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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 730934" data-attributes="member: 18896">Re: IMDb+ Scraper (Force English titles, Auto-Rename titles to group, and more) v3.1.Ok, v3.1.4 now has SortBy adjustment support.I also updated the &quot;Rename dBase IMDb+ Scraper.xml&quot; file, which now has 429 entries. Please keep in mind that if you have a slow computer, say an Atom based HTPC that this rename system can add a delay. In that case you are wise to remove any entries that are not part of your collection or simply not use the rename system at all. Test it as-is first otherwise and see if the delay bothers you.On this slow workstation I noticed a small delay per movie, but on my dual-core HTPC it was barely noticable (except for a much larger Scraper-Debug-Enabled log file <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />[USER=70031]drealit[/USER], for you it will be easy, open up the rename XML file in notepad, use CTRL+H and replace 'title=' with 'sortby=', this will then keep the title the way IMDb.com site has it, but will adjust the way the movies are sorted and grouped based on the sortby field. Just keep in mind that for some movies this will give very weird results, such as the 'Casino Royale' example getting sorted under letter 'J' from adjusted &quot;James Bond 21&quot; sortby title. As explained in the comments, you could always adjust both title and sortby in those cases.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 730934, member: 18896"] [b]Re: IMDb+ Scraper (Force English titles, Auto-Rename titles to group, and more) v3.1.[/b] Ok, v3.1.4 now has SortBy adjustment support. I also updated the "Rename dBase IMDb+ Scraper.xml" file, which now has 429 entries. Please keep in mind that if you have a slow computer, say an Atom based HTPC that this rename system can add a delay. In that case you are wise to remove any entries that are not part of your collection or simply not use the rename system at all. Test it as-is first otherwise and see if the delay bothers you. On this slow workstation I noticed a small delay per movie, but on my dual-core HTPC it was barely noticable (except for a much larger Scraper-Debug-Enabled log file :D [USER=70031]drealit[/USER], for you it will be easy, open up the rename XML file in notepad, use CTRL+H and replace 'title=' with 'sortby=', this will then keep the title the way IMDb.com site has it, but will adjust the way the movies are sorted and grouped based on the sortby field. Just keep in mind that for some movies this will give very weird results, such as the 'Casino Royale' example getting sorted under letter 'J' from adjusted "James Bond 21" sortby title. As explained in the comments, you could always adjust both title and sortby in those cases. [/QUOTE]

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