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Would it be possible to zero-pad the file names on the downloads? This would allow the files to automatically be in the correct order when sorting alphabetically, without having to rename the files either during the download process, or after wondering why you feel confused when you go from chapter 1 directly to 10 and hear the closing credits long before you think you should. :-)
Basically, if there are 10 or more parts to an audio book, start the number part of the first nine files with a zero. For example:
Forgotten_God_Part_01.mp3
Forgotten_God_Part_02.mp3
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Forgotten_God_Part_10.mp3
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Can Download Files be Zero-Padded by Default?
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Thanks so much for your feedback; it's greatly appreciated!
How do you happen to be playing these files as the 'tagging' within the files should auto-sort correctly when using most players or computer media programs.
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Thanks so much for your feedback; it's greatly appreciated!
How do you happen to be playing these files as the 'tagging' within the files should auto-sort correctly when using most players or computer media programs. -
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Having simialr problem even when I rename files such as _01, _02, player wants to play part 1, part 10, part 11, etc. and part _09 last!
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Very interesting...what title are you having this problem with? I have an iPod and am using Windows 7 and have never experienced this issue...
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wondering why a simple request became a player conversation
I don't mean to be a pain, but it shouldn't be very difficult to zero pad the filenames so that anybody using any player would be able to play any of the content. It could even be done via the download script itself and the backend files wouldn't necessarily have to be touched. I gave up replying to this thread earlier because I thought it silly to go back and forth regarding which player I had and how I would have to reconfigure my player (which is at factory defaults) in order to play things in the appropriate order. Please pass this request on to the appropriate persons within your organization, whether it be web, storage, server, or the round file... either way. Thank you.
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Unfortunately, it's not as simple as "padding the file name with a zero". We have certain technical parameters we have to live within due to the constraints of the content delivery system we are using. The main reason we started asking the player type you were using was due to the fact that our main web developer nor any of the office web staff could replicate the issue with files playing out of order on our personal players.
We are looking into the possibility of adjusting the delivery system to pad files with that additional zero, but if Jim (the comment above) manually added the "padded zeros" and was still having the issue, it's either a deeper tagging issue with the title (which we've confirmed is not the case) or a player issue that we have no control over.
Thanks for your patience with the resolution with this problem! Hopefully we can satisfactorily solve it, very soon. -
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I just posted a duplicate idea. I have problems with a Sansa Fuse and my car's (Honda) factory-supplied player. Titles (as I remember them) are Forgotten God and Adopted for Life. Any title with more than nine parts is problematic.
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Would you kindly name audio files in a manner that they play consecutively in mp3 players -- I have had several books (paid and free ones) which were named in such a way that my mp3 players would play part 1, 10, 11, 2, 3, 4... etc. Specifically, if here are more than ten parts to it, the first nine should be prefixed with a zero, 01..09.
I've had these issues with both a Sansa Fuze player, and my car's (Honda) built-in mp3 player.
Thank you & God Bless you and your ministry!
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
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Jim Burwasser back again.
Still having this same problem with any book over 9 chapters. The problem occurs on Creative Zen and Sansa Clip and Clip+ and a Kenwood audio deck in my car using a USB flash drive.
Zero padding has been no help so I have tried separating files into subfolders, and it seems to be working.
An example: Wendell Berry's “The Memory of Old Jack” (13 parts). In the folder titled "The Memory of Old Jack" I have subfolders: Old Jack 1-9 and Old Jack 10-13. When I copy and paste either the whole folder or each subfolder separately, into a Sansa Clip+ they are listed under Audiobooks as "Unknown" but when "Unknown" is opened all 13 chapters are listed by title and part number in there proper order.
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Jim, thanks for following up. We still have been unable to zero-pad files and are looking into it. Blessings!
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It is possible that your device is sorting by file-name rather than by the embedded tagging we've put into the files...