Just out of curiosity:

Even if you only buy in one locality (which I don't), there are a lot of ways to express that this is season 2 of series X. And even during the course of releases within the series it can happen that the structure of the title changes.

For example, there are

Series X: Season 2
Series X: Season Two
Series X: The Complete Second Season
Series X: The Complete Season 2
Series X: The Second Season
Series X: The Final Season

Then there are the half-seasons which come as

Series X: Season 2.0 / Series X: Season 2.5
Series X: Season 2.1 / Series X: Season 2.2
Series X: Season 2: Part 1 / Series X: Part 2
Series X: Season 2: Part I / Series X: Part II

And of course the discs which come in any variety described above (not to mention that the disc label might have a different way to describe the season than the fron cover has) and they add the disc number

: Disc 1
: Disc One
: Volume 1
: Volume I
: Volume 2.1


Especially the written numbers make problems because sorting ends up like this:

Disc Five
Disc Four
Disc One
Disc Six
Disc Three
Disc Two



So, what's your system to keep order. Do you simply translate the title into the sort title, no bothering with it at all? Do you have a special naming system?

I do. Aside from the fact that I also unify my titles (I always use "Season 2", "Season 2: Disc 1" no matter what's actually printed on the cover) I also have a system to keep my sort titles straight.

First I (naturally) use the series title in accordance with sorting rules (i.e. no "The" or "A" at the beginning).

Then a blank and an "S". Then the season number (single or double digit depending on the length of the show) then an underscore and then simply the disc number.

It works for the most part, except for half-seasons, where I include that info as well.

Here are a few examples:

Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation: 5. Season: Disc 3
SortTitle: Star Trek: Next Generation S5_3

Title: Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 3: Volume II: 1
SortTitle: Xena: Warrior Princess S3.2_1

Title: Firefly: The Complete Series: Disc One
SortTitle: Firefly D1
(Firefly, sadly, was a one-season show, no need to bother with a season indicator)

Title: Young Justice: Invasion: Destiny Calling: Disc 1
SortTitle: Young Justice S2.1_1

Title: Friends: Series 2: Disc 1 (Side A)
Friends S02_1A


Now I've encountered a new challenge. Publishers seem to begin release certain series on Blu-ray + DVD in the same package (like the multi-media movie releases). For example Person of Interest or Arrow.

And suddenly you have two "Disc 1" and "Disc 2" in the same season. And if you use the same sort title they sort themselves randomly depending on which DiscId comes first. So you end up with "BR, DVD, DVD, BR, DVD, BR, BR, DVD, DVD, DVD".

At first I went with it but then it started to bug me. Now I have found a system for that as well.

Depending on what's more important to you: "Disc 1" always comes before "Disc 2" or all Blu-rays come before the DVDs you can go with:

Arrow S1_1B
Arrow S1_1D
Arrow S1_2B
Arrow S1_2D

or

Arrow S1_B1
Arrow S1_B2
Arrow S1_D1
Arrow S1_D1


So, that's enough for today from the neat freak.

Series X: 001 (for Season 1)
Series X: 002 (for Season 2)
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For TV-Shows I'm not going down to Disc-Level

I leave the titles alone, but change the sort title. I'm not very consistent in how I do these, honestly, but I make it so that the discs line up correctly, 1, 2, 3, 4, so on. It does bug me when titles don't match within series/seasons.

Quoting LJG:

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I leave the titles alone, but change the sort title. I'm not very consistent in how I do these, honestly, but I make it so that the discs line up correctly, 1, 2, 3, 4, so on. It does bug me when titles don't match within series/seasons.

^ This.