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In file manager when I go
All Files > Music > {Artist} > {Album} >
The tracks are all in order.

However in music player when I go:
{Artist} > {Album} >
They're in random order: They're not done by alphabet, size, length - anything as far as I can see!

Is there a way to fix this?

Is it just the way I transfered them? (I simply let the computer recognise it as mass storage, rebooted then used explorer to copy & paste from my external HD onto the M2 Micro)
If so, how should I have done it?

[ This Message was edited by: purplegreend on 2008-06-23 16:41 ]
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Posted: 2008-06-23 17:31:13
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Hey,

The music files in file manager are in alphabetical order, but this doesnt mean itll show up in the media player the same way.

The media player sorts songs by (song) Title, so you'll have to edit the tags on your PC, this can be done easily with media player, just open the specific file(s), rightclick on it and change the Title (you can also add album art, album name, blabla)

First of all, right click the file > Advanced tag editor


After that, fill in the tags (everyone you put in Title will show up in alphabetical order in your k800's media player)




If you're not a Windows Media Player fan, or if you have a older version, you can also try this program named MP3Tag:

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

A very easy-to-use program, less then 10MB and does the same as WMP..

Btw, there is nothing with the way you've transferring it.

[ This Message was edited by: Killfr3nzy on 2008-06-23 18:40 ]

[ This Message was edited by: Killfr3nzy on 2008-06-23 18:41 ]
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Posted: 2008-06-23 19:18:00
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Are you sure!?
They don't seem to be alphabetical, for eg: (Numbers in brackets are the real order)

Biffy Clyro: Puzzle
Love has a diameter (9)
Semi Mental - 4/15ths (8)
Living is a problem because everything dies (1)
Saturday Superhouse (2)
Who's got a match (3)
As dust dances (4)
A whole child ago (5)
The conversation is (6)
Now I'm everyone (7)
Get f**ked stud (10)
Folding stars (11)
9/15ths (12)
Machines (13)
Drop it (14)

You see, it's not alpahabetical so I dunno if it'll work
They show up properly in WMP (9series) & MediaMonkey (2.5), so I think the tags are ok?

[ This Message was edited by: purplegreend on 2008-06-24 10:09 ]
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Posted: 2008-06-24 11:07:37
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Use Winamp 5.53

Click Alt + 3 on song then Auto-Tag
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Posted: 2008-06-24 11:22:44
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Yes im positive, I also had this with my k850.

Did you check the title in WMP?

Delete the files stored in ur stick and put the 'new' ones in..
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Posted: 2008-06-24 13:47:52
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Is shuffle enabled on the phone?
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Posted: 2008-06-24 13:57:57
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OK, I just wanted to make sure before I went to all the trouble.
I'll give it a go now and see what happens.

Just to confirm; the song number needs to be in the song name, not just the filepath right?
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Posted: 2008-06-24 15:04:14
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Well I let Winamp's "auto tagger" to sort the tags of my songs... Then I put the to phone, create a playlist for example with all of the songs, then go MORE/SORT BY/ARTIST
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Posted: 2008-06-24 18:03:17
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And yeah, shuffle can be also causing "problems" like this.
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Posted: 2008-06-24 18:07:24
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Well I tried it (the retagging) and, much to my surprise [/sarcasm], it didn't work!
However I did notice a trend in the order; they all go:
9, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10.....
Only 9 and 8 are messsed up.
The songs are not on random: It's the order that they appear in the menus as well as playback that's affected.

Anyone else care to try sorting me out?
It's really annoying for the albums where continuity is a factor, "Dark Side Of The Moon" and any live albums for example.
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Posted: 2008-06-24 18:44:06
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