I have a question that a friend of mine asked me about and I am turning to the great minds here to see if they have a suggestion or solution. He is using XP, but this may happen with Vista too, I am not sure.
Any ideas anyone?"As you most likely know, in Windows Explorer (I am still using XP) there is an option when renaming a bunch of files in a folder to give them all the same name with a numeric suffix.
For instance Vacation 2005
Vacation 2005 (01)
Vacation 2005 (02)
Vacation 2005 (03)
etc
This is done by renaming the first file in the bunch, pressing function key F2 and hitting enter. I use this method a lot when naming photos (jpg files) in a folder. With the new DVD players you can then display the photos in the folder as a slide show. It works very nicely.
However, there is a problem unique to this process. The jpgs are all in the order they should be and in the correct sequence, just as the pictures were taken day by day. The DVD, however, will play the files in the following sequence:
Vacation 2005
Vacation 2005 (01)
Vacation 2005 (10)
Vacation 2005 (100)
Vacation 2005 (101)
I
I
I
Vacation 2005 (109)
Vacation 2005 (11)
Vacation 2005 (110)
I
I
I
Vacation 2005 (119)
Vacation 2005 (12)
etc
The only solution I know is to rename all the files as follows
Vacation 2005 (AA)
Vacation 2005 (AB)
Vacation 2005 (AC)
I
I
I
Vacation 2005 (AZ)
Vacation 2005 (BA)
Vacation 2005 (BB)
etc
As you can imagine, this renaming is quite a job. There must be lots of people that use their newer DVD players to view photos (jpgs) in a folder and they must have a similar problem. Or is there an other solution?"