"Recent" sorting

[simoncn]

(14-09-2014 03:52)Mike48 Wrote:  This has been mentioned before, but perhaps not for a while....

It would be great if MinimServer would/could display recent additions to the library, either by sorting (optionally) in descending order by date added, or by displaying the last N items added, or something equivalent.

I'd be agreeable to requiring the user insert the date added in some specific tag as needed (though last time I tried that in J River MC, it was not nearly as simple as I'd hoped, and involved one set of actions for existing items, and another set for future items).

The need is evident to grayhairs, like me, who in one room, add material to the library, and by the time we get to the music room, can't remember the last six albums added, which nevertheless we'd like to hear.

At least, I'd appreciate knowing if you (Simon) are still thinking about adding this, or should I move ahead with some patchwork solution of my own, using special tags?

Thanks!
Mike

I will start work on this when update 43 is released. This should be within the next few days.

My preferred solution is to add a Recently Added choice in the top-level menu to show a fixed number of the most recently added items and albums, sorted with the newest entries first. I am also hoping to do something similar for Recently Played.