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I recently downloaded some spoken word MP3s, and they don't have track numbers. So, when I dump them into my Zen, it wants to play tracks 1 then 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19, then 2, 20,21,22,23,etc...
When viewed in windows explorer in the file, the tracks are in order as they should be because the file names put them that way. Is there a software I can use to say take 50 tracks in Chapter 1 of this book, and number all of them at once? I googled this and got two free programs that SAY they number tracks, and they do... 1 at at time, which I can do in Win Explorer just as fast. We're talking HOURS of track numbering unless I can get them numbered automatically in groups, and they are not playable until they are numbered because they won't play in correct order.
Any ideas?
Look for a freeware batch numbering program (I use Picasa all the time for image files - there must be one for tunes).
I use iTunes to rename .mp3's, but it's a one by one process.
Craig, I tried that. Every program that I found that does it, is basically a renaming program, and so it's one track at a time. That makes the program useless because I can do them one at a time in Windows explorer. I even tried to see if there was anything built into windows that would do it. For example, I tried highlighting a whole group of say 50 tracks and doing an "advanced" and "properties" and then where it showed the track number as "multiple values" I tried to do things like 1-50, or even 1,2,3,4, etc., but that doesn't work. It won't allow any character in that box except numbers.
I did download two free programs that number tracks, but as mentioned, it's a "one at a time" method which doesn't help me.
DOH! "Built into windows" he says...
Yes! There IS something built into windows. Try this: Select the 50 tunes, right click, then rename the FIRST song and the rest will all be given the same name with an incrementing number in parenthesis.
Example:
apple.mp3
banana.mp3
mango.mp3
Could become:
fruit.mp3
fruit (2).mp3
fruit (3).mp3
Would that work? (I still think there are batch renaming programs out there - I'll have to look...)
Craig, I actually tried something like that too. I really did try all kinds of ideas before asking. When you look at track properties, there are track numbers. In the files I have, since they didn't have track numbers, the track numbers all show as 0. The track names however, have the track number in them, such as
Craig1
Craig2
Craig3
This does not register with different media players though, which look to play the tracks in order of track numbers. That's what causes the problem above (playing tracks in the order 1,10,11,12,..... then 2,20,21,21,... )
That's what I thought, that you wanted to number the track numbers, and not the files.
http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/
that was the first one I downloaded a few weeks ago. Even consulted the help files. Can't find a way to number a group of files, only one at a time.
Time to ask Jon to write a utility to do this! Could be a winner. ;) :)
that's what I was thinking the other day! Funny how great minds think alike. What's scary is, you and I do too!!! :o :)
Try this one:
http://snackamp.sourceforge.net/user_manual/um_id3.html
Pressing Ctrl-N in one of the track fields will use the current number and increment subsequent track numbers by one. This is good for filling in track numbers for an albums worth of songs.
YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAA! works perfectly!
Thanks Charger. Save me HOURS of numbering tracks.
Hmm... Let's see, Howie spends four hours trying to find a utility to save two hours worth of work?
Maybe he has a Government job?
;) :D ;D
Actually, he just farmed it out to those of us who know how to use Google. It took me five minutes to find the second one.
uh,... I tried different ways to see if Windows would do it. I googled it (3 different times) and downloaded 3 different utilities that claimed to do it and lastly I went to Soundforge looking for something to do it with. THEN I asked if anyone knew of a tool that would do it. Wasn't trying to farm out the work. But thanks. :)
No, really! let me explain... ;D