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TwonkyMedia ans sorting files
Hi there,
I have TwonkyMedia running on my system for streaming media to an WD TV Live or a PS3. Now I have a problem with sorting of mp3 files. The filenames in the directories looks like this (for example):
But at the media players it looks like this.
How can I tell TwonkyMedia to sort and show the files only with filenames?
I have TwonkyMedia running on my system for streaming media to an WD TV Live or a PS3. Now I have a problem with sorting of mp3 files. The filenames in the directories looks like this (for example):
01 - Cat.mp3
02 - Lion.mp3
03 - Dog.mp3
04 - Mouse.mp3
05 - Horse.mp3
05 - Bird.mp3
06 - Fish.mp3
But at the media players it looks like this.
Bird.mp3So it ignores the filenames and use the name of the track from the ID3 Tag instead of the filename. This is terrible if you want to listen an audiobook :(
Cat.mp3
Dog.mp3
Fish.mp3
Horse.mp3
Lion.mp3
Mouse.mp3
How can I tell TwonkyMedia to sort and show the files only with filenames?
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- There is advice here: http://community.twonky.com/twonky/topi ... sic_tracks
Personally I have tagged (and named) my media files so this can't occur. Alphabetical sorts by title (within an album or audiobook) are always aligned with track order. Several tagging tools include renamers/tag generators that can parse patterns in the file name to do this more easily. - Sorry for the late reply and big thanks for the tip. Editing of the "view-definitions.xml" file did it.
Open the view-definitions.xml file for editing and look for a line that starts off like this:
container name='byfolder' id='music/folders'
You want to edit the FOLLOWING line. Initially it looks like this:
<container buildon='res' createClass='object.item.audioItem.musicTrack' class='object.container.storageFolder' />
Change it to look like this:
<container buildon='res' sortcriteria='+upnp:originalTrackNumber' createClass='object.item.audioItem.musicTrack' class='object.container.storageFolder' />
Restart TwonkyServer and voila, track sorting in folder view.
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