# Tag files for usb **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** player\ **Created:** [August 4, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-files-for-usb/61740 "2023-08-04T16:59:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chystal](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Chystal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Chystal)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-files-for-usb/61740/1 "2023-08-04T16:59:25Z")
Hi, totally new to all this. I have a lot of music stored on my computer and phone, set up as a folder for each album, both set up to play in track order. The problem is I have just put all the albums on a usb and appears to be in track order. However, When it plays it is name/ Aphabet order. I have edited an album, putting 1\_9 in front of the track name which seems to work. Just wondering if there is a quicker method as I have 260gb of albums/ music. 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:** [August 4, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-files-for-usb/61740/2 "2023-08-04T17:11:29Z")
Please tell us which tag fields are filled in your tracks. A good approach is to fill ALBUMARTIST, ARTIST, ALBUM, TITLE, TRACK. Usually, a player should not rely on the organisation of files in the file system but read the metadata and use that for different grouping schemes. ---
**Author:** ![Chystal](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Chystal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Chystal)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-files-for-usb/61740/3 "2023-08-04T18:55:44Z")
Hi, Filename;path, tag; title;artist, album artist, album; track. I had no input in the above, I just ripped it from the cd using creative media organiser. Very 2000's I know. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-files-for-usb/61740/4 "2023-08-04T22:34:14Z")
What device are you playing these files with? Often car systems using a USB device with folder/file search play in the order the files were written to the storage. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-files-for-usb/61740/5 "2023-08-05T06:01:53Z")
> [@Chystal](#): > > Filename;path, tag; title;artist, album artist, album; track. If these are the columns in the MP3tag file list but you see no data, then I would strongly recommend that you fill the metadata (first). Target fields your be the ones I already listed. Otherwise the player probably sort by the unknown artist with the unknown album and the unknown title - and takes the filename. or the order that the filesystem offers. There are ways to recycle Information from the filenames and folder names with the help of MP3tag - but for that you would have to show us real file- and folder names. ---
**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, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-files-for-usb/61740/6 "2026-02-09T12:30:07Z")