media player 10, making back up discs of new music cds, the tracks in the now
playing list is in track order as it is on the master disc, and is displayed
the same in the burn to cd list but after convertering to wma or mp3 the
tracks get recorded to the new disc out of order. Shuffle is turn off along
woth sort by and all that other stuff. Please help.

Sonicx2c wrote:
> media player 10, making back up discs of new music cds, the tracks in the now
> playing list is in track order as it is on the master disc, and is displayed
> the same in the burn to cd list but after convertering to wma or mp3 the
> tracks get recorded to the new disc out of order. Shuffle is turn off along
> woth sort by and all that other stuff. Please help.

It really aids your cause to write something with easy to read full
sentences. After a few posts like this, my brain starts caving in.

Backup/data/MP3/WMA disks are simply disks of files... like a hard-disk
or floppy. The only order on them is imposed by the viewing application
- even if you started from a playlist. When you try to play them back,
they will typically play back in alphanumeric order. If you have a
playlist file present, then only certain more advanced players will look
for it and use it.

Mike, thank you for your reply. I am not sure if that helps me but I
understand what you are telling me. You are saying that this issue I have
should not be happening. So, The way I see the order in the now playing list
is the way it should be recorded to the new disc, right? YES. But if It was
not to do this, why would it record the tracks differently than the way they
appear in the now playing list?


"Sonicx2c" wrote:

> media player 10, making back up discs of new music cds, the tracks in the now
> playing list is in track order as it is on the master disc, and is displayed
> the same in the burn to cd list but after convertering to wma or mp3 the
> tracks get recorded to the new disc out of order. Shuffle is turn off along
> woth sort by and all that other stuff. Please help.

Sonicx2c wrote:
> Mike, thank you for your reply. I am not sure if that helps me but I
> understand what you are telling me. You are saying that this issue I have
> should not be happening.

No, I am saying that what you are seeing is expected.


> So, The way I see the order in the now playing list
> is the way it should be recorded to the new disc, right? YES.

If you are burning an Audio CD yes, but you are not, so NO.

But if It was
> not to do this, why would it record the tracks differently than the way they
> appear in the now playing list?

Because of the reasons outlined in my previous post. The only way to
guarantee playback order is to rename all the files on the disk so that
their alphanumeric order reflects the desired playback order.

I have media player 9 as I'm on 2000. I've bought music from MSN music UK and
so the .wma are protected. I've chekced the licences for all the files and
they can, supposedly, be burned to CD ten more times with an expiry date of
2099. I've created my playlist, gone to 'Copy to CD', the files are all
checked but the roxio applet keeps failing. I've tried the nero plugin and
that's useless too. I can't think of what else to do. Any ideas?

*passed on a reminder to the doc team to make sure this "order" issue is
doc'd for next version*

Thanks for the reminder. =)

--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

zachd [ms] wrote:
> *passed on a reminder to the doc team to make sure this "order" issue is
> doc'd for next version*
>
> Thanks for the reminder. =)
>

It *could* also be documented for this version if someone really wanted
to be helpful.

According to your system clock, you're living in the future. That's cool.
What should I invest in? Will we have robot butlers and jet cars? That was
always my hope. =\

The only interim ongoing releases I know of here are QFEs, KBs, and the web
help docs. It's not addressable via QFE, and I don't think it has the
weight for a KB. And the web help docs aren't really applicable in my eyes.
So I don't know there's a fix vector available until v.next, and then it'll
just be minor errata in the overall product notes.

What I'm doing on an ongoing basis, previous to v.next:
* Hooking up crash buckets to fixes where possible
* Adding text to relevant web error help pages where needed

Everything else gets directed to v.next. It'll be like Cairo, but it'll
actually happen.

You should send me your "top scenarios/concerns for v.next" soon. I've got
a list on my desktop of things I'm watching, but it's always good to remind
me lots and lots. =)

-Zach
--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Mike Williams" <mikew@m-v-p-s.org.null> wrote in message
news:44321C7F.4050200@m-v-p-s.org.null...
> zachd [ms] wrote:
>> *passed on a reminder to the doc team to make sure this "order" issue is
>> doc'd for next version*
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder. =)
>>
>
> It *could* also be documented for this version if someone really wanted to
> be helpful.