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| Registered: December 1, 2007 |  Posts: 43 |
| | Posted: | | | | I just bought the latest DVD Profiler,and I have finally finished adding all 1440 DVD's LOL,but when I try to sort my collection by genre,it does not sort right,I have comedies mixed with horror,and action mixed with drama,etc.
so I instead would like to sort by alphabeticle order,is this possible,and if so how,I do not see that option,I know you can you use search to find titles,but the online copy that I can share is all mucked up.
thanks for any and all help | | | | Last edited: by vidjunkie |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm not sure if I uderstand well. But if you talk about your "collection list" window :
To list by alphabetic order :
1 - Select Collection on the menu
2 - select "reassign collection number"
3 - in the box choose "all collection number" and order by title
It will use the sort title (you can change it in the edit profile window)
For the genre it's because only the first one is use (you can change it too in the edit profile window)
Hopes that's help! If not don't hesitate to ask again |
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| Registered: December 1, 2007 | | Posts: 43 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks that seems to have worked,now at least it will be easier to scroll through them online. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | BTW - Welcome to the madness! | | | | Last edited: by Dr. Killpatient |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,741 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting AESP_pres: Quote:
To list by alphabetic order Maybe I didn't understand the original question, but why would you reassign the collection numbers just to order the titles alphabetically? | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
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To list by alphabetic order Maybe I didn't understand the original question, but why would you reassign the collection numbers just to order the titles alphabetically? Agreed. On your main list (to the left by default), just click on the Title heading. That will sort them alphabetically. Click it again to sort them in reverse. There's no reason to re-assign collection numbers. That will work in most cases. But you might find some things don't show up where you might expect them to. If you want to sort something elsewhere, go to the Personalize screen (right click on the title and pick Personalize from the popup). On that screen you should find a Sort Title. By default, it's the main Title. But you can change it to whatever you want. For example I modify mine for things like all the Matrix movies (to have them sort in their production order). I also change Sort Title on TV seasons so "Season Three" doesn't list before "Season Two". I'll do something like Deep Space Nine 1, Deep Space Nine 2, Deep Space Nine 3, etc. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,741 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
For example I modify mine for things like all the Matrix movies (to have them sort in their production order). I also change Sort Title on TV seasons so "Season Three" doesn't list before "Season Two". I'll do something like Deep Space Nine 1, Deep Space Nine 2, Deep Space Nine 3, etc. I do that, too, especially on movie serials that have no number (Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone -> Harry Potter 1) | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
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To list by alphabetic order Maybe I didn't understand the original question, but why would you reassign the collection numbers just to order the titles alphabetically? This is just a question of preference. That's how I do it, that's why the sugestion was this one. Not the short way but a way anyway |
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| Registered: December 1, 2007 | | Posts: 43 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks alot everyone,now I can tweak it just right. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting AESP_pres: Quote:
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To list by alphabetic order Maybe I didn't understand the original question, but why would you reassign the collection numbers just to order the titles alphabetically?
This is just a question of preference. That's how I do it, that's why the sugestion was this one.
Not the short way but a way anyway That is a way to do it if you have no use for collection numbers. I was fortunate enough to start using this system when I started collecting (I had about 30 at the time). So my collection numbers are actually the order in which I aquired my discs. So that's very valuable data (to me) and I wouldn't ever think of re-assigning collection numbers. But if you have no use for collection numbers, this would work. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | I reassing my collection numbers if I delete DVD's from my collection since I use it to sort by purchase date (the collection column is smaller). |
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| Registered: December 4, 2007 | | Posts: 13 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm having a similar problem with sorting my collection like the gentlemen above. I'm not able to sort my dvd list alphabetically. i tried the two methods provided and I still could not get my collection alphabetized. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hbk4ever: Quote:
I'm having a similar problem with sorting my collection like the gentlemen above. I'm not able to sort my dvd list alphabetically. i tried the two methods provided and I still could not get my collection alphabetized. Exactly what are you seeing? If most titles are sorting correctly and there's just a few out of place, I'd say check the Sort Title. If you're not getting any of them to sort alphabetically, then I think there's something else going on. It would help figure out the problem if we knew exactly what was happening and exactly what you're clicking on. A screenshot would be ideal. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: December 4, 2007 | | Posts: 13 |
| | Posted: | | | | did you get my email Mark? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | After seeing the screenshot, it appeared that the sort titles were totally messed up. And that was later confirmed. That's why things weren't sorting alphabetically. It seems it used some tool to import his collection from elsewhere and somehow the sort titles didn't come through correctly. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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