Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


Rickles

3107 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 445

Trusted

#105437 4-Jul-2012 13:54
Send private message

I recently copied some MP3 files to a media player, but the order becomes all awry.

As an example, say I have 9 files named "01 xxx.mp3" through to 09 xxx.mp3".  After copying to the media player the files are all jumbled up on the playlist, and there doesn't appear to be any reason for this, viz. not odd numbers first or first alphabetical letter etc.

Any ideas please?

Whilst not important for 'one track, one song' situations, it's pretty neccessary for classical music where the order of each track should be as originaly composed Laughing

Cheers,

R.

Create new topic
scheduler
264 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 25


  #650654 4-Jul-2012 14:48
Send private message

Not sure if this is relevant but I have seen with a media player when the default playlist was formed in the order that the files were placed on the unit. Solution that worked for me was delete the files and then reload in the order I wanted them played.

Just a thought anyway.



Behodar
11093 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 6070

Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #650663 4-Jul-2012 14:57
Send private message

Are the track numbers specified in the file metadata?

Rickles

3107 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 445

Trusted

  #650734 4-Jul-2012 16:12
Send private message

Thanks for replies .... I re-copied the files one at a time, and sure enough they aligned perfectly.

R.



tieke
687 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 256

ID Verified

  #655807 15-Jul-2012 08:42
Send private message

A lot of cheaper flash-based MP3 players play tracks in storage order - I've found that using mp3DirSorter to sort this out is a lot easier than having to re-copy the tracks one by one Wink.

MurrayM
2502 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 742

ID Verified
Trusted
Lifetime subscriber

  #655868 15-Jul-2012 10:36
Send private message

See http://www.murraymoffatt.com/software-problem-0010.html for more details and several ways to fix this.

Rickles

3107 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 445

Trusted

  #655907 15-Jul-2012 11:14
Send private message

Thanks guys, appreciated.

R.

Create new topic








Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.