[mythtv-users] mythmusic and flac tags

Owen Mehegan owen at nerdnetworks.org
Thu Apr 26 19:38:25 UTC 2007


On Apr 19, 2007, at 5:06 PM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

> From: Matt Rude <mythtv at mattrude.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythmusic and flac tags
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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> Owen Mehegan wrote:
>> I recently downloaded some recordings in flac format, which I have
>> basically no experience with. Mythmusic plays them fine, but sorts
>> them in a bizarre way:
>>
>> track01.flac
>> track09.flac
>> track08.flac
>> track07.flac
>> track06.flac
>>
>> ...wtf?? Why reverse alphabetical order, except for the first file?
>> This just seems like a bug.
>>
>> OK, so I figure the files need to be tagged. I learn about Ogg
>> Comment tags, and I set all these files to have tags of TRACKNUM=01,
>> 02, 03, etc. Rescan my music database... and everything is still out
>> of order! Hmmmm. What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> --
>> owen at nerdnetworks.org (Owen B. Mehegan)
>> 'But I have that within which passes show,
>> These but the trappings and the suits of woe.'
>>    --William Shakespeare
>>
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> are you sure you just don't have your sort order on 'random' or
> something else.  using the '1' key make sure it's set.
>
> -Matt


Yeah, playback/sorting is NOT on random. Even if it were, that  
wouldn't change the order the songs are DISPLAYED. Just the order  
they get played in. Any other ideas? This is really annoying...


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owen at nerdnetworks.org (Owen B. Mehegan)
'This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.'
   --William Shakespeare



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