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Posted by Charles Russell on 01/12/07 14:57
Sla#s wrote:
> Charles Russell wrote:
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>>Lez Pawl wrote:
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>>>"Joel Olson" <jeolson@webzone.net> wrote in message
>>>news:UYaph.9451$w91.8844@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
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>>>>Do all the players require them?
>>>>Are there any players smart enough to just play through a directory?
>>>>tia
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>>>I would say most have a choice
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>>If Ipod gives you a choice, I haven't found out how. Even sorting in
>>Itunes and then updating the Ipod does not always play ipod files in a
>>sequence matching that in Itunes,
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> My iPod does! It depends which heading you set in iTunes. Song, artist,
> album, date even!
> I've just re- tested that and set it by date - it works.
Mine works most of the time, but not always. The failures have been in
audiobooks with hundreds of files in sequence.
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>>...so that I have to create a playlist
>>in order to force the desired sequence.
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>>I would like to be able to simply play through a multidisk set by
>>sorting alphabetically on folder name and file name, but I can find no
>>way to do that reliably on the ipod without creating playlists. Do
>>other players permit this?
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> True you can't play by file name (Why would anyone want to?)
I use a scheme for naming files and directories that keeps them in
sequence on linux. I can handle backups and file conversions without
recourse to any software that is proprietary or is unlikely to last for
decades. I can handle music files exactly like every other file on my
computer.
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