MP3 files on micro SD card do not appear in filename order for playback

relztrah · Aug 15, 2020

This is more of a cellphone app question than a computer question, and may in fact belong in the Lounge forum. I save MP3 files from a podcast to a micro SD card in my old Moto E2 cellphone which I listen to on my daily commute. I renamed all files as a-, b-, c- according to the date they were recorded so that I'm listening to them in sequential order. When I look at the files using Google Files they appear in this order.

However, when I open them in Google Play Music in order to listen to them, they appear in random order and show the title of the lecture, not the filename.

The other app I use to listen to MP3 files is a no-frills freebie called Musicolet. I normally use it for the user-friendly interface. Musicolet has an option to sort the files by title or filename.

But even with File name-descending selected, the files appear randomly with the title only, not in a, b, c order like I see them in Google Files. Apparently the player apps are not seeing the filename, but rather the title of the lecture, and sort them randomly. I looked at the settings of my app and in the phone, and don't see an option to force the app to sort and play in order by filename. Any ideas?

Tekno Venus · Aug 15, 2020

Hi,

You can use an ID3 tag editor to edit the title embedded within the MP3 files Mp3tag - the universal Tag Editor (ID3v2, MP4, OGG, FLAC, ...)

You should also be able to add track numbers which the music player can then sort by.

-Stephen

plodr · Aug 16, 2020

I put numbers in front of the order I want because I don't use tags.
Use 001 instead of 1, if you have under 1,000 songs on the sd card. If you simply use 1 it will play 1, 10, 11, etc. before it plays 2, 20, 21..

relztrah · Aug 16, 2020

Thanks for the suggestions. Yes, the issue is the tags, which I don't need. I downloaded mp3tag and I'll give it a try.

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