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If you play music from a USB stick on a stereo system or in your car, you know that the playback order of MP3 files is completely jumbled up. However, you can prevent this with a few simple tricks.
Change the playback order in Explorer
If you don’t necessarily want to sort your songs into different folders, you can simply number your music:
- To do this, put a number in front of the name of each MP3 file. It could look something like this:
- “001 – Track 1”, “002 – Track 2”, “003 – Track 3”, etc.
- However, make sure to always add a sufficient number of zeros at the beginning. Otherwise, the order will be mixed up after the tenth or hundredth song.
- You can also write these track numbers in the file tag. This also works on some systems. To do this, right-click on the desired file and select “Properties.” In the “Details” tab, you can now enter the track number (see image).
- Of course, you should also turn off the random mode on your car radio and music system. This is the only way to ensure that the songs are played in the specified order.
Set the playback order using a music playlist
If you want to play the music on another computer, you can also create a playlist. Most music systems now support this feature.
- To do this, copy the desired songs to the USB stick. The exact storage location is irrelevant.
- Now create a playlist in the desired order. This works with VLC Media Player, for example.
- Save the playlist to the USB stick as well. Important: Once you rename or move a file, it can no longer be played via the playlist.
