File sorting through DLNA streaming

I to am having a problem with files showing up on my Panasonic TC-P50S60 sorted by created date instead of title alphabetically. I have a ReadyNAS Pro 4 [X-RAID2] currently running Firmware: RAIDiator 4.2.26. I have installed ReadyDLNA Update Addon Package (1.1.1.2) and ReadyDLNA Debug Toggle Addon Package for the x86 (Pro/NVX/Ultra/Ultra Plus) as instructed on the ReadyDLNA Update Addons [Updated: 2014/01/16] webpage. After installing the addons, I do get Media Library and Connected Client information (my Panasonic is listed with ID# 0) at http://IP:8200/status. On the Panasonic, the files are still not sorted by title alphabetically but does now include the created date of each file. One can see that the files are sorted by the created date.

I have read the threads about this issue and it appears I need to add the command "force_sort_criteria=+upnp:class,+upnp:originalTrackNumber,+dc:title" to the minidlna.conf file. If this is correct, how would I go about it? I don't see a way to edit files from Frontview and I haven't gotten to the command line of the NAS itself.

Thanks!

Hi all

Whats the latest on this? I have a ReadyNas Ultra 2 plus and a Panasonic Viera VT60. Its ready frustrating how files streamed over DLNA cannot be sorted in Alphabetical order. A solution to this would be really appreciated. FYI I am running ReadyDLNA 1.1.2.3.

Thank

Anyone??? It seems that files are being sorted by last modified date.

I have created an addon for RAIDiator 4.2.x to ignore the client-specified sort criteria and instead sort by title. Get it here.

Freaking awesome! Thanks Skywalker that work perfectly!

Hi Skywalker, sorry to be a pain, but new to trying to 'play' with my ReadyNAS DUO (left everything as default before!).

I am having the same problem as others WRT alphabetical ordering and a panasonic TV. I am on a ReadyNAS DUO running RAIDiator 4.1.14. What app do I need to install/change to get this working? The last one I saw from your good self was for 4.2 I believe (so didn't work on mine - obviously :) ).

Happy working at cli (come from a UNIX background) just not sure what/where I need to do things on the DUO.

Cheers
Steve

Stever - perhaps try a PM to skywalker. Click on the "0 new messages" link next the the user control panel at the top of the page to do that.

thx StephenB, good idea :)

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

Hi there!

I have a RedyNAS 102 with OS 6.2.2 that stores my music, using a folder scheme like

Artist\Album\## - Title

MP3 tags are there for almost all titles. My Samsung Smart TV (...H6270) has a "sort"-button, but this only has one entry, "By Folder" (doesn´t make any sense). All titles of an album are sorted alphabetically, not like they should be (same order as on the original album), neither in "Music" view, nor in "Folder" view.

I found this thread and tried the solution of putting a forced search criteria in minidlna.conf.local:

force_sort_criteria=+upnp:class,+upnp:originalTrackNumber,+dc:title

This does not have any effect, I tried to restart both ReadyNAS and the TV. I had a look at the log files, but can´t even find anything about "sort criteria" in upnp-av.log. Any idea about how I could get the TV to sort all tracks inside a folder by track number? ;)