Disklavier

On 29 July 2012 08:11, nehs1975 <nehs1975@...> wrote:
> Hi George,
> Thanks for your suggestion,  I tried it but it did not work.  The E3 still reads files alphabetically.
>
> What seems to be working is the old but time consuming method of adding sequential numbering on each filename, ie 01.songtitle.mid, 02.mysong.mid, etc.
>
> I also did not bother moving two files from the original smart pianosoft floppy to the USB stick, namely, PDISK.MNG and PSONG.MNG. These files seem to contain the correct order of playback but the E3 does not follow it.  The E3 generates its own MNG file called album.mng.  It also looks like I can edit this file in notepad but it's too much hassle.
>
> Interesting to note that when songs are played alphabetically, the E3 looks for the correct song in the CD and plays it.
>
> The only downside to playing in alpha order is it does not follow the correct order of songs in the original commercial CD.  It's nice to play it this way in case you want to know the song title.

You could get a renaming utility to do that for you - a friend wrote
this but it's been so long since I had to use Windows I can't remember
if it does quite what you want.
http://www.olliholliday.co.uk/renamerfairy/

On some of my pianosoft floppy disks there is also an index file, but
I know little about its format or function.

Can you post an example of the MNG file to the list? Maybe one of us
can write a short script to help you (eg if you were to copy the files
one by one in order, presumably they would have a sequential modified
date, and we could then reorder and update the contents of the MNG
file accordingly).