "The's". No The Beatles. Beatles.
Is this what you mean?

[PatrickNeil]

Yea, as in "The Beatles" being where they would be in the playlist if they were just "Beatles". A good part of my playlist starts with "The", and that's silly. I understand I could change all the names, but that's part of the band's name as much as anything.

Patrick

[Dextro]

Winamp usualy ignores the "The's" don't know what happenned but in mine "The Rolling Stones" are under R not T :weird:

[SlowwHand]

No, it doesn't. Why would it?
Anyone who wants to leave "The", just makes for more looking.

[PatrickNeil]

Originally posted by Dextro
Winamp usualy ignores the "The's" don't know what happenned but in mine "The Rolling Stones" are under R not T :weird:

Sure, in the Media Library, I was hoping this ability could be extended to the Playlist as well.

Patrick

[electricmime]

maybe they will add it in when they allow you to turn it off in the media library

i personally dislike it, and it just makes things confusing when its not the same in both.

[Dextro]

well aren't you able to send the playlist to the ML and sort it there then place it back in the PL?

Personly I agree with you, I think the Playlist should be a part of the media Library.

I think that the playlist should be one of the playlists in the Media Library but one you delete, move nor rename, etc.

I think I said this before and I'm hopping Dr O get's arround to somthing like this in his Extended Playlist Plugin.

[PatrickNeil]

The reason I can't do that is because I still can't organize the Media Library the way I would like to. I like having it organized by Artist, then Date, Album, Track, and then Title, which I can do with the Advanced Title Formating, but that means sorting with the Playlist and not the Media Library.

Patrick