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PRESENTATION: index and then sort by file-created date?

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rootazoid

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Post Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:52 pm

PRESENTATION: index and then sort by file-created date?

With my saved-on-disc video files I selected in the Console: Presentation/Last Added/Display. Thinking I'd be able to see them sorted by the date I saved them, as I can in Windows' "Details View". But I discovered that in Serviio-speak that's seemingly not indexed, it's seemingly only when the file was added to the Serviio watched Folder. And since I made a folder first of 450+ videos, when I pointed Serviio at the folder they were all "added" at the same time, hence no sorting on them, only on newly added files. So my question is...

Is there any way in Serviio to index and then sort by file-created date?
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zip

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Post Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:22 pm

Re: PRESENTATION: index and then sort by file-created date?

No, you're right, it's the added date. It doesn't make much sense for the initial indexing, but later on as you add new files.
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rootazoid

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Post Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:48 am

Re: PRESENTATION: index and then sort by file-created date?

zip wrote:No, you're right, it's the added date. It doesn't make much sense for the initial indexing, but later on as you add new files.


Thanks Petr. yes naturally I DO want the existing Date Added to Serviio function, I'm not suggesting that be replaced. But to me it would make sense to also be able to sort by Date Created in the local file system. For instance, in Windows' Details view one can sort not only by Name but also by Date Created/Modified, Size, and Type. I will often sort by Created just to find something from around a certain Date, or in the case of videos or whole concert mp3s by Size so I know that before I start playing it. So I'm suggesting an Additional parameter(s) in Presentation. Going back and adding a date and size to thousands of filenames would be tedious, so I wonder if a small bit of sorting code could do it.

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