Playlist Editor - Numbering starts at 130 (No ID3 tags)

jibi · 27th May 2006, 17:16

When you have a playlist that consists of mp3s that are named 001-song-artist, 002-song-artist, etc., then the playlist will show up 'song - artist' for the first 129 songs, then at 130, it will show up '130 - artist' (see screenshot attached). This can been seen in 2CD albums with the same naming convention (101-artist-song for the first CD; 201-artist-song for the second), as well (e.g. showing up as '201 - song'). I've only noticed this 'limitation' with Winamp, and its been present since I can remember (pre-5.0).

I'm sure this has been reported at some point in the past by someone else, but I couldn't find any reference to it on the forums.

To replicate, simply have a track named 130-song-artist (or, conversely, 130-artist-song or really any number over 130) with the ID3 tags removed and open it in Winamp (you don't have to have 130 songs in numerical order and like naming convention - just one song).

DJ Egg · 27th May 2006, 17:36

Hmm... I'm not sure if I understand you,
and I don't think I can reproduce the issue either...

If there's no id3 tags, then it's probably something to do with media library guessing, as determined by these settings:

Winamp 5.22 > Prefs > Media Library > Local Media:

Options tab: Use library title info for playlist item formatting

Watch Folders tab > Configure button:
Smart detect (ie. select "no guessing" instead)

Also, what's your Advanced Title Formatting string set to in Prefs > Titles?

[Edit]

Re: reply below: No, all these settings affect the title display in the playlist.

jibi · 28th May 2006, 08:31

That's for the Media Library not the Playlist Editor. I'm just using default settings for everything. I'm just curious why it stops off at 129 for the filename numbering convention. From 001-129, it is fine. 130 and above is where it messes up. I'm not really sure how to explain it short of simply pointing to the screenshot. In this example, the filenames are as follows:

129-bat_out_of_hell-meat_loaf.mp3
130-hey_jude-the_beatles.mp3

jibi · 28th May 2006, 08:38

Got to playing around with some of the Preferences. Looks like if you go into the Titles preferences uncheck 'Use advanced title formatting when possible' then its fine (e.g. - 189-still in love with you-thin lizzy for 189-still_in_love_with_you-thin_lizzy.mp3). So it appears that something may be wrong or not parsing correctly with the default format: [%artist% - ]$if2(%title%,$filepart(%filename%))

27th May 2006, 17:36	#2
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Hmm... I'm not sure if I understand you, and I don't think I can reproduce the issue either... If there's no id3 tags, then it's probably something to do with media library guessing, as determined by these settings: Winamp 5.22 > Prefs > Media Library > Local Media: Options tab: Use library title info for playlist item formatting Watch Folders tab > Configure button: Smart detect (ie. select "no guessing" instead) Also, what's your Advanced Title Formatting string set to in Prefs > Titles? [Edit] Re: reply below: No, all these settings affect the title display in the playlist. Playlist -\|- Twitter

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28th May 2006, 08:31	#3
jibi Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3	That's for the Media Library not the Playlist Editor. I'm just using default settings for everything. I'm just curious why it stops off at 129 for the filename numbering convention. From 001-129, it is fine. 130 and above is where it messes up. I'm not really sure how to explain it short of simply pointing to the screenshot. In this example, the filenames are as follows: 129-bat_out_of_hell-meat_loaf.mp3 130-hey_jude-the_beatles.mp3

28th May 2006, 08:38	#4
jibi Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3	Got to playing around with some of the Preferences. Looks like if you go into the Titles preferences uncheck 'Use advanced title formatting when possible' then its fine (e.g. - 189-still in love with you-thin lizzy for 189-still_in_love_with_you-thin_lizzy.mp3). So it appears that something may be wrong or not parsing correctly with the default format: [%artist% - ]$if2(%title%,$filepart(%filename%))