#48 Only 255 tracks supported in "Use Filename Format"?

[Steve Frampton]

Hello:

I am trying to rewrite tags on about 330 mp3 files (my
Rio Nitrus is too crappy to play the damned songs in
the order I transfer them). The "Use Filename Format"
to automatically write the track number is a GREAT
feature, but it seems only the first 255 tracks are
numbered, with the remaining left at 0. I tried
breaking my songs (which have the track number actually
in the filename) into two directories to get around the
overflow, but it didn't help. Are you converting the
track to a single unsigned byte? With today's larger
devices, it might be a good idea to increase the
storage to 2 or even 4 bytes. ;-)

Thanks in advance.

[John George]

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are u tagging the tracks to the ID3v1.1 tag? If so 255 is the
maximum track number you can store cos according to the
ID3v1.1 specs 1 unsigned byte is used to store the track
number. If you want to use a greater number you will have to
use ID3v2.x tags which supports a free form text based track
tag (rather than a byte)...John G