Good advice bodybag, but of course, in my case, it won't exactly work as I don't always have the track numbers populated on my empeg... Grr...

Does that pos tag work for you?

Hey, to solve the variable artist problem, why not just put the tracknumber first? It would obviously be messy if all your mp3s were in the same directory, but if you put each playlist into it's own directory, won't that work well to keep your tracks in their intended order?

- Jon