Bugzilla – Bug 1427
Sorting of iTunes playlists incorrect
Last modified: 2011-03-16 04:18:48 UTC
I run SlimServer on my Mac and use iTunes to manage my music and playlist. I have the iTunes playlist prefix and suffix set to the empty string. Prior to 6.0, my iTunes playlists would be sorted along with the other non-iTunes playlists, like zapped songs, etc., and the numeric keypad would jump to the correct playlist in the alphabet. After upgrading to 6.x, that is no longer the case. non-iTunes playlists are sorted above the iTunes playlists, and the number keys only jump to non-iTunes playlists. Since all of my playlists are iTunes playlists, this is very inconvenient. Please revert the sorting behavior to the pre-6.0 behavior.
reassigning to vidur, since this falls into browse playlist category. the old style was indexed numericly, where now it is now an alpha list. despite the prefix settings, there is still an itunes reference in the url used to reference the playlist. this could be the reason for the sorting. certainly this can be fixed, but reversion isn't going to do it without also reverting a designed change. ignoring the url prefix might be all that is needed.
Created attachment 456 [details] proposed fix
Fixed in 6.0.2 branch (change 3074) and trunk (change 3073).
I am having a different problem now in 6.0.2 - I don't know what the numeric keypad keys are doing, but they are definitely not jumping to playlists with the same first letter. It seems to jump to one or two playlists only. For example - 1 through 4 go to "ShoutcastBrowser Recently Played". The 3rd press of 4 takes me to "Bed - Branigan". 5 through 9 take me to "Viva Las Vegas". There are 28 playlists in my list: Playlists + Bed - Branigan + Bed - Lavigne + Dance + Dice + Disney + drm + Funny + Groove Coverage + Kill Bill + LAME Import + LimeWire + Mike Riccio's Playlist + My Top Rated + MyRadio + Party + Party Shuffle + Purchased Music + Recently Played + Sad + Scarlet + ShoutcastBrowser_Recently_Played + Shuffle Up + Stuck + Top 25 Most Played + Vegas + Viva Las Vegas + Work + Zapped Songs
ok, seems this isn't the same bug as before. which of these are itunes, which are not? perhaps to avoid confusion, you should consider retitling the bug or opening a new one.
All are iTunes except for Shoutcast..., Work, and Zapped Songs. I will open a new bug to avoid confusion.
new bug on this opened as bug 1550