# Numbering Multiple Disc Sets **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 23, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-multiple-disc-sets/63179 "2023-12-23T13:55:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/0/3e96dc/32.png) [@0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/0LD3_DUDE)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-multiple-disc-sets/63179/1 "2023-12-23T13:55:40Z")
**Questions:** For **Discnumber** , do you use leading zeros? Is there any compelling reason to **Save total count of tracks** or **discs**? Do you use the **Discnumber** for single disc albums? **Background:** When I started building my library, tagging was rather primitive, and cellular phones did not exist. When I had a set with multiple discs, each disc was given its own folder (Disc 1, Disc 2, etc.) within a subfolder, such as [1992] King of the Blues, organized by artist (B.B. King) and then, finally, by genre (Blues). At the time, this was the only way to allow playback of discs sequentially—on a PC, of course. Now, foobar2000 will sort by disc number, if the fields are all set correctly. I believe the iPhone and others do the same, as tagging has grown more feature rich.While playback on a PC remains fairly convenient, playback on a phone with this sort of organization is miserable—each disc has to be played as a separate album, leading to a lot of inconvenient menu navigation. The **Auto Numbering Wizard** has evolved over the years. I am quite impressed. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-multiple-disc-sets/63179/2 "2023-12-23T15:01:09Z")
> [@0LD3\_DUDE](#): > > **Questions:** > > For Discnumber, do you use leading zeros? Only for sets with more then 10 discs. For sets with fewer then 10 discs I use 1/9, 2/9, 3/9 until 9/9. For sets with 10 an more discs I use 01/13, 02/13 until 13/13. > [@0LD3\_DUDE](#): > > Do you use the Discnumber field for single disc albums? No. I don't see any use in 1/1 as DISCNUMBER All your other questions depends on your devices (like your phone) and your software (ripper, player-apps). It's up to you how you use them and what kind of organization suits the most. There is no "right" or "wrong". ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-multiple-disc-sets/63179/3 "2023-12-23T15:05:29Z")
I use both disc number and total disc tags on my files. While these may seem redundant for single disc albums, it does maintain consistency in the library. Some software is more forgiving than others so I have found it just helps regardless of the use case. For the same reason I also use the leading zero for single digit disc numbers. Again just for consistency. No other technical reason I guess. ---
**Author:** ![0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/0/3e96dc/32.png) [@0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/0LD3_DUDE)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-multiple-disc-sets/63179/4 "2023-12-23T15:05:29Z")
Thanks! Am I missing an option to add the total number of discs in a set to the metadata? ---
**Author:** ![0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/0/3e96dc/32.png) [@0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/0LD3_DUDE)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-multiple-disc-sets/63179/5 "2023-12-23T15:11:37Z")
I started adding leading zeros to track numbers to prevent some software from playing track 11 before 2. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-multiple-disc-sets/63179/6 "2023-12-23T16:44:36Z")
> [@0LD3\_DUDE](#): > > Am I missing an option to add the total number of discs in a set to the metadata You can set it here in the Auto-numbering Wizard ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8108f8a919171dfe41b408a8bca668ad87994001.png) As soon as you set one of the "next disc on..." options you see the "Total count of discs" changing. Just try it with a set of multiple TEST discs. This will write the DISCNUMBER tag in the format 1/3 or 01/03 meaning "this is disc 1 of total 3". ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-multiple-disc-sets/63179/7 "2024-01-22T16:45:30Z")
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