Cannot sort albums alphanumerically

[mudsharkymon]

Hi all,

I have unchecked the "sort by year" option expecting the albums to now sort alphanumerically but they do not (see screen shot attached) and I cannot find a way to make it so.
Any ideas?
Thx
RG

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Problem Description: albums do not sort alphanumerically
Troubleshooting Steps: unchecked the "sort by year" option
Playback Application and version: FireFox
Subsonic Version: 5.2.1 (build 4427) – March 4, 2015
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indexsort1.jpg

[mudsharkymon]

Thanks, I've had a look and confirmed what I suspected... the directories that appear out of order are not regarded as albums by Subsonic because they contain no tracks. Subsonic first lists all sub-directories (sorted) and then all albums (sorted). If you turn on grid view (the button in the top-right corner) this becomes clearer, as albums are then displayed by their cover art. Regards, Sindre

Ah! Would not have thought Subsonic indexing did anything but read the directory (folder) name and sort on that.
Since Subsonic indexing is 'smarter' (looks into the sub-folders and changes the simple indexing based on folder contents) the remedy for this is to elevate the sub-sub folders one level.

2013 venue one
|-> CD1
|--> Tracks
2013 venue one
|-> CD2
|--> Tracks

Must become:

2013 venue one
|--> Tracks from CDs 1+2

OK thanks. Now that I know why this is happening I can fix it!
Thanks Sindre. Nailed it.

Perhaps a future enhancement is: In the Indexing section - next to the [_] Index by year check-box another check-box for Simple vs Smart indexing.