Clip Sport Songs Order & Album Mix-ups

@scarfitup wrote:

Went to mp3 tag site and before download got a warning from McAfee saying site was dangerous.

Couldn’t get freeware without downloading garbage that comes with freeware.

You’re clicking on the wrong link then. Most likely an ad,

how did you get the program?

the site has triggered warnings from my brousing software plus a lot of junk with download you can’t eliminate.

MP3Tag official site:

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

And the correct download page:

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Click on the mp3tagv266setup.exe link.

I bought this Clip Sport as a gift for my father.

I got a huge job done in tagging an big audio book (16 cd’s - 175 tracks)

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That Sansa player is a real joke.

Running v1.22

Even if I make sure that every single tag (disk/track/title) are in order.  On the Clip the ordering is almost totally random ; they show like this :

001

014

024

036

047

058

067

002

015

025

And there is also a length restriction of the db that break the album title so it only see 3 albums instead of 16.

The album issu I understand, but the ordering is a real shame.  

I just look at “solution” that other user found.  Concidering that have issue with all my taging I guess it really order by the firs 2 caracter hahaha

Did I said that ITS A SHAME ?

Can I get a refound for this garbage ?

I would suggest removing “Piste” form the beginning of the Title, drop the “CD01-01”  and simply having the tracks appear like this:

001 - Debutante

145 - Vocabulare

and so on.

The sport does not recognize album names over 30 characters. I renamed the album with by selecting all the tracks on the album, right clicking, choose properties, and change the album name to something shorter - it now plays fine. I also updated firmware to 1.22

I’m having a ploblem with my sandisk clip sport the album mix-up and the time clock on the system will you help me or release another firmware update with the version 1.23.

i cant contact sandisk so please e-mail me on

micky.mouse_4@hotmail.com

for help on my MP3 player if the Firmware update is not possible.

thanks.

To get assistance, best that you specifically outline, in detail, the issue here, so that others may respond to you.

I am considering purchasing a Sandisk Sansa Sport 8gb. However, whether you’re listening to a Paganini concerto or a Beatles album, song order is highly significant, and almost never, if ever, is supposed to go alphabetically. Unless of course, you’re on crack or act like it. So, I have to know beforehand whether the issue with playlist song order was fixed for these devices. Would someone here be so kind as to inform me about the status of the song order problem? Has there been a fix?

Thanks in advance!

I am sure a few SanDisk “guru” level forum members will provide better answers for your concerns.

First, make sure you install the latest FirmWare 1.28.

      http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/SanDisk-Clip-Sport/Clip-Sport-FW-1-28-4K-database-Beta/td-p/342560

For starters, use Win Explorer to copy one specific album of files into one specific subfolder inside the MUSIC folder on your Clip Sport (or the micro SD card)

MP3 Tag Method:

  1. Use mp3tag freeware software here:     http://download.mp3tag.de/mp3tagv272setup.exe

      AND, use tag type:  ID3v2 ISO-8859-1 (set under Tools -> Options)

  1. Use album and song titles that are 12 characters or less (?) that clearly define the identity of the music files

  2. Use 2 digit (3 if necessary) prefixes added to the song titles (include leading zeroes, 01-  etc)

     I think the hyphen helps too.

  1. Try a small test sample of files to learn what works best for you.

PLAYLIST Method:

An alternate approach is to create a unique playlist file (.m3u) for each subfolder.

The same software (mp3tag) can be used to create an ordered playlist for each sub-folder under the MUSIC folder.

Best Wishes !!!

I am sure a few SanDisk “guru” level forum members will provide better answers for your concerns.

First, make sure you install the latest FirmWare 1.28.

      http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/SanDisk-Clip-Sport/Clip-Sport-FW-1-28-4K-database-Beta/td-p/342560

For starters, use Win Explorer to copy one specific album of files into one specific subfolder inside the MUSIC folder on your Clip Sport (or the micro SD card)

MP3 Tag Method:

  1. Use mp3tag freeware software here:     http://download.mp3tag.de/mp3tagv272setup.exe

      AND, use tag type:  ID3v2 ISO-8859-1 (set under Tools -> Options)

  1. Use album and song titles that are 12 characters or less (?) that clearly define the identity of the music files

  2. Use 2 digit prefixes added to the song titles (include leading zeroes, 01 02  etc)

    (mp3tag software has some handy numbering commands)

  1. Try a small test sample of files to learn what works best for you.

PLAYLIST Method:

An alternate approach is to create a unique playlist file (.m3u) for each subfolder.

The same software (mp3tag) can be used to create an ordered playlist for each sub-folder under the MUSIC folder.

Best Wishes !!!

The track order was fixed long ago as far as those albums that have track numbers which contain leading zeros as needed, ie. 01, 02, …10, 11 , etc. 

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Hi all,

I recently purchased a Sandisk Sport Clip and uploaded Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile, which is a double album.

The player is not seperating the two disks, even though they are tagged both with disk number and track number.

My test workaround was to remove rename the files as tracks 1-23 (instead of CD1 1-12 and CD2 1-11) but this didn’t seem to work either.

Can anyone assist here? Also, what software are you using to retag, or can I just edit the file name directly? Thanks.

You are very close to your desired solution by using track numbers 1-23

  Using FOLDER play mode, change the filenames to start with 2-digit prefixes (01, 02, etc)

  Using MUSIC play mode, change the mp3 tags so the track numbers have 2-digit numbering (01, 02, etc)

      Best tagging results are obtained using “mp3tag” software from this url:

      http://download.mp3tag.de/mp3tagv273setup.exe

      Under Tools -> Options -> Tags -> Mpeg, select Write to ID3v2.3 ISO-8859-1

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Perfect, it worked – thanks!

What an absolute load of ■■■■!

Given that the ID3 tag has been a completely standard thing since at least 1996 I find it incredulous that I’ve bought an Mp3 player that can’t actually deal with them properly.

Retagging all of our track names with 2 digit prefixes is a completely insane fix. Sandisk, please get your finger out and fix the apalling software for this player as soon as possible.

It feels like a product that’s someone travelled into the future from the crappy early 2000s.

Very disappointing, what a mess!

      Prior to my recent purchase of a SanDisk Clip Sport, I enjoyed using a few iPod & iPad devices from Apple along with music file management with iTunes software.  Even now, I continue to use iTunes to rip my CD collection into mp3 files for playback on my Clip Sport.  

      I always observed that iTunes automatically creates 2-digit prefixes to CD music filenames during the “ripping” process. These 2 digit prefix filenames are perfectly compatible with the FOLDER playback method of Clip Sport and Clip Jam.  

     Unfortunately, iTunes uses 1-digit track numbers in the ID3 tags for tracks 1-9 during the CD ripping process. The Clip Sport and Clip Jam will confuse the play order of music files using MUSIC playback method for 1-digit track numbers.  One easy fix for this confusing behavior is to create 2-digit track numbers in the ID3 tags for music files 1- 9 (01, 02, 03, etc).

     Once I decided I really enjoy using my cute little Clip Sport(s), using MUSIC playback mode, I decided I could easily resolve this minor nuisance using free mp3tag software. This software includes a command to change 1-digit track numbers to 2-digit numbers.   Here is a link to the latest version (Jan. 2016).

            http://download.mp3tag.de/mp3tagv273setup.exe

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So since buying this product a week ago I’ve basically taken up a 2nd job of attempting to tag and retag things and it still just seems to do what it likes.

Having just double checked a bunch of artist and album names in tags (id3 v1 and 2) using kid3 on OSx (I’ve also used iTunes for retagging with no dice) and guess what, still all over the place, one song in it’s own ‘folder’ when browsing, the rest in a different folder but out of order.

There is categorically no way that I will ever recommend this piece of trash, I’d probably advise people just to use their phones, or maybe listen out  the window to see if any passing cars are playing something they like as you’ve as good a chance of hearing it there than trying to navigate the Clip Sport.

I also love the clunky interface and the way that every single time I try to change the volume, it asks me if I’m sure that I want to do it.

head/brickwall/eyeroll