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Hi,
Why is it that when I put music albums on a usb stick and play it in the car the tracks play in alphabetical order instead of how an album should play, track 1, track 2, etc?
I kept them in the original folder as I ripped them, so I'm puzzled as to why the car stereo doesnt recognize this.
Any help will be appreciated
Why is it that when I put music albums on a usb stick and play it in the car the tracks play in alphabetical order instead of how an album should play, track 1, track 2, etc?
I kept them in the original folder as I ripped them, so I'm puzzled as to why the car stereo doesnt recognize this.
Any help will be appreciated
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The car stereo has a proper usb port so I dont know whats going on.
Depending on your Head Unit you may be able to play via one of these categories, If not then it may be playing via one of them ID3 Tags, In your case possibly Song Title.
Stick it on Shuffle
1. The boys are back in town
2. Angel from the coast
But if I play it via the usb stick it would just play Angel from the coast first and not recognise the fact the track number exists.
So would I be better off deleting the track title and call it 1, etc etc.
This is why I find it difficult leaving cds behind.
It would be a bit painstaking to rename thousands of tracks just to make this work.
I just find it odd if the car stereo has a proper usb port why when they manufatured them do they not recognize track numbers?
02 Angel from the coast
We don't know that yet, all we know is that it hasn't worked with the way your files are SO FAR.
You could also help others to help you if you mention what car and stereo you have.
That way you can keep a lossless copy in addition to the lossy copy for the car stereo.
https:// arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1029333