Lumin iPad app - sort tracks by track number

rob_c

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Is there a way to sort an album's tracks by track number in the browse window of the iPad app? Some albums display sorted by track number and some do not and I can't figure out why. I read the guide and searched online and in this forum but came up with nothing. Sorry if this is a newb question.

Also, I seem to be missing the 'Sort the list by' icons (song title, album title, artist, etc.) above the browse window.

Any help appreciated.
 
Please install and use MinimServer for your library.
Your library needs to be tagged properly (e.g. using Mp3tag).
 
I am not using UPnP. I have my music library on a Samsung T5 SSD plugged into the back of the U1 Mini.
Can I still use MinimServer to tag my music on a Mac with the SSD plugged in and then move it back to the Mini?
Do I need to purchase MinumServer 2 or can I use the free Starter Edition?
Sorry for all the questions but I am new to this. Prior to purchasing the U1 Mini I used a Mac Mini running Jriver MC for many years.
 
Just curious, but what do you mean by ‘sort tracks by track number’? Every album I ripped or downloaded is sorted by track number, first to last.
 
Hi BlueFox, check out the browse window.

Lumin_Screenshot.jpg
 
rob_c said:
I am not using UPnP. I have my music library on a Samsung T5 SSD plugged into the back of the U1 Mini.
Can I still use MinimServer to tag my music on a Mac with the SSD plugged in and then move it back to the Mini?
Do I need to purchase MinumServer 2 or can I use the free Starter Edition?
Sorry for all the questions but I am new to this. Prior to purchasing the U1 Mini I used a Mac Mini running Jriver MC for many years.
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You may use Kid3 or something else to tag the music.

Please plug the SSD to the Mac, and run the free edition of MinimServer on it.

In Lumin app, choose MinimServer as the library.
 
I don't recall this happening until I updated the Lumin with the latest version (V 7.0).
My version seems to be sorting on the track title instead of track number.
 
Okay. Might be a U1 Mini bug. My X1 is at 7.0, and tracks are in order. Let me get a new download from HDTracks and recheck it. However, I play everything with random shuffle so I wouldn’t notice it unless I actually looked at the playlist.
 
Yeah, I'm rather disappointed about this.

If my mini is already sorting by track title why can't the firmware be changed to sort by track number?

I looked into the different tagging apps for Macs and I must say I find it all confusing. I never had an issue with this in the many years I have been using music server software.

I bought Lumin U1 Mini to eliminate the need for running my Mac Mini. Now I'm being told to run MinumServer on my Mac. :(
 
rob

Since you upgraded to version 7 have you tried shutting the Mini completely down and bringing it back up?
 
So the root of my issue is that some of my albums do not have the track number as the first two digits of the filename. Most of my music was ripped with Jriver MC which did the right thing filling out tag 2 and placing the track number in the song filename. But other albums were downloaded from various online retailers and are missing some info. So I guess I need to go and manually update the deficient album data. I downloaded kid3 which displays the existing data just fine but I can't figure out how to get it to update the album data on disk because it does not behave as the documentation says it should. It seem very flexible but overly complex. I could not find a Youtube video that was any help either, so I uninstalled it.

Does anyone know of a music tag editor that would allow me to batch process (or at least fairly automated) my music library, renaming files to include track numbers on a Mac?
 
Having the track number in the filename shouldn't make any difference, it just needs to have the right metadata embedded in the file. JRiver is more than capable of doing this if you're still using it. It can also edit multiple files at once. If not, try mp3tag (although I'm not sure if it works on mac).
 
Hi Jeff,

I already verified multiple times that my Lumin sorts on the filename and thus if the track number is not in the filename it sorts alphabetically on whatever is in the filename. Having said this maybe none of my music files are tagged correctly. The vast majority of the files have what looks like a fairly well filled tag 2 but maybe the Lumin wants tag1 which are empty. Or something else? I'm certainly no expert on music file tags!

And you are correct, Jriver MC made the job of renaming all files super easy. You just have to specify the info you want in the filename and with a few more keystrokes you can fix all files in the library. In my case it is over 9000 titles! Jriver rocks!
 
That's interesting, I didn't realise it sorted that way. After you said that, I just went and checked and all my files have the track number in the file name so I guess that's why I've never had the issue you are experiencing now. Maybe the only way is to go through and rename all your files, but I can understand with 9000 files that you are seeking an easier way first.
 
Good to hear you're sorted.
I'm not sure if there is some confusion in the thread because you are using an HDD connected directly to LUMIN via USB, rather than a UPnP server. This uses the Folder browsing method.
Normal LUMIN setup is to use UPnP, which is what makes better use of the tags for browsing - where you get the extra 'sort by' tabs shown here:
app-sort.png


Song Title
Album Title
Artist
Composer (optional)
Genre
Year
Newest added to the server

Although I know that BlueFox is also a USB HDD user.
 
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