KAudioCreator and Mp3 player playing order

[Matthew Flaschen]

Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Nigel Ridley wrote:
>> I did a google search but am still in the dark.
>> Why, when KAudioCreator rips and encodes .mp3's using CDDB, does the playing order 
>> on my Sandisk Sansa m200 not reflect the original playing order on the CD?
>>
>> The only clue I could find was this:
>> Id tags must be id3v2 or the Sansa will ignore them and put songs in alphabetical 
>> order.
>> He then goes on to recommend using Audio Tag Tool (tagtool) over EasyTag.
>> Any comments to help me understand things a bit clearer?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Nigel
>>
> 
> Answering myself here:
> I downloaded tagtool and converted, one album so far of .mp3's to id3v2 and then 
> recopied them to the player and now they play in the 'correct' order :-)
> 
> So if anybody else is having a similar problem tagtool and id3v2 is the answer.
> 
> And now for the obvious question: Why doesn't KAudioCreator use id3v2 ?

KAudioCreator uses LAME for MP3 encoding.  Go to Settings, Configure
KAudioEncoder, Encoder, then click LAME.  You can configure the
command-line options.  If LAME can handle ID3v2, there'll be an option
for it, but you have to find it...

Matthew Flaschen