Track Number Sorting
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New to the software and also to Linux so I am likely not seeing something right in front of me.
I have a few Hundred CDs that I have ripped over the years and have managed to have SMP find them all and it plays them fine.
My problem is that when ever I pick an album from the collection window, SMP automatically sorts the playlist by track name. I can click on the track number arrow at the top and have it sort by the track number, but am wondering if there is a way to have it sort by the track number automatically?
Not a huge deal but sometimes I forget and the album does not play in order.My file system on the computer has the folder where I keep my music folder for each Artist, then a folder for album then of course the tracks, which would by listed alphabetic.
Of course some albums of multi artist collections simply go by the name of the album without separating a folder for each artist.Thanks for any insight into what I am missing.
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@Gary-K Have you tried renaming your track files, to include a leading track number? E.g.
01 - Hello Goodbye.mp3
02 - We Can Work It Out.mp3
etc.If that's the case, it's not too difficult to write a (e.g. Linux bash) script, to extract track number from the metadata, and rename the file appropriately. You'd need something like mp3info, or metaflac to get the track number metadata.
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@jonhd Thanks for the suggestion.
No, I haven't tried that, but I guess it is an option.
Just seems odd I can not "set" the default sort field to track or quite honestly any of the allowed parameters.
As I mentioned it is not a huge deal as it is simply a click or two to list by track.
I guess I could always make a playlist of each album as well, with the songs in the proper order, -
I'm pretty sure that Strawberry sorts by metadata. A song needs a track number, independent of the file name. The suggestion of renaming files numerically is a good idea. Organizing your album folders alphabetically, by song name, runs counter to the way albums are presented -- which is numerically, by track number.
Right click on a song and select "Edit track information". There should be a number in the "Track" field at the right. Don't change anything yet, until you figure out the root of your problem, but if there is no number, that might be of concern.
Hope that helps.
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