Media Library Sorting

duphent · 14th February 2006, 08:06

Is there a way to change the sort order in the media library? By default I have it sorting by album, which automatically sorts by album and track number, but this screws up all of my music that has no actual album - Winamp seems to sort by title next, rather than artist.

Is there any plugin to improve the sorting capability, or some other way to change it, or is this just a fact of life for Winamp? Other than that, I'm loving the program.

drewbar · 14th February 2006, 08:08

In the Local Media views in the Media Library you can just click on the column heading and it will sort by that. For the playlist it is the same sorting options you have in the Playlist Editor.

duphent · 14th February 2006, 22:43

Thanks, but I was already aware of that feature. That's where my problem is. When I click on the Album header, it sorts in the order of ALBUM / TRACK NUMBER / TITLE / ARTIST. This means that songs without albums are sorted by title, when I want them sorted by artist. I was just curious whether there was any way to switch that to ALBUM / TRACK NUMBER / ARTIST / TITLE, since it is annoying to have different songs by the same artist appear in entirely different locations in the media library and, consequently, entirely different places in the playlist editor.

14th February 2006, 08:06	#1
duphent Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2	Media Library Sorting Is there a way to change the sort order in the media library? By default I have it sorting by album, which automatically sorts by album and track number, but this screws up all of my music that has no actual album - Winamp seems to sort by title next, rather than artist. Is there any plugin to improve the sorting capability, or some other way to change it, or is this just a fact of life for Winamp? Other than that, I'm loving the program.

14th February 2006, 08:08	#2
drewbar Sawg 2.0 Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,916	In the Local Media views in the Media Library you can just click on the column heading and it will sort by that. For the playlist it is the same sorting options you have in the Playlist Editor. Count with us! Jan 1st, 12AM (PST, GMT -8) 2010 - 282,246

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14th February 2006, 22:43	#3
duphent Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2	Thanks, but I was already aware of that feature. That's where my problem is. When I click on the Album header, it sorts in the order of ALBUM / TRACK NUMBER / TITLE / ARTIST. This means that songs without albums are sorted by title, when I want them sorted by artist. I was just curious whether there was any way to switch that to ALBUM / TRACK NUMBER / ARTIST / TITLE, since it is annoying to have different songs by the same artist appear in entirely different locations in the media library and, consequently, entirely different places in the playlist editor.