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File date order

File date order

Posted Jan 9, 2007 5:42 UTC (Tue) by omez (guest, #6904)
In reply to: File date order by ncm
Parent article: Review: Exaile Media Player (Linux.com)

I configure my ripper program to prepend the track number to the filename and the song name in the metadata. Padding with an appropriate number of leading zeros is required to ensure correct sorting. Books on CD require additional numbering to enforce the desired ordering.

Some players will circumvent even this strategy by stripping the leading numbers before sorting.


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