Listing track numbers in file manager
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beanburrito
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Condobloke
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G'day Dave, Welcome to Linux.org
I can understand wanting to number your mp3's. Mine are sorted by name only.
I have 1257 mp3 tracks, stored in folder on an external drive which is formatted ext3/4
If I right click in an open space in amongst those those tracks I see the below:
So, I do not see an easy way to get what you are after.
However, there will be others with more knowledge than myself will undoubtedly see your post.
Be patient, this is an international site and timezones vary widely.
I can understand wanting to number your mp3's. Mine are sorted by name only.
I have 1257 mp3 tracks, stored in folder on an external drive which is formatted ext3/4
If I right click in an open space in amongst those those tracks I see the below:
So, I do not see an easy way to get what you are after.
However, there will be others with more knowledge than myself will undoubtedly see your post.
Be patient, this is an international site and timezones vary widely.
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@DaveB you should probably tell us which Linux Mint version, and the DE (Desktop Environment)
The File Managers differ.
Cinnamon - Nemo
MATE - Caja and
Xfce - Thunar
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
I've built an audio collection and from my experience you won't be happy with any sort of filtering/grouping of file names. I read that Dolphin can read metadata of the files, i.e. the ID3 tags, and group accordingly. I have not tried it, but (again) in my experience the ID3 tags of collected albums/tracks are too random to satisfy good hierarchical organisation.
What I usually do first thing on importing new music to the collection is run it through a music library manager that harmonises the ID3 tags according to official music library records. In doing so, it also brings the individual tracks and directory ordering into a uniform format (chosen by me. It is not, but it could be Album1.1.Songtitle.mp3, Album1.2.Songtitle.mp3) on import. AFTER doing this, you get adequate file grouping in a file manager, be it per ID3 tag or regular file listing.
So my advice to you is to get a music library software you enjoy using which supports updating the ID3 metadata. After you're done using it you'll see how much better it does everything else you try to do with the music (like creating playlists on the fly, etc).
What I usually do first thing on importing new music to the collection is run it through a music library manager that harmonises the ID3 tags according to official music library records. In doing so, it also brings the individual tracks and directory ordering into a uniform format (chosen by me. It is not, but it could be Album1.1.Songtitle.mp3, Album1.2.Songtitle.mp3) on import. AFTER doing this, you get adequate file grouping in a file manager, be it per ID3 tag or regular file listing.
So my advice to you is to get a music library software you enjoy using which supports updating the ID3 metadata. After you're done using it you'll see how much better it does everything else you try to do with the music (like creating playlists on the fly, etc).
Condobloke
Well-Known Member
I have Linux Mint.
There is no track number for .mp3 files other than in the tag or the title. They don't necessarily come from an album or CD. If there is no tag, and nothing in the title to show the track number, I don't know of a way to find it. You may have to edit the metadata and manually enter the track numbers, which is a lot of work for not a lot of profit, IMO.
I think a "file manager" is concerned more with managing the files as such without regard to what's -in- them so it doesn't surprise me too much that most FMs don't open a file to get information from the ID3 tag. It -does- surprise me that some FMs will show, for instance, a thumbnail of an image file - which would certainly require opening the file to get at what's in it.
I would expect thumbnailing to be a feature of a "photo manager" and perhaps handling ID3 tags to be a feature of a "music manager".
As a point of correlation, the command ls -l will show a file as being executable (a feature of its directory entry) regardless of whether or not the file actually contains any sort of program.
Just FYI though, a lot of things don't work they way I might want or expect them to and "creeping featuritis" is alive and well in many applications and distros.
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