Posted by Mike Archer on 11/16/38 11:33

In article <YHHjf.11931$y36.10554@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>,
gary.m.thomas@drop.ntlworld.com says...
> Hi there,
>
> I am sorry if this question has been asked before, but I am new to this
> group and I don't feel like reading through the 16,409 threads that precede
> me!
>
> My question is, how do you determine the playing order for .mp3 files
> downloaded to a simple mp3 player (256MByte). I can download the tracks
> without problem, but the playback order seems totally unrelated to the track
> title, filename etc. The player is not set to random!
>
> Any advice would be gratefully received, as this is driving me potty!
>
> Many thanks for any help.
>
> Best Regards,
> G.M.T.
>
>
>
It would help if you said which mp3 player you are using, maybe someone
else on the group has a similar model or brand which works in the same
way.

My player will play the tracks in the same order as Windows 98 displays
a file list when you sort it by filename. (XP deals with numbers
differently) It plays all of the tracks from it's internal memory first
in filename order, then plays the tracks from it's mmc card.

If this isn't the case it could be possible it's playing them in order
of the file creation date or something else. Noting the order in which
the tracks are played and then comparing them to the files in window's
'detail' view may help you work it out...

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