Tracks playing in the wrong order

[MotleyG]

Did you try this other suggestion?

When you sort using the Disc-Track# column and the albums is displayed as expected, right-click anywhere on the list, and in the menu that appears drill into List->Update Play Order. That should reassign the tracks in the "#" column and restore the original album order.

[MotleyG]

What "Sorting" method are you using? If you check the Sort By->Define Custom Sorting... option, maybe you have something there under the album or track fields defined to sort as "descending" by default?

[hiccup]

You are playing the album from the Library Explorer. It looks like that panel remembers how the songs are sorted in the main panel.
Try selecting the album using the Tracks view in the main panel, and then sort the tracks by track number.
(sorting them in the Playing Tracks panel, as I suspect you have been doing won't help)
Start playing the album only briefly. (not sure this is needed, but just to be sure)

I think the next time you play it from the Library Explorer that playing order will remembered and used.

[A0]

What "Sorting" method are you using? If you check the Sort By->Define Custom Sorting... option, maybe you have something there under the album or track fields defined to sort as "descending" by default?

 I couldn't find a "Sort by", sorry. Is that the same as Menu > Edit > Edit Preferences > Sorting / Grouping? If yes, then it's all empty - no custom sorting

[MotleyG]

If you right click in the bar above where your list is (Where it says "Mood" in your image) you will get some options including the sorting.

On my screen I can right click in the area of the red circle, where I am using Album Artist rather than Mood as the filter. The first eight sorting options are pre-defined. I have a few custom ones that are currently showing. Plus you can choose to sort in Ascending or Descending order.

[A0]

You are playing the album from the Library Explorer. It looks like that panel remembers how the songs are sorted in the main panel.
Try selecting the album using the Tracks view in the main panel, and then sort the tracks by track number.
(sorting them in the Playing Tracks panel, as I suspect you have been doing won't help)
Start playing the album only briefly. (not sure this is needed, but just to be sure)

I think the next time you play it from the Library Explorer that playing order will remembered and used.

Thanks hiccup  ... I tried to follow your instructions but I'm getting a bit lost here. Do you mean display it like this?



As you can see, it does display in the correct order like this and the real track 1 does play first if I play the album from the centre panel. So if I keep it on Library in the navigator panel, it works ok. But if I select Now Playing in the navigator panel, it reverses the tracks again.

[A0]

If you right click in the bar above where your list is (Where it says "Mood" in your image) you will get some options including the sorting.

On my screen I can right click in the area of the red circle, where I am using Album Artist rather than Mood as the filter. The first eight sorting options are pre-defined. I have a few custom ones that are currently showing. Plus you can choose to sort in Ascending or Descending order.

Got it thanks   

I'll read the rest of your reply now - thanks for pointing me in the right direction

[hiccup]

I tried to follow your instructions but I'm getting a bit lost here. Do you mean display it like this?

No, that says 'Album and Tracks'.
Select 'Tracks' view instead.

[A0]

I tried to follow your instructions but I'm getting a bit lost here. Do you mean display it like this?

No, that says 'Album and Tracks'.
Select 'Tracks' view instead.

ok sorry, thanks for your patience. I see what you mean now. It works fine like that - it's already sorted (and plays) correctly. But as soon as I go back to Now Playing in the Navigator (Playing Tracks view), it plays backwards again.

So yes, I could stick to the tracks view (thank you) but surely it should also sort properly in the Now Playing view?

[A0]

What "Sorting" method are you using? If you check the Sort By->Define Custom Sorting... option, maybe you have something there under the album or track fields defined to sort as "descending" by default?

Here are the sort settings:

[A0]

I've got to go offline for an hour or so, I'll check for any updates later.

Thanks for all your help everyone

[hiccup]

So yes, I could stick to the tracks view (thank you) but surely it should also sort properly in the Now Playing view?

It will play in order for both Album, Album and Tracks, and Tracks view.
I am not sure why that order is not respected when using the Library Explorer.
(for you that is, it does for me when testing this)

[MotleyG]

I am not sure why that order is not respected when using the Library Explorer.
(for you that is, it does for me when testing this)

Same here, MB behaves as expected. I even changed my layout to match what is shown to include the library browser in the left panel, right down to using Mood as the filter and choosing to Play Now from any album using a right-click. All play from track 1 in order. Unfortunately I'm out of suggestions here, sorry.

[A0]

I am not sure why that order is not respected when using the Library Explorer.
(for you that is, it does for me when testing this)

Same here, MB behaves as expected. I even changed my layout to match what is shown to include the library browser in the left panel, right down to using Mood as the filter and choosing to Play Now from any album using a right-click. All play from track 1 in order. Unfortunately I'm out of suggestions here, sorry.

Thank you both very much for all your efforts to reproduce the problem, and to everyone for all your suggestions.  I'll continue to monitor it and if I have any other feedback, I'll update this topic.

[Zak]

I've been playing along at home, and have a partial explanation of what's happening.

On the left are the tracks in an album, displayed in the correct track number order. On the right is the actual order in which they are playing. In this case they are playing backwards, but in other albums, the playing sort order (on the right) appears to be random.

2. Perhaps you have (accidentally) activated shuffle play or Auto DJ?

My money is on this.

The thread title and description isn't quite accurate, and may have sent some people down the wrong path.
MusicBee isn't playing tracks out of order - it's queueing them out of order.

Even with shuffle enabled, queueing an album will usually still list the tracks in album order. It's only during playback that the order is randomised.
(That's why the Play Shuffled command exists - it will actually queue tracks in a random order)

As for why it's queuing them out of order, that's trickier and I think is being hidden by your particular Now Playing panel settings which I'm struggling to replicate.
(It's not clear if that's your entire window, or just part of it)

Consider these two views of the same album:

This an album selected in the Library Explorer on the left, with the tracks from the album shown in the middle:



Here the tracks are shown in album order.
Double-clicking the album title (or right-click > Play Now) will queue the tracks in the same order.

Now - with the same album selected - I have sorted the tracks in the middle tracklist by title:



Playing the album now will also queue the tracks alphabetically by title.

Even though the tracklist isn't shown in your view, somehow I think you have accidentally sorted the tracks by a field other than track number and MusicBee is queueing tracks in that order.
It might be a bug, or it might just be an unfortunate side effect of your particular panel configuration.