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March 20, 2013
• Alcorn McBride RideTraXX User’s Manual • Rev 1.3
File Naming
It is sometimes easiest to
use the “numbered”
style of file naming for
MP3 files if you want to
use the discrete inputs.
A specific file naming convention is used so that the RideTraXX can identify
the file type, as well as associate the supported file types with a number.
Here is a table showing the naming conventions based on the type of file that
is being named:
Details about Playlists
and Schedules are
contained in separate
chapters of this manual.
File Type
File Naming Style
MP3 Audio File (numbered)
SNDnnnnn.MP3
MP3 Audio File (named)
any-filename.MP3
Playlist
PLYnnnnn.LST
Schedule
SCHEDULE.SCL
Files can be referenced in commands by their full filename or their file
number. The file number is determined by the 5-digit „
nnnnn
‟ portion of the
file name. The RideTraXX supports files that are assigned numbers between
1 and 99999, so this part of the filename is always represented as
00001
through
99999
.
Just as an example, let‟s say that you created an MP3 file that you want to
associate as file #123. To do this, you would need to rename the MP3 file to
SND00123.MP3.
The file number naming style is not needed if you plan to reference files in
commands by their full filename.
The one exception to the numbering method is the schedule file. The
RideTraXX only supports a single schedule, and therefore there is only one
file name permitted for this file. As you can see in the table above, this
filename is
SCHEDULE.SCL
.
Note: If you use the file numbering scheme, every file on the media must
have a unique number in the file name, no duplications are allowed. If you
have duplicate file numbers (i.e. such as a playlist and a MP3 file numbered
as #1), the RideTraXX would consistently choose only one of those files
when told to play the associated number.
