Music player defaults to alphabetical order when selecting an album to play
- By olbriar
- Smartphones
- 37 Replies
Lets go straight to the likely problem. Go to the play store and download Audio Tag Editor. It is a free app, easy to use, and we can see if there is a problem with your tags and edit them. Once you have the app installed, open it and go through it's introduction and then allow it to access your music files. It should then bring up your LPs. Next enter on an album that plays in alpha. It will display the Artist and amount of tracks. Below that you will see each track. The format should show Track number, title, and track play time. Here is a screen shot of Meet The Beatles
If there isn't a track number, you can type in the correct number for each track by ticking on a song title. It will bring up a player and will play the song if you hit play. At the top of the screen you will see the title you have opened and a pencil to click to edit the tag information. Tick the pencil. You will then see track number as an option to edit. Type in the track number in the title box and then hit save at the bottom of the screen. You will have to repeat the process for each song in the LP.
The Metadata tag is not visible when playing songs but it is read by the player. LP, Artist, Track Name, Track Number, Genre ...etc is read and used by the player. If there isn't a track number, most all players will default to playing the songs in alpha. Missing track numbers in the metadata file is my best guess why your players play some in alpha and some in descending track sequence. This simple editor should be easy enough for you to edit your files.
If there isn't a track number, you can type in the correct number for each track by ticking on a song title. It will bring up a player and will play the song if you hit play. At the top of the screen you will see the title you have opened and a pencil to click to edit the tag information. Tick the pencil. You will then see track number as an option to edit. Type in the track number in the title box and then hit save at the bottom of the screen. You will have to repeat the process for each song in the LP.
The Metadata tag is not visible when playing songs but it is read by the player. LP, Artist, Track Name, Track Number, Genre ...etc is read and used by the player. If there isn't a track number, most all players will default to playing the songs in alpha. Missing track numbers in the metadata file is my best guess why your players play some in alpha and some in descending track sequence. This simple editor should be easy enough for you to edit your files.
