MyPictures: Sort by date, size for subdirectories

civikdude · 2005-09-14, 19:41

Topic Title: MyPictures: "Sort by" does not work for Date and Size when viewing folders

Area: Media Portal Program
Windows Version: XP Professional with SP2 and all updates, .Net 1.1
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 2800+
Memory: 1024MB DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Motherboard Chipset: VIA K8M800
Video Card: GIGABYTE GV-N52128DS
Video Card Driver: NVIDIA 77.72 (6/15/2005)
Video Render Type: VMR9 - Renderless
Video Codec Type & Version: Mpeg2Dec Filter (YUV, Blend)
Audio Codec Type & Version: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder
TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver: Hauppauge 2.0.30.23074 (3/15/2005)
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Cable - Comcast

Steps to recreate:
1. start mediaportal
2. go to MyPictures
3. MyPictures directory should contain several folders, where only the folders contain the actual image files
4. click Sort by: Name, ascending and descending, this works when viewing folders
5. click Sort by: Date and Sort by: Size, ascending and descending, should sort the list by folder date (ascending and descending) and folder size (respectively)

Maybe a screenshot will help explain:

I included the actual folder size in the name of the subdirectories. So, a Sort by: Size should place these folders in either an A-C-D-B list (ascending) or a B-D-C-A list (descending).

The problem is that I have so many folders it would be nice to have these sort functions working, especially when I want to bring the last-created folder to the top of the list. Currently, MP won't allow me to do that.

Regards,
Aaron

infinityloop · 2005-09-14, 21:23

thanks for reporting this problem i will have a look tomorrow when i get home.

civikdude · 2005-09-16, 21:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinityloop

thanks for reporting this problem i will have a look tomorrow when i get home.

Did you have a chance to confirm? Thanks!

Aaron

Smirnuff · 2005-09-22, 16:19

I failed to reproduce this one, read through the code to make sure that there weren't date format issues causing it and there aren't any that I can see so would be good if someone else could reproduce also.

civikdude · 2005-09-22, 16:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smirnoff

I failed to reproduce this one, read through the code to make sure that there weren't date format issues causing it and there aren't any that I can see so would be good if someone else could reproduce also.

I just reconfirmed, in case things had changed with later builds between my initial post and now. It still happens, using mediaportal-cvs-09-22-2005--14-02.

Just in case my first post was muddled, make sure you're performing the date and size sort functions on DIRECTORIES, not the image files themselves.

Regards,
Aaron

2005-09-14, 19:41	#1 (permalink)
civikdude Portal Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 110 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	MyPictures: Sort by date, size for subdirectories Topic Title: MyPictures: "Sort by" does not work for Date and Size when viewing folders Area: Media Portal Program Windows Version: XP Professional with SP2 and all updates, .Net 1.1 CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Memory: 1024MB DDR 400 (PC 3200) Motherboard Chipset: VIA K8M800 Video Card: GIGABYTE GV-N52128DS Video Card Driver: NVIDIA 77.72 (6/15/2005) Video Render Type: VMR9 - Renderless Video Codec Type & Version: Mpeg2Dec Filter (YUV, Blend) Audio Codec Type & Version: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE TV Card Type: Hardware TV Card Driver: Hauppauge 2.0.30.23074 (3/15/2005) Satelite/CableTV Provider: Cable - Comcast Steps to recreate: 1. start mediaportal 2. go to MyPictures 3. MyPictures directory should contain several folders, where only the folders contain the actual image files 4. click Sort by: Name, ascending and descending, this works when viewing folders 5. click Sort by: Date and Sort by: Size, ascending and descending, should sort the list by folder date (ascending and descending) and folder size (respectively) Maybe a screenshot will help explain: I included the actual folder size in the name of the subdirectories. So, a Sort by: Size should place these folders in either an A-C-D-B list (ascending) or a B-D-C-A list (descending). The problem is that I have so many folders it would be nice to have these sort functions working, especially when I want to bring the last-created folder to the top of the list. Currently, MP won't allow me to do that. Regards, Aaron

2005-09-14, 21:23	#2 (permalink)
infinityloop Project Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 29 Posts: 6,200 Thanks: 170 Thanked 132 Times in 96 Posts Country: My System	thanks for reporting this problem i will have a look tomorrow when i get home. __________________ regards chris MediaPortal Project Coordinator Test Team Leader Do not start to moan if something is not working as you want it to be. Remember that MediaPortal is Open Source. YOU can improve it!

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2005-09-22, 16:19	#4 (permalink)
Smirnuff Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 630 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post My System	I failed to reproduce this one, read through the code to make sure that there weren't date format issues causing it and there aren't any that I can see so would be good if someone else could reproduce also.