[LINUX/MAC/WINDOWS] Sort by Date in Library View

[freezy]

Hello,

Due to some recently fixed bugs, I'm finally starting to use the library view when browsing my movies. One thing I noticed, is that I couldn't find a way to sort the titles by date. I understand that the date is basically defined by the year the movie was released in theaters, but it would be really nice if the folder/file date of the movie could be taken into the sort options as well, since typically I'm interested in seeing the latest added movies first in my list.

I reckon that this is already somehow possible, but I couldn't find how in XBMC, nor in the forums here. Hints + suggestions welcome. :)

[danno]

There should be a directory with "Recently added movies" by default, I can find it by entering movie library mode, pressing backspace twice. Then there should be some kinda "Recently added movies directory".

But I agree, sorting by "Added" would be nice to have as an default option.

[pko66]

Or perhaps better than "added", "by file date", so if you add a directory (perhaps you re-scraped it to get new data for old files) the listing does not get clogged.

[jmarshall]

Assuming that recently added doesn't count re-scrapes, then it will do what you want. Unfortunately we don't have it yet - I believe there's likely a ticket for it already on trac.

Smartplaylists are the way to handle this though IMO, though filedate isn't something we'd be able to query on (and it seems a little useless to me, as it could well change as you move stuff around). When it's added to the db seems like something more useful.

Cheers,
Jonathan