Okay, this doesn't solve your id tag problem but it will make your songs play in the right order.
1. Make a playlist from the folders on your hard drive or wherever they are that are in the right order. You can make one big play list or a bunch of small ones. I've done this by opening the folders in vlc and then saving the playlist(s) as m3u (it's in the vlc file menu). (2) In iTunes preferences in the advanced tab, uncheck the box for iTunes to copy files to iTunes Media when it adds them to the library. Actually, you can let it copy them if you want but if you are keeping them elsewhere in the right order, don't bother. (3) import your playlist(s) into iTunes. The files will be added to the iTunes library but your files won't be copied and iTunes never messes with the organization of files elsewhere than the path to your media folder. . Now, if you try to view and play your files from the songs view, they will be out of order. But as long as you play them from playlist view using the table for your playlist, the songs should be played in the right order because they follow the playlist you imported and not iTunes' reading of the tags. If you are planning to fix the info for the songs this might only be a stopgap but if you want to play your music in iTunes in the right order, it should do the trick. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 6, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Mark Baxter <markbaxte...@gmail.com> wrote: > I mean that in the folder I imported them from on my hard drive, they were > labeled "01 - This is the FIRST song," and "02 - THis is now the SECOND > song," and Itunes decided that 06 should come first, followed by 05 (3, sir, > 3!) and didn't keep the numbers. > > > • Mark BurningHawk Baxter > • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 > • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com > • My home page: > • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
