[NTLUG:Discuss] True order of files in a directory.

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 23:56 -0700, Steve Baker wrote:
> This player consistently shows things in the same order as 'ls -f'
> does...which is the raw ordering of the files in the directory.

Then that's your answer.  Very good.

Understand the MP3 files themselves also have textual names, and these
names might differ from the filenames.

> The CD ripper we use creates those automatically - but the
> player doesn't seem to be paying attention to them.
> That's why I'm asking the question.
> It is a pretty cheap device...I'm not entirely suprised.

It all depends.

I'd see about creating one big .m3u file and if it reads it.

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