KAudioCreator and Mp3 player playing order

[Matthew Flaschen]

Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
> 
> I found the following [man page]:
> http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/lame.1.html
> 
> the relevant part:
> --id3v2-only
>     add only a version 2 tag
> 
> But how do I add that to KAudioCreator? - I really don't want to have to
> encode from the cmd line :-(

You already are!  Seriously, KAudioCreator uses lame's command-line
interface already. Here's how to add the option:

1. Open KAudioCreator.
2. Click the "Settings" menu.
3. Click Configure KAudioCreator...
4. Click the Encoder tab (on left).
5. Click Lame in the top list.
6. Click "Configure" in the upper right.
7. Add " --id3v2-only" (no quotes but a space before the --) at the end
of the "Command-line field"

Tell me how that works out.

Matt Flaschen