topic Betreff: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers in Portable Audio

NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

marukomu — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:10:43 GMT

I am having an issue with WAV files on my A45 when I transfer them from Musicbee. They look fine on MB and have all the normal tags and artwork. However, on the Walkman the track numbering seems to be ignored and the tracks are in alphabetical order. All other file format (FLAC, ALAC, MP3, etc) are fine. Does anyone else have this issue? Have you been able to fix it?

Thanks.

Betreff: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

Peter_S. — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:57:36 GMT

Hi marukomu,

Probably the track numbers are missing.

Maybe check the tags with Mp3tag and add them if not available:

https://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html

Cheers
Peter

P.S. Better create a copy of the files before editing.

Betreff: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

marukomu — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:04:36 GMT

Thanks. Yes, in MP3tag the track numbers are showing up fine. Any other suggestions?

Re: Betreff: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

Joe_Dohn — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:23:17 GMT

This might be a quirk of MB, have you tried Music Center/Content Transfer?

Re: Betreff: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

marukomu — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:43:30 GMT

I haven't tried other packages but I don't think it's a MB issue. I've also transferred the files by drag and drop and got the same result.

I've just had a look and it is coming from the track titles, rather than the filenames i.e. even when the files are called 01 xxx.wav, 02 xxx.wav, etc, they are still sorted alphabetically by track title on the Walkman.

I know WAV files are a bit weird when it comes to tagging but this is very strange and I'd like to get to the bottom of it.

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

Sonyvores — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:13:18 GMT

that's normal, WAV files doesn't support extra meta data. You can't see any cover either.

The only work around for you if you want to keep such info with vaw file is to transfer the files with Sony software "media go" that support both walkman & meta data on wav files

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

marukomu — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:25:30 GMT

Thanks. I don't really want to install another system, as I like how MB works, but I suppose it is possible to just use Music Go for the transfer?

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

Sonyvores — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:47:26 GMT

I'm not sure Media Go can read MB extra info you add but u can give it a try.

And yes you can just use media go to transfert file

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

marukomu — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:37:16 GMT

Thanks. I need to investigate this a bit more and see how it works in practice.

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

marukomu — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:45:58 GMT

I've now downloaded media go but when I look at the WAV files in MG the tags and artwork that I can see in musicbee are not there. Is there any way to get MG to read them? I don't really want to have to re-enter it all.

Thanks.

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

Win_88 — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:35:16 GMT

Hi @marukomu

My reply may be a bit late but I'd actually suggest Sony Music Centre. Even though they're both by Sony, MG was discounted and replaced by MC. This will guarantee best compatibility.

Win_88

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

marukomu — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:53:13 GMT

OK, I've now tried this with Music Centre and it doesn't seem to work with it either. The WAV files that show up fine (with track numbers, artwork, etc in the tags) in Musicbee or MP3tag don't show up with those tags in Music Centre. Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how to get these tags to show up on my A45 walkman?

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

Joe_Dohn — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:22:02 GMT

I've contacted Sony on your behalf to check this and they were able to confirm that the Walkman doesn't support WAV metadata.

Hope this helps!

- J.D.

Re: NW-A45 and WAV files - lost track numbers

marukomu — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:25:03 GMT

Thanks Joe. Good to know.