Probably,this subject has been discussed before,but there is always a difference in the problems,that everybody has. I have converted several audio Cds to MP3 using dBPoweramp converter,which uses Lame. I want to burn about 8 of these Cds into a DVD disc,since the files are about 3.5 Gb. When I try to copy and paste from the CD folder into a new large folder,for later burning, it copies the first 10 or 18 tracks fine. It will copy all the tracks, Track1,....2,3.....18. When I want to do the same with the next CD with more or less with 15 of 20 tracks, I get the screen asking me,if I want to replace the old track 1, 2....etc with the new Track 1.If I say yes,it will(of course replace the old track with the new one,and I loose the first track 1).If I say no It will not copy the new tracks,and I can not continue adding more tracks with the same numbering. I was wondering,what I need to do to get around this problem. I guess I could rename the new tracks,but with several Cds that would take forever. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
renumber them.. add 1, 2, 3 etc to the beginning of each so they line up in the order you want.. that's the quickest way.
Thank you Paula,but like I said,that would be to tedious and time consuming,since I have too many Cds, and that would take forever. I am looking for a better fix. Thanks again!
hard luck.. as they are all called "track 1, track 2" etc you can't add identical named tracks to any directory so you are stuck.. it's your only option, tedious or not... IF you had ripped them properly in the first place with proper track titles you would STILL have the same problem.. with track 1,2,3,4 etc at the start causing them to be all over the place. It really doesn't take more than a few minutes to renumber files by adding just one or two or three characters to the start of each file name.. Think it through.. THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION BUT RENAME THE FILES!!! no "application" is psychic.. nothing can tell that "track1" is different from "track1" .. they are to the operating system and filesystem IDENTICAL... you created the problem.. now take the 10 minutes to get out of it.. What use is an untitled mass of songs on a dvd anyway?.. you will never know which is which without actually listening to them. I would title the directorys with artist/album then burn those to the disk. IF you don't care about the final order of the tracks at all you can use one of these.. http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwfilerename.html .. you MIGHT be able to add a sensible rule using one of those.. but I haven't even tried any.. because I don't run a crappy OS..but I would still just use 001a etc on the start of the filenames to get the right running order as the OS will order them properly as intended.. A little thought about your rules per directory can make life rather easy.. how about setting a prefix of 0000xx to 9999xx (xx original track numbering.. but might still cause problems with 1 followed by 10 rather than 2.. hehehe) and then whatever track number.. should work and keep them in album blocks,. no guarantees I make vinyl rips.. (you may have seen them around on the net.. the 98KHz 32bit files nobody seems able to play.. use foobar people.. only player that supports the hd-flac format) and those I call 001a.flac 002a.flac etc to keep them in order until I get round to titling them properly or burning them. It allows me 999 individual tracks per side.. and for an lp it equates to 00xa and 00xb etc for the sides..) It's a habit you get into when you run a proper unix operating system that requires a tidy mind to match it's tidy filesystem.. not a mickey mouse toy that encourages non thinking and scatters everything everywhere at random... so there you go.. you made a mess and now you want somebody or something to get you out of it easy with no thought or input on your part.. the world ain't like that.. sometimes we have to accept that we screwed up and will have to make some small effort to fix the mess.
Try using Media Monkey it has a free version. That is the tool you are looking for. You highlight in file explorer right click, select play in MM, highlight those tunes send them to a new play list. That is an optional, but you usually want to order them. Then highlight again and click the burn icon. You can point and shoot to alter the displayed text to any field items you have in the order you want. It will even warn you if it thinks you have dupes. There is no easier way to do it. That is easy when you burn a DVD.
