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Questions / Re: Alphabeticalise

« on: April 06, 2020, 10:15:39 PM »

I've been all over the various controls in MusicBee to find a way of automatically alphabeticalising my album tracks but nothing. At least it gives me something to do during this virus lockdown!!

Using 'tracks' view click on title and the list is sorted by alpha. Then run the renumber tool and it should apply the track numbers in the order that your tracks are sorted.

Tracks view? what do you mean by that? I have no idea what you mean! I need a specific place to go to.

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Questions / Re: Alphabeticalise

« on: April 06, 2020, 07:33:28 PM »

I think he's saying he's doing it outside MB in Audacity.

I got that, but he said yes when I asked if he was using Renumber Tracks, only to mention Audacity. Seems to be a miscommunication there.

OK, I tried Renumber Tracks. Highlighted an album with 20 tracks in it, not in alphabetical order. Clicked on Renumber Tracks and the list of songs went into it, numbered it's true but still not in alphabetical order. Can't find any way of changing the numbers the way I want it. So that is why I use Audacity to number the tracks manually, then put them into MusicBee. So far it works though time-consuming. I've been all over the various controls in MusicBee to find a way of automatically alphabeticalising my album tracks but nothing. At least it gives me something to do during this virus lockdown!!

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Questions / Re: Alphabeticalise

« on: March 07, 2020, 08:07:04 PM »

I can't think of a single instance where MusicBee's default ordering would be "random". It will always sort by something.
Some screenshots here would go a long way to working out what you're doing / trying to do.

It's OK Zak. If it was easy to do a screenshot I would, but I'm sorting them with Audacity and it works fine. And thanks to all for your suggestions, you've all been very helpful

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Questions / Re: Alphabeticalise

« on: March 07, 2020, 08:05:03 PM »

Did you try using renumber tracks once they were in order?

Yes that's exactly what I'm doing. I'm sorting them in Audacity, where they automatically list in alphabetical order, and numbering them as I go along. So far it works

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Questions / Re: Alphabeticalise

« on: March 03, 2020, 04:21:16 PM »

Tried putting the album into a playlist and putting them in alphabetical order. They automatically numbered themselves correctly but I couldn't get it to transfer to the main screen. So, in the end, I selected the whole album, went through them individually in the edit field and numbered them correctly (eg, 1 of 21, 2 of 21 etc). Then went to edit preferences > Sorting/Grouping and selected track #, apply then save. It worked. A bit convoluted and I'm not looking forward to doing that with the bigger albums!! I can't understand why MusicBee doesn't put them in alphabetical order right from the start like iTunes.

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Questions / Re: Alphabeticalise

« on: February 29, 2020, 04:27:06 PM »

Well, I tried numbering the tracks and it does just that, numbers them. Doesn't put them in numerical order. The other answer about sorting/grouping doesn't seem to do anything. Of course, I may not be doing it right, but I think I have gone through all the possible permutations with no effect. Can anyone give me a step by step account of how to do it? To repeat, all the albums are in alphabetical order, it is just the tracks within each album that are random. I even tried to manually move the individual tracks into different positions but it won't let me move them. Thanks everyone for your help so far.

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Questions / Re: Alphabeticalise

« on: February 27, 2020, 08:28:23 PM »

I did think about that, but a few of my albums have between 150 to 200 tracks in them. Surely there's an easier way?

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Questions / Alphabeticalise

« on: February 27, 2020, 05:26:05 PM »

I'm just converting over from iTunes and I'm slowly getting my head around MusicBee. One question. All my albums are there in alphabetical order but the tracks are in random order. These albums are ones I have made myself, as opposed to proper downloaded albums. In iTunes, the tracks were automatically put in order. Is there a way to do it in MusicBee?