Stopping Twonky playing tracks alphabetically

Posted by: The Meerkat on 02 August 2014

I don't want to get in to the debate of 'Wonky Twonky' vs Asset & Minim, but is there a way to configure Twonky, so that it doesn't play album tracks alphabetically? (via n-Stream) I know that I can edit the tracks in XLD, by putting 01, 02, 03 etc, directly before the track name. The album will then play the tracks as intended.

I have just played all 12 Beatles albums, which are in Hi-Res 24bit FLAC. I really don't want to manually edit the track numbers! Why does 'Wonky Twonky' do that?! Does everyone who has Twonky, suffer from this?

I am running Twonky software 7.2.70.0, on my Qnap NAS 112. (I did actually try Asset and Minim, but found most of the artwork missing).

 

Twonky isn't too bad, but listening to 'Her Majesty', at virtually the beginning of Abbey Road is rather weird.

Posted on: 02 August 2014 by Scooot
Hi,
Unless the latest version sorts the tags the way you suggest,then  not that I am aware of.I had to manually edit the track name with a number.
As a work around could you not create a playlist with the tracks in the correct order.a little long winded but it would give you what you want.

Scott
Posted on: 02 August 2014 by Dungassin

Are you using Folder view in Twonky?  IIRC doing that makes the tracks play back in alphabetical order.  So what you have to do is search using one of the other options such as album or album/artist.

Posted on: 03 August 2014 by HiFiman

Had this with a nick drake 24 bit I download after purchasing five leaves left on vinyl, used mp3 tag and numbered the tracks in the correct order bit of a ball ache but it worked.

Posted on: 03 August 2014 by Sloop John B
What did you initially rip the albums with?
Posted on: 03 August 2014 by The Meerkat

Dungassin: Yes, they are in 'Folder View', 16bit folder (Ripped CDs). 24bit folder (Hi-Res 96/24bit downloads)

 

I have just tried 'Artist View'. The problem now is, it shows all the tracks from the relevant artist individually. The 12 Beatles albums are now all mixed together, and shows every track alphabetically from 'A Day In The Life, through to 'Your Mother Should Know'. Tried an artist with just one album, 'Billy Idol', and it's still displayed alphabetically.

'Artist/Album' is a bit better, not listed alphabetically, but doesn't recognise the WAV files. It lists all those WAV albums as individual tracks, and calls them 'Unknown', with no artwork.

 

HiFiman: You're right, it can be done. But as you say, what an absolute ball ache!!

 

Sloop: The 16bit folder, are CDs that were ripped on a UnitiServe SSD, and also by XLD on my iMac. The 24bit folder, are Hi-Res 24bit downloads.

 

The original rips from the UnitiServe were ripped in WAV, which are listed as 'Unknown'. I am gradually changing them to FLAC using XLD. Which as we all know, gives better metadata.

Posted on: 03 August 2014 by smiglass
Originally Posted by The Meerkat:

I don't want to get in to the debate of 'Wonky Twonky' vs Asset & Minim, but is there a way to configure Twonky, so that it doesn't play album tracks alphabetically? (via n-Stream) I know that I can edit the tracks in XLD, by putting 01, 02, 03 etc, directly before the track name. The album will then play the tracks as intended.

I have just played all 12 Beatles albums, which are in Hi-Res 24bit FLAC. I really don't want to manually edit the track numbers! Why does 'Wonky Twonky' do that?! Does everyone who has Twonky, suffer from this?

I am running Twonky software 7.2.70.0, on my Qnap NAS 112. (I did actually try Asset and Minim, but found most of the artwork missing).

 

Twonky isn't too bad, but listening to 'Her Majesty', at virtually the beginning of Abbey Road is rather weird.

Hi Meerkat,

This is a common issue discussed here and elsewhere on the web re: Twonky.  The fix is to open the Twonkymedia folder on your  NAS, then open the views folder then go to folder views and add lines to it to sort by tracks.  This link gives some idea of how to do it.

http://community.wd.com/t5/My-...de-still/td-p/482774

Hope this helps. I fixed this a while back and have had no troubles since.  

Regards,

Anthony

Posted on: 04 August 2014 by The Meerkat

Thanks Anthony...It's rather strange actually, on my Qnap 112, which is running the latest Qnap software, it has two versions of Twonky. One is built in to the DLNA, and called 'TwonkyMedia DNLA Server', software version 6.0.39. The other one is just called 'TwonkyMedia', software version 7.2.70.0. This version is contained in the 'App Centre'. To confuse things, Qnap has it's own 'DNLA Media Server' (Beta) as well. I have tried all three, and the one that performs the best, apart from the alphabetical problem, is the one contained in the 'App Centre' running 7.2.70.0 software.

 

Apart from the navigation tree choice, there is no other access, or settings that I can see, in the version I am using. I had a look at the link you gave me, not sure what version of Twonky they were using, but it looked way out of my depth and ability.

 

Thank you for your kind advice though. I'll wait till winter arrives then take on the task of doing it manually. It'll give something to do during the dark nights! 

 

Cheers