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I just got my new WD TV Live Streaming Media Player hooked up and I have a very nit-picky question:  when sorting my personal video files, how do you get the player to ignore ‘The’ in titles?  I love that it gets the movie content info for me, but, for example, I want The Boondock Saints to be in the Bs, not the Ts.  If I cange the file name to “Boondock Saints, The” there is no info for it.

Is there a setting I missed or am I the only one who cares about this?

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The only way to do that is to re-title the movie in the XML file… something like

Boondock Saints, The

No, you’re not the only one who wished this were possible.

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I wrote a batch that will remove all titles starting with the word ‘The’. It does not recurse or ‘drill’ into subfolders. I made it like this on purpose, but could change that :slight_smile:

This modifys the xml file just so you are aware…

example:

The Blues Brothers

run the Batch

Blues Brothers

after running batch you should rescan the content from the root folder using the option key on the remote and then rescan

I also wrote a batch to rename the moviefile.avi to be the same as the folder that its in.

example:

Folder: Black Hawk Down

File in that folder: Black_Hawk_down_264.avi

run the batch

Folder: Black Hawk Down

File in that folder: Black Hawk Down.avi

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TonyPH, my batch can do what you wish… just say the word.

In my personal batch, I actually put the date of the movie in the title tag.

example:

Star Wars (1979)

Star Wars 2 (1981)

blah blah

If you want to change it back, all a person has to do is remove info and then rescan info.