Burning MP3 CD Reorders My Songs

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Burning MP3 CD Reorders My Songs

iTunes 12.3.0.44

I'm trying to burn an mp3 cd (specific request) of an audiobook with 11 tracks.

After ordering and naming all 11 I burn an mp3 cd.

When iTunes loads the CD back in (without even taking the disc out) the tracks are all out of order.

It is not a matter of viewing the tracks, as they all have the same artist and album name, and clearly the tracks are selected.

I have also tried to right click on the playlist and select "copy to play order" but that doesn't seem to do anything.

Other interesting tidbits:

When I play in a PC on WMP, the order is scrambled again, yet in a different order.

When I play in a DVD player, the order is correct, even better than appears in iTunes.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11), 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB DDR3

Posted on Apr 25, 2016 1:27 PM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Apr 25, 2016 2:36 PM in response to Brittney Romney

How tracks appear in iTunes is a matter of how you have them set to view. if you have them set to view by manual order then they will appear in your manual sort order. If you have them set to view by artist they appear by artist, etc.

You do not show the track or disc numbers in your screenshot so I can't tell if it is sorting by them.

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Answer 2

Apr 25, 2016 2:36 PM in response to Limnos

Track numbers before burn (this came from a 2 CD set originally, which I am converting to a single mp3 cd):

Track numbers after:

So it's keeping the track numbers the same even after burn. And then when it's ordered by track number is where it messes up:

How can I edit the track numbers so that they show 1... of 11 so that when I order it by track number it will be in the correct order?

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Answer 3

Apr 25, 2016 2:24 PM in response to Brittney Romney

And I just answered my own question by right clicking on the track > get info > and manually correcting the track info

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Answer 4

Limnos

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Apr 25, 2016 7:22 PM in response to Brittney Romney

The track numbers are correct but what I don't see (so I can't tell for sure) are disc numbers. You seem to have a double CD album so you need to make sure the disc numbers are there to get it to place one set of tracks after the other.

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