Playlists for USB Media Player
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Playlists for USB Media Player
I have a MY25 e450 delivered to me Nov 15. Software version E262.3-4975. I am having a problem with the playlists for the USB media player. I have used WPL and M3U playlists created in Windows Media Player. Problem is the songs are not played in the order in the playlist, instead they are played in alphabetical order of the songs in the list. Is there a preferred format for the USB playlists?
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I have a MY25 e450 delivered to me Nov 15. Software version E262.3-4975. I am having a problem with the playlists for the USB media player. I have used WPL and M3U playlists created in Windows Media Player. Problem is the songs are not played in the order in the playlist, instead they are played in alphabetical order of the songs in the list. Is there a preferred format for the USB playlists?
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The format is actually the extended m3u format. The USB media player does find all the files, it just plays them in alphabetical order instead of the order in the playlist. Here's an example of the playlist format saved by Windows Media Player for M3U:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,Silence.mp3
..\Silence.mp3
#EXTINF:0,02 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.flac
..\CHRISTMAS\Andy Williams - Merry Christmas\02 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.flac
#EXTINF:0,05 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!.flac
..\CHRISTMAS\Andy Williams - Merry Christmas\05 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!.flac
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,Silence.mp3
..\Silence.mp3
#EXTINF:0,02 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.flac
..\CHRISTMAS\Andy Williams - Merry Christmas\02 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.flac
#EXTINF:0,05 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!.flac
..\CHRISTMAS\Andy Williams - Merry Christmas\05 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!.flac
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When you start a play list there are two icons at the top right. One looks like two lines with arrows forming an X and the other a square. The X will randomize the list while the square will enable repeat. It defaults to repeat without randomization. Tap the X and optionally tap the square. There are two types of repeat so taping that twice will get it to turn off if that is what you want.
Also, I have found that the play list will play in the order they appear in the list. Many play lists will sort the list alphabetical. Typically that should include a naming convention of \artist\album\track where track will include the number of the track. This however, depends on how you store the music on the USB drive. This may give the appearance that it's playing alphabetical when it's really just following the list top down.
Also, I have found that the play list will play in the order they appear in the list. Many play lists will sort the list alphabetical. Typically that should include a naming convention of \artist\album\track where track will include the number of the track. This however, depends on how you store the music on the USB drive. This may give the appearance that it's playing alphabetical when it's really just following the list top down.
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Ugh, that sucks. I hate to suggest it, and I suspect you've thought of it already, but you could always prepend the tracks with their number in the playlist. Hopefully there's a better solution than that, though.
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When you start a play list there are two icons at the top right. One looks like two lines with arrows forming an X and the other a square. The X will randomize the list while the square will enable repeat. It defaults to repeat without randomization. Tap the X and optionally tap the square. There are two types of repeat so taping that twice will get it to turn off if that is what you want.
Also, I have found that the play list will play in the order they appear in the list. Many play lists will sort the list alphabetical. Typically that should include a naming convention of \artist\album\track where track will include the number of the track. This however, depends on how you store the music on the USB drive. This may give the appearance that it's playing alphabetical when it's really just following the list top down.
Also, I have found that the play list will play in the order they appear in the list. Many play lists will sort the list alphabetical. Typically that should include a naming convention of \artist\album\track where track will include the number of the track. This however, depends on how you store the music on the USB drive. This may give the appearance that it's playing alphabetical when it's really just following the list top down.
L1WOLF - how did you create your playlist? I can not get mine to play in order.
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I have a MY25 e450 delivered to me Nov 15. Software version E262.3-4975. I am having a problem with the playlists for the USB media player. I have used WPL and M3U playlists created in Windows Media Player. Problem is the songs are not played in the order in the playlist, instead they are played in alphabetical order of the songs in the list. Is there a preferred format for the USB playlists?
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I have verified that the playlist is displayed with the correct order prior to being selected for play, but then it always plays in alphabetical order of the song names (not the track titles which contain the track number as prefix). The song names come from the tags in each FLAC music file. I think this must be a bug.
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I'm still trying to get my USB playlists to play in the listed order. It always sorts the list alphabetically by song title and plays in that order.
Is anyone else having this problem? I would greatly appreciate seeing an example of a playlist file that plays in the order listed in the file.
Is anyone else having this problem? I would greatly appreciate seeing an example of a playlist file that plays in the order listed in the file.
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I was wrong earlier when I said my playlists play in order. Mine were actually alphabetical in the playlist and therefore masked the fact that MBUX sorted it alphabetically. I've tried a few different tests and cannot get the car to not play songs in alphabetical order. One was using extended M3U files to set the track name with a numerical sequence. MBUX ignores the extended tags as any player that doesn't support them. I typically play in random order, but if you wanted a playlist that had multiple albums play in the order they appear on the album, you are out of luck. Unless you tag the file which can get quite messy and not really a viable solution.
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When using random, there are no issues, but the OP and others (including me) are not thrilled by the fact that play lists are by default played in alphabetical order regardless of the order on the list. This means you cannot force a specific order when using a play list. Also, when you start playing a list, it will not remember that you last had random on which means any time you change to play a different list the first track will always be the same until you turn on random and go to the next track. I've learned to live with it and having the Burmester 4D sound helps you forget about some of these shortcomings. Especially when you are playing an Atmos track.
