Possible to play tracks in order?

[Franklin]

This is an observation when I was playing with our iTunes server, and the results of this experiment are not guaranteed.
[Yes, our engineering department is working on indexing track numbers, however, here is another possible solution]

For the sake of this discussion, I will be using this CD as our topic of discussion

Load the music files under \music\Rodrigo y Gabriela
Then using a plain text editor (such as notepad), create the following text file

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01 - Tamacun.mp3
02 - Diablo Rojo.mp3
03 - Viking Man.mp3
04 - Satori.mp3
05 - Ixtapa.mp3
06 - Stairway To Heaven.mp3
07 - Orion.mp3
08 - Juan Loco.mp3
09 - PPA.mp3


Note: These are a list of file names in the folder


And then save the file as

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Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela.m3u

And save the file here
\\diskstation\music\Rodrigo y Gabriela

And then your iTunes client should be able to play the music in order.

Again, this is strictly an observation when I was "dinking around" however it was successful with other mp3s that I had on my computer, so it may work for you.

[waldiman]

Thanks for this hint. I will try this as soon as I am back home.

BTW: Good choice of music Saw them live in Singapore a few years ago... they rock!!

Cheers,
Jens

[Franklin]

A quick way to create the playlist files

::Sorry, windows only::

Go to the command prompt and find your music folder
And type the following command

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dir /on/p/b >index.txt

The command prompt will create a file called "index.txt" with the list of contents in the current folder. From here, you can manipulate the file name to something else.

[kelvin31]

can I make new dir ,type \\diskstation\music\XXX folder\Rodrigo y Gabriela
is it work?