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I have been burning CDs using Apple Music on MACOS Big Sur (v11.6).
The playlist order is maintained on the CD when I burn an Audio CD.
The playlist order of the CD is NOT maintained when I burn MP3 CDs.
I tried all the obvious stuff: restarted MAC, clicked on "Copy to Play Order", sort by Play Order, renumbered with "Track Order" etc. no good.
I figured it out. After burning a MP3 CD, the song order appears mixed when attached to the computer. But when I place the MP3 CD in a dedicated player (say car CD player) the songs play in the correct order. I investigated the MP3 CD file content and found an XML file with the song list, which I assume, is used by the dedicated CD player. I'm good with that! p.s. still odd the Apple Music does not use/recognize this XML file (?)
I figured it out. After burning a MP3 CD, the song order appears mixed when attached to the computer. But when I place the MP3 CD in a dedicated player (say car CD player) the songs play in the correct order. I investigated the MP3 CD file content and found an XML file with the song list, which I assume, is used by the dedicated CD player. I'm good with that! p.s. still odd the Apple Music does not use/recognize this XML file (?)
Audio CDs are set out in the play order of the playlist, just linear audio data with a list of track lengths. MP3 CDs and Data CDs copy over the files as they are with their original file names, so the order of these is undefined. If you want these to play in a particular order you may need to make copies of the files and then add a track order prefix by hand, before burning the collection to disc.
tt2
Ah, glad to hear it works out OK in the car. I didn't realize Music/iTunes added a playlist as part of the MP3 CD. Every day is a school day.
tt2
p.s. It may also be something to do with my USB connected CD Player/Burner.
Burning MP3 CD Reorders My Song List
