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[fijinz-all]

It's been a while I have used my Creator 10 Suite to burn a CD by compiling tracks from different CDs.  I tried to do one today, but as I drag the individual tracks (Creator Classic) to the box below, the order became randomized instead of being in the order I dragged and dropped them in the bottom half of the screen.  What's wrong?  How to fix it?  Appreciate any help.

[sknis]

fijinz-all, on 14 July 2011 - 06:34 PM, said:

It's been a while I have used my Creator 10 Suite to burn a CD by compiling tracks from different CDs.  I tried to do one today, but as I drag the individual tracks (Creator Classic) to the box below, the order became randomized instead of being in the order I dragged and dropped them in the bottom half of the screen.  What's wrong?  How to fix it?  Appreciate any help.

Randomized or alpha order?   Are you adding wav files or mp3 files?

[fijinz-all]

sknis, on 15 July 2011 - 02:17 AM, said:

Randomized or alpha order?   Are you adding wav files or mp3 files?

Thanks.  Just MP3 files from CDs.  I have no idea what randomized or alpha order means in your posting.  In the past, I was just used to the layout that each time I drag and drop a track downstairs, it just follows behind the last one.

[sknis]

fijinz-all, on 15 July 2011 - 02:49 AM, said:

Thanks.  Just MP3 files from CDs.  I have no idea what randomized or alpha order means in your posting.  In the past, I was just used to the layout that each time I drag and drop a track downstairs, it just follows behind the last one.

Alpha = alphabetical.
Randomized = no pattern.

mp3 are data files and the program may see them and organize them alpha order.  Your version is very old and Creator Classic no longer does any audio.  

Have you checked the audio tags (not the names)?  The program may be trying to arrange the files according to the audio tags.   Perhaps in the past you were using wav files?

[fijinz-all]

sknis, on 15 July 2011 - 03:01 AM, said:

Alpha = alphabetical.
Randomized = no pattern.

mp3 are data files and the program may see them and organize them alpha order.  Your version is very old and Creator Classic no longer does any audio.  

Have you checked the audio tags (not the names)?  The program may be trying to arrange the files according to the audio tags.   Perhaps in the past you were using wav files?

No, in the past, I've always used MP3 files.  I never played with the other kinds of files.  That's why suddenly I was shocked it happened that way.  It worked in the past that way.  So, it got me scratching my head.  Roxio told me "most" people buy new programs as they come out (of course, they like it), so they don't support the Legacy products anymore.  As far as I am aware, I've had the Roxio program for like 2 years.  May be when I bought it, it was already considered old (eBay).  I've always used the software from work, until 2 years ago.  When I got it, I saw all those fancy things, and thought I had the latest and greatest anyway.

Thanks.  Looks like I will buy a new program then.  Have a great day. Very appreciative of the comments.

[gi7omy]

The quick fix is to number your mp3s - 001<name>, 002<name>....., etc

This is actually a Windows thing rather than an application (Windows always sorts by alphanumeric order by default - the only change you can make to that is 'sort by date')

[sknis]

Just a comment if you don't mind.

If you rip an audio cd to mp3 files, the audio files are compressed and lose some fidelity.  You never get that back when you re-convert the mp3 files to wav.  Wav is uncompressed and basically what is on a cd.  Storage is now very inexpensive.  You may want to buy an external hard drive to store your music files in wav format if you don't have a lot of strorge available on your system drive.   Also you would not have issues with order of  the files on a music CD.

[fijinz-all]

gi7omy, on 15 July 2011 - 03:19 AM, said:

The quick fix is to number your mp3s - 001<name>, 002<name>....., etc

This is actually a Windows thing rather than an application (Windows always sorts by alphanumeric order by default - the only change you can make to that is 'sort by date')

Thanks.  I am still confused.  Say IF I would drag and drop, and the order in the bottom half is scrambled, the "burned" CD will not re-order in the 001, 002 order, will it?  since in the bottom half of the drag and drop screen, I will NOT be able to re-sequence them 001, 002.....?

This weird phenomenon is happening only lately.  When I call up my digital pictures using the Photoshop program, the pictures are also randomized for me, when in the past it didn't happen that way.  You probably are absolutely correct that Windows somehow is doing it to me, and not Roxio?

Appreciate another answer.