I have a Jensen auto player and it plays in Artist order rather than Filename order. I have numbered the filenames, but the player insists on using Artist>Title. The shuffle function doesn't work well, so I am looking for a solution to the problem. Thanks
There is a variable %_counter% that you could add somewhere.
So, tell us which way you want to see the data.
(Or could it be that filling ALBUMARTIST and ALBUM would improve the played order?)
I would like to simulate random play. Since the player only plays in artist order, I think that ordering the ARTIST field with a preceding number would accomplish this. Such as: 01 Acker Bilt, 02 Acker Bilt, . . .01 Bad Dog, 02 Bad Dog, etc. The resulting playlist would then play one song by each artist before going to the 02 songs. I hope this is clear. I would like to do this as a batch rename.
Sort the files in the way you think is right.
Then use
Convert>Tag-Tag for ARTIST
Format string: $num(%_counter%,2)_%artist%