Home Music Share m3u playlists play out of sequence

[Slosh]

I've had a Pro for about a year now and not very long ago picked up a Mini for another room. I use these exclusively to play back my local FLAC library. Recently they started playing my m3u playlists alpha-numerically (all the songs with file names of 01 xxx.flac, 02 xxx.flac, and so on.) whereas they used to play in proper sequence. It doesn't matter which DNLA server I use (MediaMonkey, foobar2000, or Jellyfin).

All of the computers on my network play these back in the sequence I created them in regardless of what software I'm using to do so. Whole albums play in proper sequence but I'd think that's a given based on my naming scheme.

To get around this I've been using the Jellyfin iOS app and casting to the WiiMs (which remains bit-perfect and gapless) but I'd much rather use the native WiiM home app again.

 

[simbun]

I've had a Pro for about a year now and not very long ago picked up a Mini for another room. I use these exclusively to play back my local FLAC library. Recently they started playing my m3u playlists alpha-numerically (all the songs with file names of 01 xxx.flac, 02 xxx.flac, and so on.) whereas they used to play in proper sequence. It doesn't matter which DNLA server I use (MediaMonkey, foobar2000, or Jellyfin).

Do they appear out of order when you select/load the m3u playlist, or just during playback.
I selected a couple of playlists I have saved in MinimServer and they played back in the correct order, as did the playlists I saved in the WiiM Home App.

Do you have an Android device to test with as the Android app - in my limited testing - seemed fine.

 

[Slosh]

No Android device to try. Here's a screenshot of what I'm getting in the WiiM app on iOS and how it is on my computer.

 

[simbun]

Do you have Sort Order set to Default? I assume that's the button next to the Play/Pause button (it's different on Android).

 

[Slosh]

Yes, it's not set on random playback.

I guess this is a bug caused from a more recent iOS update as the WiiMs used to play back my playlists in order.

 

[simbun]

Yes, it's not set on random playback.

I guess this is a bug caused from a more recent iOS update as the WiiMs used to play back my playlists in order.

Random playback is different. There should be a Sort By setting with the values: Default, Title and Track Number.

On Android, random playback is only available on the now playing screen, whereas Sort By is available on the track listing screen.

 

[Slosh]

You're right. Somehow it got set to track number instead of default.

Thanks for the help!