Just bought a pair of these for events with no power. Play music from a USB stick, tracks are numbered but speaker plays in random order. How can I set up to play in the order on the stick ??
Are the tracks numbered in the filenames or just the track info?
If the latter, I'd suggest resaving them with the track number as the first part of the filename eg "01-DenisKaye-MyTrack.wav" etc. That way, if the player is only working off the filenames it should still get it right.
If the latter, I'd suggest resaving them with the track number as the first part of the filename eg "01-DenisKaye-MyTrack.wav" etc. That way, if the player is only working off the filenames it should still get it right.
Hi David, thanks for reply, yes the number in the first part of the title:
eg:
01 Dancing Queen.mp3
02 Stayin Alive.mp3
etc etc up to 90
The previous models had 3 choices: one/all/random but these new models only have one or all (tracks)
Rgds
Denis
eg:
01 Dancing Queen.mp3
02 Stayin Alive.mp3
etc etc up to 90
The previous models had 3 choices: one/all/random but these new models only have one or all (tracks)
Rgds
Denis
A lot of players will only play them in the order they are found in the file allocation table. The solution I’ve had to resort to is put the tracks into each folder *in the order I want them played* on a fresh (or freshly erased) USB stick. Renumbering after the fact to change the order never works. A playlist (if it has the capability) is simply a list of links (ie windows shortcuts) placed into the FAT in the right order so it really does the same thing.
Thanks I'll give that a try. When I Bluetooth feed from my iPad they play in the right order so it does seem to point to the sticks.
If you use a Windows computer, then MP3Tag can be used to alter the internal tags on each MP3 file to set the order for most mp3 players. I'm sure there are similar offerings for other operating systems.
I have them set to 01, 02, 03, .... 10, And so far, this has set the order I want on all mp3 players I have used. So far.
Cheers, and regards,
Ant
I have them set to 01, 02, 03, .... 10, And so far, this has set the order I want on all mp3 players I have used. So far.
Cheers, and regards,
Ant
It's fairly straightforward.
An mp3 can contain optional data, including track number.
Download something like MP3Tag, and use that to edit that information. If you select an mp3, it shows you various details about it - just change it as you need. I attached a picture of it in mp3tag that shows what bit you want to change.
As I said - this is with mp3tag. No affiliation with it; just that I use it to do exactly what you are wanting to do, and it works. Other tag editors are of course available.
Edit: you'll see that I put the track number in as two digits: 01 to 09 on my example. This is so that they sort properly in the case of 10 or more tracks on there. So if you are likely to exceed 100 tracks, you'll want to use 001, 002, 003, ... , 099, 100, 101, ... .
Edit 2: And if you change any items in a file, dont forget to hit the "Save" button for that file before you move onto the next. (Blue disk icon at top left.)
Cheers, and regards,
Ant.
An mp3 can contain optional data, including track number.
Download something like MP3Tag, and use that to edit that information. If you select an mp3, it shows you various details about it - just change it as you need. I attached a picture of it in mp3tag that shows what bit you want to change.
As I said - this is with mp3tag. No affiliation with it; just that I use it to do exactly what you are wanting to do, and it works. Other tag editors are of course available.
Edit: you'll see that I put the track number in as two digits: 01 to 09 on my example. This is so that they sort properly in the case of 10 or more tracks on there. So if you are likely to exceed 100 tracks, you'll want to use 001, 002, 003, ... , 099, 100, 101, ... .
Edit 2: And if you change any items in a file, dont forget to hit the "Save" button for that file before you move onto the next. (Blue disk icon at top left.)
Cheers, and regards,
Ant.
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Windows has been able to do that since at least as far back as 7, FWIW 😉
PS, Yes, I am that old!
PS, Yes, I am that old!
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