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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 543507" data-attributes="member: 18896">As you know my original problem was that the sequels wouldn't sort correctly.This was due to the SortBy field not having the correct information imho. Now I had just surrendered myself to the fact that I would have to manually correct all the SortBy fields, until I was reminded that there is some automatic process done by the Moving Pictures plugin in regards to removing parts of the title before it gets sorted.Under &quot;About&quot; -&gt; &quot;Advanced Settings&quot; -&gt; &quot;MediaPortal GUI&quot; -&gt; &quot;Sorting&quot;There is the &quot;Remove Title Articles&quot; option, which specifies:I have a feeling that the Regular Expression used to enable this only looks for the string values present in the &quot;Articles for Removal&quot; setting at the start of the title string. However it seems that the title gets adjusted into &quot;Art of War, The&quot; before it gets to that step.And then the entire &quot;Remove Title Articles&quot; option becomes useless.I guess it all depends on how the Sort By field value is supposed to be. Is it supposed to always show &quot;art of war the&quot; and then the &quot;Remove Title Articles&quot; will remove the &quot; the&quot; part everytime the list gets sorted. Or is the Sort by field supposed to show &quot;art of war&quot; because the title has already been 'fixed'?To save on processing time, I believe the best way would be to have the SortBy field reflect the ultimate goal for the users who set the &quot;Remove Title Articles&quot; option to &quot;True&quot; and that is to use the &quot;art of war&quot; result then.I hope you understand me now, because I know how hard it can be to convey thoughts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 543507, member: 18896"] As you know my original problem was that the sequels wouldn't sort correctly. This was due to the SortBy field not having the correct information imho. Now I had just surrendered myself to the fact that I would have to manually correct all the SortBy fields, until I was reminded that there is some automatic process done by the Moving Pictures plugin in regards to removing parts of the title before it gets sorted. Under "About" -> "Advanced Settings" -> "MediaPortal GUI" -> "Sorting" There is the "Remove Title Articles" option, which specifies: I have a feeling that the Regular Expression used to enable this only looks for the string values present in the "Articles for Removal" setting at the start of the title string. However it seems that the title gets adjusted into "Art of War, The" before it gets to that step. And then the entire "Remove Title Articles" option becomes useless. I guess it all depends on how the Sort By field value is supposed to be. Is it supposed to always show "art of war the" and then the "Remove Title Articles" will remove the " the" part everytime the list gets sorted. Or is the Sort by field supposed to show "art of war" because the title has already been 'fixed'? To save on processing time, I believe the best way would be to have the SortBy field reflect the ultimate goal for the users who set the "Remove Title Articles" option to "True" and that is to use the "art of war" result then. I hope you understand me now, because I know how hard it can be to convey thoughts. [/QUOTE]

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