Hi Jane!
Although renaming the files from 1 to 411 should work, remember that
the numbers must be of equal length (for example, all numbers must be
3 digits long). Use leading 0's as padding (001[zero zero one], 022
[zero two two], etc.).
(BTW: In my opinion, it is a bug that VO does not announce leading
zeroes.)
However, this is a lot of work which I do not believe is necessary.
If you imported the audible files from the CD, presumably the files
were in the correct order on the CD. Therefore, iTunes already knows
the correct order the files should be played. You just have to tell
iTunes that is what you want to do. You do this by sorting the
playlist according to track (or album) order instead of by name.
I assume you have all the book files as a playlist. So, be sure the
playlist is selected in the :"Source" pane. Then in the "Song" pane,
move to the "track" or "album" column with VO-Left (you can confirm
which column you are in with VO-Shift-C) and then use VO's sort
command (VO-Shift-\). The song list will be sorted by track. Now,
when you play the playlist, it will be in the correct order. And, you
did not have to rename anything!
Note: "Album View" (Command-Option-4) is not the same as "sorting by
album" which is what I described above.
Hope this helps...
Lou.
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:42:40 -0400
From: "Jane Jordan (gmail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: renaming files so iTunes Will Not Reshuffle the Order
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Hi, all.
I have a book that I converted to MP3 from CDs, and I have renamed
all the files so it's like 001 etc. all the way up to 411.
But iTunes keps reshuffling the order of them no matter what i do, so
they don't play inthe right order. How canI fix this so it doens't
happen in future? Any thoughts on this greatly appreciated!
Jane
