[clug] Xmms question

Pearl Louis pearl.louis at anu.edu.au
Sat Sep 20 17:19:16 EST 2003


On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:57 am, you wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 07:18, Pearl Louis wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I pretty stupid question, but I can't seem to find an answer to it.  How
> > does xmms decide what order to load tracks if you choose to add an entire
> > directory to the playlist?  It doesn't seem to be alphabetical, length
> > (of track) or how "old" the file is (date last modified).  I'm trying to
> > work out because the mp3s I ripped all have the number of the track on
> > the front of their filenames and the order is getting all munged up when
> > I load them into xmms.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Pearl
>
> By inode perhaps? You can sort them by right-clicking the playlist, then
> Sort->Sort List->By Path and Filename.

I feel very embarassed now.  I never even noticed this option before, even 
though I went through every single option I could find in the "Preferences" 
dialogue!.  Thanks very much ^_^.  

Pearl



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