Minimum sorting on "Media Source"

Andosbf · September 14, 2022, 10:55am

It would be great to be able to sort the “Local Media”.
My case is: I have actions that record the image of cameras, when looking at these videos/data they are named with timestamps to be sequential.

The issue is, that the latest recorded videos are at the end of the list, which leads to a lot of scrolling before getting into the relevant videos. Reversing the sorting would be of use here, I could track the code down to here:

github.com

home-assistant/core/blob/9d535b9ae9551e4fe9ee0e8b1bbfd0f209383906/homeassistant/components/media_source/local_source.py#L188

    
      
          
          
        # Append first level children
                  media.children = []
                  for child_path in path.iterdir():
                      if child_path.name[0] != ".":
                          child = self._build_item_response(source_dir_id, child_path, True)
                          if child:
                              media.children.append(child)
          
          
        # Sort children showing directories first, then by name
                  media.children.sort(key=lambda child: (child.can_play, child.title))
          
          
        return media
          
          

          
class LocalMediaView(http.HomeAssistantView):
              """
              Local Media Finder View.
          
          
    Returns media files in config/media.
              """

which I believe is where the sorting is happening, but I can’t connect the dots to where the code to a toggle in the UI would be.

Even better would be the ability to look at this as a “table” (“ls -lt”) but that would be to much to ask!

DIY-techie · January 8, 2023, 11:17pm

I have the exact same issue.

Would love to have at least a few sorting options which could be set for each folder by default. I don’t think we are the only ones who use timestamps for surveillance videos and I would love to see latest first.

Anze · July 27, 2023, 11:05am

I have the same problem. Did you guys found a solution yet?

yazz007 · August 8, 2023, 3:23pm

It’s quite simply by adding just reverse=True, like:

media.children.sort(key=lambda child: (child.can_play, child.title), reverse=True)

In my HAOS system the path is:

/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/media_source/local_source.py

Of course it will not survive updating HA

coltin · November 27, 2024, 10:07am

Hello, how to sort by date? please tell me. I don’t understand why there is no sorting option from the interface