Hi Guys,
Hi MrAl,
In Windows explorer you have the option of having the files sorted by alphabetical order or date modified. If you have the display option set to details then clicking on the heading name sorts them in alphabetical order. Clicking on date modified sorts the by date. (Clicking on the heading a second time reverses the order.) The same sort of thing happens if you click the type or size heading.
Edit I have just realized that I have not answered the question asked.
Les.
Well thanks for explaining the way it works in Windows anyway, that is how i would like it to work on the TV set also. Unfortunately the TV set 'explorer' is way too simplified so it does not give all the options. The only one is "sort by order on the disk" which means that it only displays in the order the files appear in the FAT record. In fact, there is no 'sort', it just reads them one by one from the disk going by the FAT record i presume. It's better than nothing but leaves much to be desired.
Tony:
Thanks, but the TV set is what i am talking about here. This is when displaying on the TV itself, not the PC.
See the USB disk plugs into the TV set itself, and the TV does all the file management. The cheaper file manager does not sorting however, so it is as if it is stuck in sort mode "order on disk" not by name, reverse name, date, size, etc.
But by any chance are you talking about running files on the PC (using the PC) to display on the TV set? If so, how could i do this? Unfortunately the TV set does not have a PC input jack like VGA, but it does have HDMI. I guess an option would be to run an HDMI cable from the computer box to he TV, but that would be a long wire and that's not really the way i wanted to do it. If you have another idea though that would be good to hear.
It's been a long time since i had to mess with FAT records (maybe last time was in the 1990's) and any mods have to be perfectly done so i didnt want to have to get into that again, and it makes it harder to store files anyway.