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VirtualMe1
Feb 07, 2013Aspirant
File sorting through DLNA streaming
I am using ReadyDLNA v1.0.25 on a ReadyNAS Duo streaming on a Panasonic GT30 TV. The file list appears to be sorted by file creation date. Is there any way to change it to alphabetic order? I had ...
stever11
Jan 07, 2015Aspirant
OK, thought I would add an update as I have been playing about a bit myself and found a workaround that should work (well, it has worked for me :) ).
If you have a mac or linux system (it should work on a windows system as well, but by scripting is rusty with windows), you can easily sort this. It appears that the Panasonic TV's are looking at the last modified date (for those that are interested/don't know, there are 3 dates that files normally have associated with them, created, modified and accessed - sorry for people who aren't/already know).
If you go to the command line on a mac or linux system, you can use a simple 'for i' loop with the 'touch' command.
all I did was go to the directory where all my movies are and type in -
for i in `ls`
do
touch -m ${i}
done
that then changes the last modified date on all the files in the directory and as the ls command by default will list them alphabetically, it changes them in order - so when the TV sees the list, they are in alphabetical order.
Hope that makes sense to some people as I feel like I am rambling now!
Cheers
Steve
If you have a mac or linux system (it should work on a windows system as well, but by scripting is rusty with windows), you can easily sort this. It appears that the Panasonic TV's are looking at the last modified date (for those that are interested/don't know, there are 3 dates that files normally have associated with them, created, modified and accessed - sorry for people who aren't/already know).
If you go to the command line on a mac or linux system, you can use a simple 'for i' loop with the 'touch' command.
all I did was go to the directory where all my movies are and type in -
for i in `ls`
do
touch -m ${i}
done
that then changes the last modified date on all the files in the directory and as the ls command by default will list them alphabetically, it changes them in order - so when the TV sees the list, they are in alphabetical order.
Hope that makes sense to some people as I feel like I am rambling now!
Cheers
Steve
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