dvhttn Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Basically as the subject asks but I use 'track' and 'album' as they are used historically for real physical media. I did search but couldn't really find anything but I recollect seeing '99' as the max. number? The reason I ask is that sometimes I make up an 'album' from a lot of miscellaneous tracks so a max, if it exists, would be nice to know. And how does this work if an 'album' is split across 3 'CDs' (in mp3tag this would be the 'discnumber')? (I know I could name the albums slightly differently such as 'XYZ Volume 1', 'XYZ Volume 2', etc but it'd be nice not to). Thanks in advance. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 You can have as many tracks in an album as you like - for example I have one that I call "Singles" which contains 1114 songs and counting. However if you want to organise and sort them using the Track Number tag, there is a maximum value for that field of 999. The Disc Number field maxes out at 99 I seem to recall. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotleyG Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 6 hours ago, dvhttn said: Basically as the subject asks but I use 'track' and 'album' as they are used historically for real physical media. I did search but couldn't really find anything but I recollect seeing '99' as the max. number? Redbook for CD spec is 99 tracks, which is what you may be referring to. But in the digital media world this limit does not apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvhttn Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Ah, the disc max. is 99, that must be what I vaguely remembered. So effectively 99x999 if I want track numbers to be valid. That's fine for what I'm after. As for "in the digital media world this limit does not apply", that's very true. But software development means compromises are made, limits are put on structures mainly at the whim of the developer. Which is why I thought I'd find out, in this case, what those limits are. Sorted. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 The limit is partly for display space reasons, and partly so auto-recognition of track numbers from filenames doesn't try to interpret dates/etc. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvhttn Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 9 hours ago, andrewilley said: The limit is partly for display space reasons, and partly so auto-recognition of track numbers from filenames doesn't try to interpret dates/etc. Yep, I definitely wouldn't like to be Max coding around stuff like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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