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On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:12:32 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> Thanks. I'll give it a try and report back any results. I guess I'm |
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>> only moderately confident as I'm not clear how the group of MP3 files |
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>> keeps the original track order. Are those written into the MP3 file by |
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>> the converter? Where does it get the info if I've removed the track |
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>> numbers from the file names. Is it already in the FLAC files? |
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> It doesn't, track order is a feature of a CD, not a bunch of mp3s. If you |
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> want to keep the files in track order, leave the numbers there, that's |
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> what they're for. |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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Then there's something going on elsewhere. Using soundconverter I |
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converted a few CDs removing the track numbers from the names. I sent |
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the CD over to a Windows box and played them using iTunes. I note that |
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the tracks are displayed in the original order. It's possible, I |
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suppose, that since the artist and title directory names are in place |
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that iTunes looked up the track order from the CD database, but I |
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assumed it was actually embedded in the file by soundconverter. |
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soundfile-info cannot read MP3 file so I don't know what too would |
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tell me that the data is in the file or not. |
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I'll do the same experiment with your renaming and see what happens. |
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thanks, |
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Mark |