feature request - natural sorting for music library

  • 10 May 2021
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I’d like to +1 the feature request that the app support “natural sort ordering” for the Music Library.

A natural sort order would allow numbers in track titles, playlist names etc. to be organized the same way (numerically) whether or not the number is written as 1 or 01 (or 001..).

The average user would have no reason to expect that the number 11 will come before the number 2 when organizing their songs and playlists, unless they edit 2 to be 02. 

So the strictly alphabetical sorting that the app does now only works for the users who already use it with their own music collection with 100% consistency, while causing issues for all other users. Natural sorting however, works for everyone (or is benign to some at worst).

 

The integration with streaming apps is great, but I have been blown away by how quickly and easily S2 indexed my music collections including several hundred old iTunes playlists. I’ve rediscovered music in my library because of it! So I will be using the Sonos Music Library all the time. Would love to see this issue fixed.

 

thanks!

 


 

 


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Hi @Ayoriver 

Thanks for your feedback - I’ll pass this on to the correct team for consideration.