On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After two hours of searching with Google and Yahoo, I have not found a > good approach to the problem of maintaining proper file order when > copying mp3 files from an ext3 directory to a flash-based mp3 player. > > Contrary to the instruction manual, the player (a Creative MUVO) plays > files in the order in which they are written to flash memory, so if I > have an audio book with a hundred chapters on an ext3 drive and then > copy the book to the mp3 player, the chapters do not necessarily play > in proper sequence.
I had a similar problem with a lousy mp3 player. What I did was copy the files directory by directory. This does not work: cp -r ~/mp3/a_directory /mnt/usb This works and mantains the order: mkdir /mnt/usb/a_directory cp ~/mp3/a_directory/* /mnt/usb/a_directory It is certainly a pain in the ass if there are several directories, but at least it works. The * gets expanded to a file list in alphabetical order. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
