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 a
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 t
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)