Hi,
I have quite a few MP3 files (audio books) on my own device, which I’d like to listen to through Sonos. I can easily find the right audio book by selecting the ‘Author’. But then there are 30 chapters, and the files presented are randomly prsented, i.e. not sorted. I would like them to be sorted on filename, or alternatively(/optionally?) on ID3 tag ‘title’ and subsequently ‘track number’. I wonder how feasible such feature is.
Kinds, Bosenator
Sonos, as a rule, doesn’t change sort orders on any “list”, they present them as they’re handed them.
However, can you change the ID3 tag so that they sort in the order you think is correct? I seem to recall at some point I needed to add zeros in front of numbers for some application to sort properly, otherwise 1 was followed by 10 immediately.
And now there’s something tickling in my memory that I ended up adding track numbers to the “name” of the file in ID3 tags, so that they would sort properly there. This was long before Sonos came into my life, though. Early precursor of iTunes, maybe? Anyway, I am pretty sure I amended the name of the track from “Bob goes to school” to “01-Bob goes to School”. As an example, I’m pretty sure I’ve never read a book that has a chapter named “Bob goes to School” :) I seem to recall that it (whatever program I was using) sorted properly at that point. But a few hours of trial and error involved, too.
Edit: No need to notify me if you’re aware of a book that has a chapter named “Bob goes to School” though….
+19Hi
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Thank you - I've marked this thread as a feature request and it will be seen by the relevant teams for consideration. Keep the ideas coming!
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