# editing files for sequential order **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 11, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-files-for-sequential-order/19595 "2017-12-11T16:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alanneilh](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@alanneilh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alanneilh)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-files-for-sequential-order/19595/1 "2017-12-11T16:37:22Z")
Hello, I am trying to sequentially renumber (in bulk) my music files when I put them on a usb thumb drive. Here is the issue I'm trying to solve: on CD #1 I have (for example) track 01, and on CD #2 I also have track 01. WHen I put both CDs on the thumb drive, I am looking for the tracks to play in sequential order. However, the program always reads and plays track 01 from CD #1, followed by track 01 from CD #2. I would like to be able to load the tracks into a program, put them in the correct order that I'd like to have them played, and the have the program re-number them all sequentially. Following the example in the above paragraph, if there are 15 tracks on CD #1, the ultimate goal would be to have track 01 on Cd #2 become track 16 (and so on..) . I have heard that mp3tag will do this. is that accurate? THANKS!! ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-files-for-sequential-order/19595/2 "2017-12-11T17:29:58Z")
see this thread on the discnumber and track number problem, how to merge and how to separate them: [/t/19448/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/19448/1) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-files-for-sequential-order/19595/3 "2026-02-09T12:27:08Z")