Tv show episodes display in alphabetical order instead of by episode number
Hello, I'm at the end of my rope on this issue. Yes, it's minimal, but when I own something old, that does a better job of sorting my video than something new, I get frustrated. Plus apple care specialists on the phone have given unacceptable answers (rename all episodes starting with 1...2....3...etc.)
The problem is the way tv shows are sorted in itunes (by episode number), does not translate when you sync onto a new 160 gb ipod classic. The classic will alphabetize the name of the program (ie: lost, heroes, seinfeld) correctly, and then break it down into seasons correctly, but when you go into those seasons, all of the individual episodes are displayed in alphabetical order. Even though apple care techs disagree with me on this, but i don't watch episodes that start with a, then episodes that start with b. I want them in linear order, as they were released. And my ipod video did this.
Now, I have looked on the web, but I'm still not finding any success with any tips I found.
I understand that the ipod used to sort the video by the episode number (perfect!), but now the new itunes and ipod sort them by episode id. I have yet to get episode id to organize them. I've tried numerical values as 01, 02, etc, and 001, 002, 003, and mst001, mst002, etc, but it still sorts alphabetically.
I have also tried the new sort tab after getting info. no combination on this seems to work.
I'm ok if this is a bug. if it is, it's one of many I have found with this model (ie: i should have waited). If it's a bug, i'll wait and shut up. but if this is the way apple thinks people want to watch their episodes, in alphabetical order, and have their reps pretend this is acceptable, then i have a problem.
Does anyone have any suggestions, any real tips, share this same problem? please post.
The problem is the way tv shows are sorted in itunes (by episode number), does not translate when you sync onto a new 160 gb ipod classic. The classic will alphabetize the name of the program (ie: lost, heroes, seinfeld) correctly, and then break it down into seasons correctly, but when you go into those seasons, all of the individual episodes are displayed in alphabetical order. Even though apple care techs disagree with me on this, but i don't watch episodes that start with a, then episodes that start with b. I want them in linear order, as they were released. And my ipod video did this.
Now, I have looked on the web, but I'm still not finding any success with any tips I found.
I understand that the ipod used to sort the video by the episode number (perfect!), but now the new itunes and ipod sort them by episode id. I have yet to get episode id to organize them. I've tried numerical values as 01, 02, etc, and 001, 002, 003, and mst001, mst002, etc, but it still sorts alphabetically.
I have also tried the new sort tab after getting info. no combination on this seems to work.
I'm ok if this is a bug. if it is, it's one of many I have found with this model (ie: i should have waited). If it's a bug, i'll wait and shut up. but if this is the way apple thinks people want to watch their episodes, in alphabetical order, and have their reps pretend this is acceptable, then i have a problem.
Does anyone have any suggestions, any real tips, share this same problem? please post.
PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.1)
