[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1176106] Re: Nautilus file order problem when copying files to FAT32 USB

2013-05-04 Thread abssorb
The devices in question are car audio players with MP3 playback via USB. Both OEM (e.g. Volvo, Nissan, Mercedes etc etc) and aftermarket (e.g. Pioneer, Alpine etc). They are working as designed.The same data transferred to the same USB from a windows PC behaves as expected. I can appreciate

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1176106] Re: Nautilus file order problem when copying files to FAT32 USB

2013-05-04 Thread Phillip Susi
It happens to work in Windows because you are probably using NTFS, which does actually store all directory entries in alphabetical order, and FAT stores them in the first free space, so if you create a fresh, empty directory, then add the files, that will be the order they end up in. Removing and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1176106] Re: Nautilus file order problem when copying files to FAT32 USB

2013-05-03 Thread Phillip Susi
This is a defect in the device, not nautilus. The order files are stored in the directory on disk is undefined and can not be relied on. Either the device should be sorting them or you should use a play list to tell the device the order you want them listed in. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)