1 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
index 49a4ed4bf6..21a726aaec 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaSegments;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Dto;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Globalization;
@@ -540,8 +541,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 {
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ForcedSortName))
                     {
-                        // Need the ToLower because that's what CreateSortName does
-                        _sortName = ModifySortChunks(ForcedSortName).ToLowerInvariant();
+                        // Run the forced sort name through the same cleaning as auto-generated sort names.
+                        _sortName = GetSortName(ForcedSortName, EnableAlphaNumericSorting, ConfigurationManager.Configuration);
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -926,19 +927,31 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
         protected virtual string CreateSortName()
         {
-            if (Name is null)
+            return GetSortName(Name, EnableAlphaNumericSorting, ConfigurationManager.Configuration);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Cleans a raw name into its sortable form by applying the configured sort rules.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The raw name to clean.</param>
+        /// <param name="enableAlphaNumericSorting">Whether alphanumeric sorting rules should be applied.</param>
+        /// <param name="configuration">The server configuration providing the sort rules.</param>
+        /// <returns>The cleaned, sortable name, or <c>null</c> if <paramref name="name"/> is <c>null</c>.</returns>
+        public static string GetSortName(string name, bool enableAlphaNumericSorting, ServerConfiguration configuration)
+        {
+            if (name is null)
             {
                 return null; // some items may not have name filled in properly
             }
 
-            if (!EnableAlphaNumericSorting)
+            if (!enableAlphaNumericSorting)
             {
-                return Name.TrimStart();
+                return name.TrimStart();
             }
 
-            var sortable = Name.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+            var sortable = name.Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
 
-            foreach (var search in ConfigurationManager.Configuration.SortRemoveWords)
+            foreach (var search in configuration.SortRemoveWords)
             {
                 // Remove from beginning if a space follows
                 if (sortable.StartsWith(search + " ", StringComparison.Ordinal))
@@ -956,12 +969,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 }
             }
 
-            foreach (var removeChar in ConfigurationManager.Configuration.SortRemoveCharacters)
+            foreach (var removeChar in configuration.SortRemoveCharacters)
             {
                 sortable = sortable.Replace(removeChar, string.Empty, StringComparison.Ordinal);
             }
 
-            foreach (var replaceChar in ConfigurationManager.Configuration.SortReplaceCharacters)
+            foreach (var replaceChar in configuration.SortReplaceCharacters)
             {
                 sortable = sortable.Replace(replaceChar, " ", StringComparison.Ordinal);
             }