[Bug-gnupod] track number issue

[fjp36]

Hi

I am having a Y2K style problem with GNUPod not finding the track
numbers of my mp3 files created with the "Grip" GUI, using bladeenc as
the encoder.  I am using gnupod 0.97, installed from a tarball.

Basically, GNUPod starts to get the track numbers right only once they
are two digits, ie. tracks 10--nn are displayed in the correct order on
the iPod, but tracks 1--9 are displayed in alphabetical order.  As you
can see below, tracks before track 10 have a "songnum" entry of "0",
even though they have id3tags with track numbers 1-9 (verified by
id3tools and id3ed):

  <file addtime="3191780453" album="Celebrity Skin" artist="Hole"
bitrate="128" bookmark="" bpm="0" cdnum="0" cds="0" changetime="0"
fdesc="MPEG 1 layer 3 file" filesize="4770169" genre="Rock" id="455"
lastplay="3193571721" path=":iPod_Control:Music:f10:1_08_Northern_Star.mp3" 
playcount="1" rating="" songnum="0" songs= "0" soundcheck="0" srate="44100"
starttime="0" stoptime="0" time="298135" title= "Northern Star"
volume="0" year="1998" />
  <file addtime="3191780487" album="Celebrity Skin" artist="Hole"
bitrate="128" bookmark="" bpm="0" cdnum="0" cds="0" changetime="0"
fdesc="MPEG 1 layer 3 file" filesize="4953653" genre="Rock" id="655"
lastplay="0" path=":iPod_Control:Music :f15:1_09_Boys_On_The_Radio.mp3"
playcount="0" rating="" songnum="0" songs="0" soundcheck="0"
srate="44100" starttime="0" stoptime="0" time="309603" title="Boys on
the Radio" volume="0" year="1998" />
  <file addtime="3191780414" album="Celebrity Skin" artist="Hole"
bitrate="128" bookmark="" bpm="0" cdnum="0" cds="0" changetime="0"
fdesc="MPEG 1 layer 3 file" filesize="3376275" genre="Rock" id="237"
lastplay="0" path=":iPod_Control:Music :f05:1_10_Heaven_Tonight.mp3"
playcount="0" rating="" songnum="10" songs="0" sou ndcheck="0"
srate="44100" starttime="0" stoptime="0" time="211017" title="Heaven
Tonight" volume="0" year="1998" />
  <file addtime="3191780474" album="Celebrity Skin" artist="Hole"
bitrate="128" bookmark="" bpm="0" cdnum="0" cds="0" changetime="0"
fdesc="MPEG 1 layer 3 file" filesize="3223302" genre="Rock" id="580"
lastplay="0" path=":iPod_Control:Music :f13:1_11_Playing_Your_Song.mp3"
playcount="0" rating="" songnum="11" songs="0" soundcheck="0"
srate="44100" starttime="0" stoptime="0" time="201456" title="Playing
Your Song" volume="0" year="1998" />
  <file addtime="3191780481" album="Celebrity Skin" artist="Hole"
bitrate="128" bookmark="" bpm="0" cdnum="0" cds="0" changetime="0"
fdesc="MPEG 1 layer 3 file" filesize="5267540" genre="Rock" id="622"
lastplay="0" path=":iPod_Control:Music :f14:1_12_Petals.mp3"
playcount="0" rating="" songnum="12" songs="0" soundcheck= "0"
srate="44100" starttime="0" stoptime="0" time="329221" title="Petals"
volume ="0" year="1998" />

Note: This is not a problem affecting only a specific album or mp3
track.  Every mp3 I own with ID3 tags has this problem when it is
transfered to the iPod.  At the moment I am using a workaround of using
id3tools to manually change the ID3 tag track numbers of my files ie
from 1 to 11, 2 to 12, 3 to 13, ... 10 to 20 so that they will display
and play in the album order on iPod, but this is time consuming.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

thanks,
Felicity