# \[X\] Auto Numbering Wizard Total Track Count
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [December 24, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496 "2015-12-24T06:38:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Brendi2334](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Brendi2334)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496/1 "2015-12-24T06:38:21Z")
I have known for this issue to occur for a while now, while I've only just realized to report it for a future fix for the software.
- This issue occurs...
- All Operating Systems from Win 7, 8 & 10 (64bit)
- Versions of mp3tag (tested from probably 2.70 onward)
- Tested using .M4A file format
**ISSUE:**
When using the auto-numbering wizard beginning at tracknumber: 1
and only selecting the "save total count of tracks" radio box
by processing a compilation full of tracks at once (say 20 or more) quite often, verified by showing up in iTunes, will sometimes skip the total count of the track number when being processed.
**EXAMPLE:**
I have 20 tracks to use the autonumber wizard on.
I select all 20 tracks
Check the "save total count of tracks" radio box
press 'OK"
mp3tag then processes the 20 tracks
once completed, after dragging the tracks into iTunes, and looking at the 'TRACK #' column in the songs view, it will quite often show 2 or sometimes more missing the "of 20" part, and will only show "1" or "6" etc. not "1 of 20" or "6 of 20".
Seems to perhaps be a glitch or bug, as it's inconsistent and happens at different timings frequently. Perhaps the software is processing the tracks too fast, and will sometimes skip over one if the file can't be read fast enough (I am using an SSD however) there's no error messages that ever show. Perhaps slow the processing of this wizard down may help?
Would love to hear a response back on this one...
Merry Christmas!
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496/2 "2015-12-24T07:16:56Z")
> [@Brendi2334](#):
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> ... it's inconsistent and happens at different timings frequently. ...
My first idea to your problem ... make sure, that no other application have access to the files, while Mp3tag writes to the files.
DD.20151224.0916.CET
> [@Brendi2334](#):
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> ... after dragging the tracks into iTunes, and looking at the 'TRACK #' column in the songs view, it will quite often show 2 or sometimes more missing the "of 20" part, and will only show "1" or "6" etc. not "1 of 20" or "6 of 20". ...
My second idea ... which track related tag-fields are stored within the mediafiles, ...
and do they contain the correct values, for example: TRACK and TOTALTRACKS ?
DD.20151224.1121.CET
My third idea ... for this group of files, are they all stored together in one physical folder?
DD.20151225.0745.CET
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2015, 7:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496/3 "2015-12-24T07:56:08Z")
> [@Brendi2334](#):
>
> ...
> mp3tag then processes the 20 tracks
> once completed, after dragging the tracks into iTunes, and looking at the 'TRACK #' column in the songs view, it will quite often show 2 or sometimes more missing the "of 20" part, and will only show "1" or "6" etc. not "1 of 20" or "6 of 20".
> ...
What do the tracks look like in MP3tag? Does MP3tag show the full information?
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### Author:  [@Brendi2334](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Brendi2334)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496/4 "2015-12-25T05:11:50Z")
> [@DetlevD](#):
>
> My first idea to your problem ... make sure, that no other application have access to the files, while Mp3tag writes to the files.
>
> **RESPONSE:** Mp3tag is the only open application used at the time when tagging these files, no other files, applications or processes are collecting information on these files.
>
> -------------------------
> My second idea ... which track related tag-fields are stored within the mediafiles, ... and do they contain the correct values, for example: TRACK and TOTALTRACKS ?
>
> **RESPONSE:** When writing metadata for these files, all fields are ALWAYS blank to begin with - I tag freshly and cleanly from beginning to end. ~PERFECTIONIST~
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> What do the tracks look like in MP3tag? Does MP3tag show the full information?
>
> **RESPONSE:** Due to the .m4a codec in Mp3tag, files in the TRACK field do not show "/20" or "/30" which equivelates to the "of 20" or "of 30" part in iTunes - .mp3 files on the other hand will show these once the metadata has been added to them in mp3tag.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496/5 "2015-12-25T06:15:54Z")
> [@Brendi2334](#):
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> ... When using the auto-numbering ... will sometimes skip the total count of the track number when being processed. ...
Regarding ...
[Auto Numbering Wizard Total Track Count](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/17496/4)
> [@](#):
>
> My second idea ... which track related tag-fields are stored within the mediafiles, ...
> and do they contain the correct values, for example: TRACK and TOTALTRACKS ?
> RESPONSE: When writing metadata for these files, all fields are ALWAYS blank to begin with - I tag freshly and cleanly from beginning to end.
Within Mp3tag a 'blank tag-field' does not exist. Do verify whether your track writing procedure has created the tag-fields TRACK and TOTALTRACKS within the m4a file.
If there is one m4a file, which does not contain the tag-field TOTALTRACKS, then try to find out how.
See also ...
[/t/2889/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2889/1)
Merry Christmas!
DD.20151225.0815.CET
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2015, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496/6 "2015-12-25T08:50:52Z")
> [@](#):
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> Due to the .m4a codec in Mp3tag, files in the TRACK field do not show "/20" or "/30" which equivelates to the "of 20" or "of 30" part in iTunes - .mp3 files on the other hand will show these once the metadata has been added to them in mp3tag.
Indeed.
But with m4a-files the autonumbering wizard fills the tag TOTALTRACKS instead of this.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-auto-numbering-wizard-total-track-count/17496/7 "2018-12-28T14:37:35Z")
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