XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 2/22/2026 3:51 PM, micky wrote:   
   > FYI   
   >   
   > Did you know: That no file manager with a GuI will display files in a   
   > directory in the order they are written onto the media?  And that no   
   > option in CMD will do this either?   
   >   
   > (I really don't understand Powershell or its role. Will anything in   
   > Powershell do this?)   
   >   
   > The only thing I know that will do this is Take Command, TCC or its free   
   > version TCC/LE.  Hasn't been updated since 2020 or earlier afaict, but   
   > there is no need to update it.  It's fantastic.  Has many other great   
   > enhancements though my 709-yo memory will need some time to think of   
   > them.   
   >   One simple one is CD....  where the number of dots minus one indicates   
   > how many directories up you will position yourself.   
   >   And dir /o:u will display files in Unsorted order.   
   >   
   > Why would physical order matter?  I'm sure there are many reasons, but   
   > for me, I wanted a flashdrive with music I like, since no radio station   
   > in Baltimore** plays it and I'm going abroad and certainly no station   
   > there plays 50's and early 60's music.  But using Radiomaximus, and I'm   
   > sure other methods, one can play 181.FM Oldies, for free.   And there   
   > are amny other genres as well.   
   >   
   > I did this several years ago but I can't find the flashdrive I made.   
   > This time it will be even better. So instead of just recording for a ay   
   > and a half, I recorded for 3 days. Got about 1650 files.  Sorted   
   > alphabetically and got rid of two groups I don't like, and got rid of   
   > the advertisements that they play, not that often but since I can get   
   > rid of them, I did so. (they are easy to spot, 1/10th the size of songs,   
   > plus they all have the same or similar names, names that are not the   
   > names of songs.  There were about 240 out of the 1700)   
   >   
   > This left 1357.  By sorting alphabetically, one sees that ome songs   
   > appea only once, some twice, and many 3 times.   
   >   
   > Well, they've taken small steps against my plan by putting a little   
   > advertising within the song files, but a small amount compared to what I   
   > deleted.   
   >   
   > If you use VLC and some other software, it plays them in alphabetical   
   > order, no matter what order they are on the flashdrive.  How about that.   
   > But the gizmo I have that plugs into the cigarette lighter and xmit to   
   > the radio plays in the order they exist on the drive.  The car I rent   
   > will probably have a usb input, and I don't know what order they will   
   > play in.  I've also got a tiny mp3 player that connects with a 1/8"   
   > audio cable. That plays in the order I want.   
   >   
   > For some reason, 5 seconds or so of the next song ae in the privious   
   > song's file, so if you don't play them in the original order, all the   
   > songs start 5 seconds in, and end with 5 seconds unrelated to the song   
   > before or the song after.   
   >   
   > Then I copied all of them to the flash drive it used whatever order was   
   > in the File Manager (with a gui). But I couldnt tell for sure what order   
   > they were in without TCC/LE and  dir /o:u .   
   >   
      
   I think this could be repaired, but you'd have to be one   
   clever geek to take low-bitrate Internet Radio recordings   
   and have a pleasant recording after you were finished   
   modding it.   
      
   If an NTFS file system is brand new, and you record songs   
   sequentially in a single folder, the "nfi.exe" listing   
   of filenum slots and their filename entries, will be in   
   the order of recording.   
      
   You could benefit from a lossless splicer for MP3s.   
   Does FFMPEG have that ? Dunno. But by the songs all   
   coming across from one radio station, maybe the bitrate   
   is stable for long periods of time.   
      
      Paul   
      
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