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frau kaleun · 03-07-10, 12:20 AM

Coming back to this thread because I'm still completely baffled by my Gramophone.

Is anyone using "numbered" files in the Gram folder to create a playlist and having any luck getting them to play in the order in which you've set them up to play? Because I can NOT get this to work. I'm not having problems with crashes or lags any more, I'm pretty sure I figured out what was causing that and took care of it.

But it's still skipping tracks. And after experimenting over the last couple of patrols, what I've found is this: it's not particular tracks that are getting skipped, it's particular spots in the rotation.

I had the filenames all numbered as 001.ogg, then 002, 003, you get the idea. When I started the gramophone it played only the odd numbered tracks, regardless of which actual files were involved (I tried shuffling tracks around to test this).

So I tried just numbering them as 1.ogg, then 2, 3, etc. It played track 1 first, then 2, then 21, then went back to 3, 4, 5, etc. (I only had 21 tracks in the folder at the time, so after it got 2 & 21 out of the way the rest played fine.) This was about what I expected, given the way numbers at the beginning of filenames are usually sorted, but I thought it was worth a try.

Then I tried the sequence 101, 102, 103, and it starts at 101 but is back to playing only the odd numbered tracks.

I know I could just randomise the tracks, but I really don't want to do that since I have a lot of classical music in there where an entire piece is split across multiple tracks and I want to listen to those in order when they come up.

So - if you've gotten your Gram tracks to play in a specified order, please, for the love of all things holy, how did you manage it? Lol. I know it's a small issue, but the fact that I can't figure it out is making me crazy!

Edit: Okay, I just doublechecked. The last time I tried, it played played the first, third, and fifth tracks. Then it played the sixth track, eighth, and tenth tracks. So it's not playing just the odd numbered tracks. This is weird.

03-07-10, 12:20 AM	#46
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Coming back to this thread because I'm still completely baffled by my Gramophone. Is anyone using "numbered" files in the Gram folder to create a playlist and having any luck getting them to play in the order in which you've set them up to play? Because I can NOT get this to work. I'm not having problems with crashes or lags any more, I'm pretty sure I figured out what was causing that and took care of it. But it's still skipping tracks. And after experimenting over the last couple of patrols, what I've found is this: it's not particular tracks that are getting skipped, it's particular spots in the rotation. I had the filenames all numbered as 001.ogg, then 002, 003, you get the idea. When I started the gramophone it played only the odd numbered tracks, regardless of which actual files were involved (I tried shuffling tracks around to test this). So I tried just numbering them as 1.ogg, then 2, 3, etc. It played track 1 first, then 2, then 21, then went back to 3, 4, 5, etc. (I only had 21 tracks in the folder at the time, so after it got 2 & 21 out of the way the rest played fine.) This was about what I expected, given the way numbers at the beginning of filenames are usually sorted, but I thought it was worth a try. Then I tried the sequence 101, 102, 103, and it starts at 101 but is back to playing only the odd numbered tracks. I know I could just randomise the tracks, but I really don't want to do that since I have a lot of classical music in there where an entire piece is split across multiple tracks and I want to listen to those in order when they come up. So - if you've gotten your Gram tracks to play in a specified order, please, for the love of all things holy, how did you manage it? Lol. I know it's a small issue, but the fact that I can't figure it out is making me crazy! Edit: Okay, I just doublechecked. The last time I tried, it played played the first, third, and fifth tracks. Then it played the sixth track, eighth, and tenth tracks. So it's not playing just the odd numbered tracks. This is weird. Last edited by frau kaleun; 03-07-10 at 12:31 AM.