Saber Hand Wind Audio Player - User Guide
It is recommended that the SaberCopy utility is used where possible, as this can help manage the
Title tags and filenames to achieve the desired playing order. (See below for more information.)
4.3.1 ID3 Title Tags
As use of the Title tag for sequencing is very difficult, it is recommended that the Title tags be
completely removed from all audio files, and just the filenames be used for sequencing.
There are different ways of editing mp3 audio file tags. It is possible inside the Windows XP and
Vista operating systems to right click on the file, select “Properties”, select “Summary” tab, select
“Advanced >>” and change the Title description. There are also free utilities can can do this, such
as http://www.mp3tag.de
4.3.2 Folder and File Names
Folders and files must be named in such a way that the short filename is in the correct sequence.
This means only the first 6 characters of the filename should be regarded as significant.
Furthermore, the filenames must be sequential within each folder, and overall on the whole drive. In
other words, the name of the first file in the second folder must be higher than the name of the last
file in the first folder, and this must be true for every subsequent folder as well.
One simple way to achieve this is to add a six digit number to the front of every folder name and
every file name. The first three digits should represent the folder, and the second three digits should
represent the file. (This assumes there will be no more than 999 folders and 999 files in any folder.
If you expect more than this, then you may need to reconsider your file structure.)
Folder names would therefore be in this format:
001000_first folder
002000_second folder
003000_third folder
File names within the first folder would look like this
001001_first file in first folder
001002_second file in first folder
001003_third file in first folder
The file and folder names after the first six digits can be anything at all, as they won't effect the
playback sequence. Meaningful filenames are recommended, as this will help when making
subsequent modification of the contents of the Saber.
4.4 Loading files onto the Saber
4.4.1 Using the SaberCopy utility
The SaberCopy utility, freely available from GRN, is a Windows based program that assists with
the correct sequencing and copying of audio files on to the Saber. Capabilities of SaberCopy
include
• stripping the Title tags from MP3 files,
• adding sequence numbers to folder and file names,
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