MP3 on CDR music management ! track sequence etc

[nilanjan]

I know there are volumes of literature on the net related to these
topics. But sometimes too much information is not good like any other
good thing !!

Situation:
I have a few thousand songs on MP3 CD-R recorded as Data cds,
which I have been using to backup my analog tapes etc and listen to on
my computers.
I just bought a Panasonic portable MP3 CD player the issue is it can
play the MP3s but completely RANDOM order.

(1) How do I order those tracks now ??
(10 hours of music in a random order is useless especially since I
have the original track catalogs printed in sequence )

(2) I have some CDs with files which have alphabetical names like
"eric_clapton_unplugged_track_01.mp3" etc but the player is not
playing these alphabetical . Does it look at the first few characters
only ??

(3) Low Priority : I cannot skip (fastforward) thru some long tracks
, If I have a classical music track of 40 minutes long , it seems the
player can only play the entire piece from the beginning and not skip
(as a computer mp3 player like realaudio could do) . Is this normal ??

Thanks for reading this ... & thanks in advance for your response ...

[Jyeshta]

On 10 Jul 2003 11:16:20 -0700, nilanjan_sarkar@hotmail.com (nilanjan)
wrote:
I know there are volumes of literature on the net related to thesetopics. But sometimes too much information is not good like any othergood thing !!Situation: I have a few thousand songs on MP3 CD-R recorded as Data cds,which I have been using to backup my analog tapes etc and listen to onmy computers.I just bought a Panasonic portable MP3 CD player the issue is it canplay the MP3s but completely RANDOM order.(1) How do I order those tracks now ??(10 hours of music in a random order is useless especially since Ihave the original track catalogs printed in sequence )

You might have to reorganize and rename them on your computer and then
re-burn them. For example,

001 eric clapton - <filename>
002 eric clapton - <filename>

Try to not put anything but a space between that first number and the
text. Also, try putting each album in a folder, and then you only
need to use two digit numbers such as

eric clapton\album name\ 01 <filename>

Where each \ equals a folder (directory).

I had to try a few things on my mp3 CD player to get it to work right,
and this did the trick for me.
(2) I have some CDs with files which have alphabetical names like"eric_clapton_unplugged_track_01.mp3" etc but the player is notplaying these alphabetical . Does it look at the first few charactersonly ??

I don't know. The naming convention I showed above is what works on
my unit.
(3) Low Priority : I cannot skip (fastforward) thru some long tracks, If I have a classical music track of 40 minutes long , it seems theplayer can only play the entire piece from the beginning and not skip(as a computer mp3 player like realaudio could do) . Is this normal ??

I don't know. You could try putting these in folders also?
Thanks for reading this ... & thanks in advance for your response ...

[Mike Richter]

With all the groups you posted to the first time, you needed another round.

Reply posted in a.c.p.c. - and a batch more thanks to the bad judgement
of the OP.

Mike

nilanjan wrote: I know there are volumes of literature on the net related to these topics. But sometimes too much information is not good like any other good thing !! Situation: I have a few thousand songs on MP3 CD-R recorded as Data cds, which I have been using to backup my analog tapes etc and listen to on my computers. I just bought a Panasonic portable MP3 CD player the issue is it can play the MP3s but completely RANDOM order. (1) How do I order those tracks now ?? (10 hours of music in a random order is useless especially since I have the original track catalogs printed in sequence ) (2) I have some CDs with files which have alphabetical names like "eric_clapton_unplugged_track_01.mp3" etc but the player is not playing these alphabetical . Does it look at the first few characters only ?? (3) Low Priority : I cannot skip (fastforward) thru some long tracks , If I have a classical music track of 40 minutes long , it seems the player can only play the entire piece from the beginning and not skip (as a computer mp3 player like realaudio could do) . Is this normal ?? Thanks for reading this ... & thanks in advance for your response ...



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http://www.mrichter.com/

[nilanjan]

Thanks for the responses ... so this means that I have a huge project
ahead ... i.e to rename and re-burn all the tracks !! on an average
70-80 tracks per CD !!!

Is there a quick way to rename these files the Windows rightclick
rename would take hours to complete ?? I have NTI CD maker which came
with Cendyne CDRW Drive, also got Roxio CD creator. Cant seem to find
any other option !!!

[pataud]

There's freeware program called 'THE Rename' that I've used in the past
to rename a bunch of files, add a three digit prefix etc.

You can download it for nothing here:
http://www.herve-thouzard.com/therenamea.phtml
and also here:
http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/program.asp?program_id=64
just two places google turned up.

nilanjan wrote: Thanks for the responses ... so this means that I have a huge project ahead ... i.e to rename and re-burn all the tracks !! on an average 70-80 tracks per CD !!! Is there a quick way to rename these files the Windows rightclick rename would take hours to complete ?? I have NTI CD maker which came with Cendyne CDRW Drive, also got Roxio CD creator. Cant seem to find any other option !!!