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Problem getting tracks in the right order in iTunes:

post #1 of 4
10/25/11 at 8:43pm
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Recently picked up the OST for "DRIVE".

75% of the songs are by Cliff Martinez, the rest by a variety of other artists.

For some reason, when i search for the album in itunes, the songs arent in order. This is mainly b/c its got various artists.

I can just click on the "track" tab and it will be in numerical order but then I have to switch it back when i want to listen to anything else.

 

Whats the solution here? I tried putting "Cliff Martinez" as the "album artist" but that didnt help.

Making it a compilation didnt help either.

 

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post #2 of 4
10/26/11 at 1:57am

One solution would be to process the album with dpPoweramp, uniforming the album data..

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post #3 of 4
10/26/11 at 4:10am

1) order the music by album

2) select all the songs on the album

3) select properties/info (Mac vs Win) (right click menu or menu bar)

4) put the main album artist name into the "album artist" field ( "Various Artists" works too as the name)

5) click "ok"

 

This should do it.

 

If not, use that method to correct the track numbers for each song (track x of y)

 

You might have to change the track artist to the same name, perhaps put the real artist names into the comment field.


Edited by Bones13 - 10/26/11 at 4:13am
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post #4 of 4
10/26/11 at 4:59pm
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Originally Posted by Bones13 View Post

1) order the music by album

2) select all the songs on the album

3) select properties/info (Mac vs Win) (right click menu or menu bar)

4) put the main album artist name into the "album artist" field ( "Various Artists" works too as the name)

5) click "ok"

 

This should do it.

 

If not, use that method to correct the track numbers for each song (track x of y)

 

You might have to change the track artist to the same name, perhaps put the real artist names into the comment field.



Thanks Bones, I think this works.

Ironically, the fix is so simple; just arrange by "album by artist" rather than by "artist".

This appears to keep everything in order.

 

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