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Originally Posted by theducks
AJ
I have a cheap, Trio MP3 player.
It plays MP3 files Nicely.
It plays Audio book file nicely. In the wrong order  |
I have been listening to audio books for a couple of years, and thus I have purchased about 5 to 6 "cheap" mp3 players. I have noticed this:
Each player plays the files in the order of
different data. The data I have been able to narrow down is:
Some play by
track number: Thus if you have all the tracks as No. 1, the player choose which ones to play. One of mine played all odd then all even according to file name.
Some play by
track name: Thus the track name would confuse the player if the name was not in numeric order. Also, I noticed that only the first few digists were used, so that track "Happy Track 1" would be the same as "Happy Track 2" because only the first few characters were used.
Some play by
file name: Most file names are listed numberically, so probably not a problem there. Again, make sure the numbers are listed early in the track, i.e., "001 book name" not "book name author 001"
Some play by the
order that the files are transferred to the device. I use Windows explorer and "drag and drop". When I Select the range of tracks, I noticed if I just "grabbed" somewhere in the middle of the selection, that would be the first tracks transferred, proceding to the end of the selection, then back to the beginning down to the one I had grabbed.
In summary: When I get a new MP3 book, I go into different programs I have and I :
1. Make sure the tracks are numbered sequentially.
2. Make sure the track names are numbered: 001 Book Name
3. Make sure the file names are numbered: 001 Book Name.mp3
4. When I transfer the audio book to my mp3 player (usually onto an SD card) I ALWAYS make sure I "grab" the first track when I move the whole folder.
My problems have been almost nil.
The only other factor to watch out for, is if your mp3 player has a maximum number of tracks allowed which is less than the number of tracks in to book.
Feel free to ask me to clarify any of this.
AJ