Sorting by filename

[hvb81479]

Hi everybody,

I try to solve the following use case:

• a "history" folder contains videos on - guess what - historical events
  
• The videos are a mix of films, documentaries, news clippings etc, i.e. a wild representation of things
  
•  a key feature of this folder is the chronological order of these videos (as this helps to put the events in the historical context easily)
  
• to achieve this that each video starts with a iso-date string, e.g. 20010911-9-11-inside-the-president-s-war-room   
  
•  keeping this file name logic is a prerequisite 
  
• given the nature of the folder not all videos have metadata provided by tmdb.org so
  
• however, it would be nice of course if Jellyfin grabs the metadata for those videos where available
  
• this works all right just by adding [tmdbid-848981] to the end of the file name
  
• unwantedly, now both the chronological order and the display of the filenames are lost (of course)
  
•  showing the filename on the Jellyfin pages (instead of the correct file name) and sorting the videos accordingly are also prerequisites
  
• for that reason https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-use-file-na...light=sort does not solve the use case
  
• additionally, the solution has to be has to be fully automatized without any manual work needed
  

How can this use case been realized in Jellyfin, i.e. 

• keeping the structure of the filename (iso-date string - filename - tmdbid)
  
• displaying and sorting the videos by the filenames
  
• and still grabbing the metadata
  

If this use case cannot be resolved with the already existing functionalities - would be great if feasible and thank you for advising - a new feature would be great: a checkbox "always use filename for sorting and display" (and override metadata). This option should be available per library

Thank you for getting your head into this and looking forward
Hans