[NTLUG:Discuss] True order of files in a directory.

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 21:45 -0700, Steve Baker wrote:
> Here's a puzzler.

Not really.  ;->

> However, he was puzzled that when he does an 'ls' of the gizmo
> from his Linux box, the order of the albums and tracks is
> alphabetical - but the order they appear to be when viewed on
> the MP3 player itself seems random.

Playlists, such as .m3u files, are often read and used.  If you pull up
XMMS on the directory, it will probably be different yet again.

> So - the question is, how can my kid get the albums (and more
> importantly, the tracks within the albums) into the right order
> on the MP3 player?

Define a playlist, such as a .m3u file.


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