# FLAC files in alphabetic order when streaming

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-in-alphabetic-order-when-streaming/17929>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 7, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-in-alphabetic-order-when-streaming/17929 "2016-05-07T14:09:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jamesrlmacdonald](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jamesrlmacdonald](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamesrlmacdonald)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-in-alphabetic-order-when-streaming/17929/1 "2016-05-07T14:09:38Z")

</div>

Hi

I have ripped a bunch of CD's to FLAC using EAC for use on a home network, these files show up in FOOBAR2000 on my laptop in the correct album order, but when steaming them to a QED uPlay Stream, using both Android and iOS apps, each album shows up with the songs in alphabetic order. Can anyone advise, in layman's terms, if I can remedy this problem using MP3tag.

I have a little basic Mp3tag knowledge having managed to change errors, and track numbers etc but nothing I do seems to make any difference with my uPlay. However I have read that this problem can be sorted.

I have tried to follow instructions from other forums (other people's threads) but don't fully understand what I am meant to do, and the things I have tried haven't worked.

many thanks in advance for any help

James

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 7, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-in-alphabetic-order-when-streaming/17929/2 "2016-05-07T16:42:49Z")

</div>

You have to find out, what uPlay uses as sorting criteria: the title or the filename.  
Use the function Convert\>Tag-Filename to adapt the filename, e.g.  
%album%_$num(%track%,2)_%title%

Or if you have to fiddle about with the title, you can either use an action of the type "Format value" for TITLE with the same information or the function  
Convert\>Tag-Tag  
also with that string example I gave.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-in-alphabetic-order-when-streaming/17929/3 "2026-02-09T12:26:14Z")

</div>

Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC