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SPOOX
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 Posted - 2009/05/16 : 20:17:23
What is the best place to store music on a PC. I'm currently using Windows Media Player 10 as i like the set-up. I like to have Artist, Track, Label, Date of release etc all in one view which is possible with WMP10. Is there anything better or shall i stick with what i have. I have a lot of music stored (750gb) so it needs to be able to handle it all.
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Triquatra
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Posted - 2009/05/16 : 20:40:47
personally, i dont like music library programs...i just have a folder called
Music
and in that folder 3 folders
CDS
Single Mp3s
Mixes
then in single Mp3's... just folders of genres
Chart
Chillout
Classical
Christmas
Dance (1996-)
Dance (1996+)
Hard House
Hardcore
(with sub folders: Freeform, Makina, NS Breakbeat, OS Breakbeat, NS Gabber, OS Gabber, NS Happy, OS Happy)
Hardstyle
House
Rock
(with sub folders, Acoustic and Chilled, Alternative and Chart, Decades, Indie and Britpop, Pop Punk, Punk and Ska, Thrash and Heavy)
Soundtracks
Trance
(with sub folders: '02-, '02+, Cheesy, Hard, Prog, Psy)
Urban Sounds
(with sub folders: Big Beat, DnB, Funk, Garage, Hip Hop, Jungle, Reggae, RnB)
Worldwide
though the "single mp3's" folder for hardcore doesnt have much in it...as all my hardcore is off my cds and are in the "CDs > Hardcore" folder
i dont like ID3 tags see..and .i like things to be organised on my hard drive...by file name, folder
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whispering
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Posted - 2009/05/16 : 20:53:07
I use SongBird, its a bit slow sometimes, but mostly works well. I used to use iTunes and imported my collection that was mostly recorded with it. It didnt properly display from the tag Ä and Ö for some odd reason. But all in all, so far the best one ive used.
Looks like that (theres a load more columns, i just display the ones i need):
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Originally posted by DjTriquatra:
i like things to be organised on my hard drive...by file name, folder
I have Artist name -> Album. Compilations are on a Compilations Folder. iTunes used to sort them that way and it works.
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Mortis
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Posted - 2009/05/16 : 21:00:00
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Originally posted by SPOOX:
What is the best place to store music on a PC.
On the hard drive. I find leaving CD's on top of the tower an inconvenience.
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Posted - 2009/05/16 : 21:00:17
i have all my hardcore, trance, hardstyle and what not just whacked in their own folders... i do the samw with the misses stuff...
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SPOOX
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Posted - 2009/05/16 : 21:11:13
quote:
Originally posted by Mortis:
quote:
Originally posted by SPOOX:
What is the best place to store music on a PC.
On the hard drive. I find leaving CD's on top of the tower an inconvenience.
lol 
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SPOOX
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Posted - 2009/05/16 : 21:12:22
quote:
Originally posted by whispering:
I use SongBird, its a bit slow sometimes, but mostly works well. I used to use iTunes and imported my collection that was mostly recorded with it. It didnt properly display from the tag Ä and Ö for some odd reason. But all in all, so far the best one ive used.
Looks like that (theres a load more columns, i just display the ones i need):
quote:
Originally posted by DjTriquatra:
i like things to be organised on my hard drive...by file name, folder
I have Artist name -> Album. Compilations are on a Compilations Folder. iTunes used to sort them that way and it works.
I'll give it a look cheers mate.
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atomsk
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Posted - 2009/05/16 : 23:17:40
well first i would partition that drive for your music
for one, if windows ****s up and you need to reinstall then you got it all, and two.. it will leave all the songs in its own place
i use winamp pro, but like if they are not tagged right then the
i havnt got to try "foobar2000" yet but i was told its good
so like the partition the drive just for music is good
mine is set up like
full=230gig
movies=32gig
music=32gig
programs=32gigs
hackinstosh/linux=40gig(i think)
main=81gig
i have this side bar that tells me the sizes (a yahoo widget)
it looks like this but the mac partion it not there
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thats my 2cents
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tru bass
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Posted - 2009/05/17 : 00:11:30
itunes does me well..
i jsut leave it on shuffle and listen to my fortnight of music"
havnt even ripped it all yet though.. got enough albums left to rip
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DJ Complx
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Posted - 2009/05/17 : 00:29:09
To make my life easier, i sort/copy all my music into separate folders so that my software, can find it easily and so i dont have to go looking though itunes all the time
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Meathead
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Posted - 2009/05/17 : 03:38:31
quote:
Originally posted by Mortis:
quote:
Originally posted by SPOOX:
What is the best place to store music on a PC.
On the hard drive. I find leaving CD's on top of the tower an inconvenience.
lol
I use iTunes and im happy with that and then have a big folder with everything in it all organized by genre.
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Samination
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Posted - 2009/05/17 : 08:43:28
I basicly do like DjTriq does it, expect for hardcore, that's more detailed ^^
Genre
|- Album
|- Singles
-- Unsorted
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whispering
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Posted - 2009/05/17 : 11:28:43
For people not using music library programs, your missing a lot. Except if youre one of those people, that feel like "hmm, today i might listen some Hardcore Tsunami" go grab the disc and play it from start to finish.
I on the other hand skip through various CD's really fast. Sometimes i only remember a part of the song name, but can still find it in seconds. How you list the folders is totally irrelevant into how you actually listen music. As most Library programs let you store them whatever way you want. The only upside is that they use index files that let you quickly go through even large collections.
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Triquatra
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Posted - 2009/05/17 : 11:39:00
hmm, im seeing any benifits to using a library program...i have windows search in the rare chance i dont know where somthing is..
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whispering
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Posted - 2009/05/17 : 11:52:16
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Originally posted by DjTriquatra:
hmm, im seeing any benifits to using a library program...i have windows search in the rare chance i dont know where somthing is..
You remember all the tracklisting from all your compilations? ;)
The benefit is that it sorts your collection in seconds in any way you want. E.g. if i want to listen Marusha, type marusha [enter] and *BAM* get a nice listing of everything i have from her:
Personally i wouldnt ever go back, after using one.
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Samination
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Posted - 2009/05/17 : 14:49:30
quote:
Originally posted by whispering:
For people not using music library programs, your missing a lot. Except if youre one of those people, that feel like "hmm, today i might listen some Hardcore Tsunami" go grab the disc and play it from start to finish.
I on the other hand skip through various CD's really fast. Sometimes i only remember a part of the song name, but can still find it in seconds. How you list the folders is totally irrelevant into how you actually listen music. As most Library programs let you store them whatever way you want. The only upside is that they use index files that let you quickly go through even large collections.
I do use Winamp's Library functions, cant say how much tho :P
This is how I sort my hardcore
Genre (Harcore/Makina/Japanese)
| - Source (LP/CD/MP3)
| | Label
| | - Sub Label
| | Albums
| | Unsorted
How good is that Songbird? looks like a slim itunes rippoff
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Edited by - Samination on 2009/05/17 14:56:05 |
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