storing / managing mp3s

dar512 · 01-26-2005, 09:30 PM

I'm thinking of getting an mp3 player. I'm in the process of converting all my cds and the files are starting to add up. How do others keep track of their mp3s? All on the hard drive of your pc? Some backed off / burned to cds?

zippyt · 01-26-2005, 09:44 PM

I just store them on the hard drive . One thing i HAVE learned , don't copy from cd to cd , it chopes up the music , copy the files to HD then to CD

Elspode · 01-26-2005, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

How do others keep track of their mp3s?

Badly, I'm afraid...

Carbonated_Brains · 01-26-2005, 10:16 PM

Grab a program called "Tag&Rename"

It's excellent for organising your collection and assigning all the proper song and album names.

smoothmoniker · 01-26-2005, 10:24 PM

iTunes does a marvelous job of keeping everything organized on OSX. It creates folder structures for each artist and album, and moves your collection all into one large library folder. Makes it very easy to maintain.

richlevy · 01-26-2005, 10:43 PM

Get a second physical drive, better yet a USB or Firewire external drive. Having had numerous crashes and being forced to wipe and reinstall from the manufacturers disk, I have learned that a second drive is a safer alternative.

BTW, Tag & Rename is $30 to buy. What is the difference between the free/sample version and the paid version?

Carbonated_Brains · 01-26-2005, 11:43 PM

Wouldn't know, I stole it.

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Torrere · 01-27-2005, 07:33 AM

I pretty much keep everything in a flat file on my hard drive, and duplicated on a second hard drive.

jaguar · 01-27-2005, 10:17 AM

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copy the files to HD then to CD

If you're on windows you want EAC - Exact Audio Copy and the LAME encoder which I think comes with it these days. Makes the entire process one-click and the quality is perfect. On mac, heck, just use iTunes, it does an equally good job, encode to MP3, AAC or Apple Lossless and bingo.

I just back up my entire HD to an external drive every now an then, MP3s and all.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2005, 08:15 PM

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copy the files to HD then to CD

Haven't had a problem going disc to disc with Roxio Easy Creator 5.

elSicomoro · 01-29-2005, 08:21 PM

I'm in the process of ripping all my CDs with CDex...the mp3's go into one location on my HD for easy finding.

Troubleshooter · 01-30-2005, 11:47 AM

If you don't mind spending a lttle money, Mood Logic is the way to go as far as managing, naming, etc. is concerned.

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Discover what hundreds of thousands of music lovers have already discovered - access to a network of the most accurate and reliable song information on the planet!

If you have a large collection of digital music (100 songs or more), you need a way to organize your collection and to clean up your badly tagged songs. MoodLogic does this, and much more.

How? MoodLogic is powered by a proprietary network of song data provided by the MoodLogic user community and professionals employed by MoodLogic. Over the past several years, MoodLogic users have provided excellent information about their music collections. This information goes far beyond song titles and artists; it includes how people truly feel about particular songs. From this information, patterns have emerged and MoodLogic becomes better every day at identifying good information and getting rid of poor information. Each day, the network grows and gets more accurate based on this song feedback.

The MoodLogic network gives you the ability to create the best mixes you have ever created. Whether you want a specific mix such as funky R&B songs from the 70s that are fast or if you want a broader classification such as dance songs from the 90s and today that are upbeat, MoodLogic provides the most accurate mixes anywhere.

You don't have to provide song data yourself to take advantage of these great features, but many users take pleasure in doing so, and even compete with each other to see who can profile the most songs.

Plug in to MoodLogic today and experience the difference for yourself.

Bitman · 02-14-2005, 07:36 PM

Backed up to CD/DVD, installed to hard drive at home and work, and to a Creative Jukebox. Tags cleaned and polished with http://www.id3-tagit.de/.

01-26-2005, 09:30 PM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	storing / managing mp3s I'm thinking of getting an mp3 player. I'm in the process of converting all my cds and the files are starting to add up. How do others keep track of their mp3s? All on the hard drive of your pc? Some backed off / burned to cds? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

01-26-2005, 09:44 PM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I just store them on the hard drive . One thing i HAVE learned , don't copy from cd to cd , it chopes up the music , copy the files to HD then to CD __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-26-2005, 10:24 PM	#5
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	iTunes does a marvelous job of keeping everything organized on OSX. It creates folder structures for each artist and album, and moves your collection all into one large library folder. Makes it very easy to maintain. __________________ to live and die in LA

01-26-2005, 10:43 PM	#6
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Get a second physical drive, better yet a USB or Firewire external drive. Having had numerous crashes and being forced to wipe and reinstall from the manufacturers disk, I have learned that a second drive is a safer alternative. BTW, Tag & Rename is $30 to buy. What is the difference between the free/sample version and the paid version? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 01-26-2005 at 10:46 PM.

01-29-2005, 08:21 PM	#11
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I'm in the process of ripping all my CDs with CDex...the mp3's go into one location on my HD for easy finding. Last edited by elSicomoro; 01-29-2005 at 08:23 PM.

01-26-2005, 10:16 PM	#4
Carbonated_Brains Does it show up here when I type? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Between the smoky layers of a prosciutto sandwich! Posts: 355	Grab a program called "Tag&Rename" It's excellent for organising your collection and assigning all the proper song and album names.

01-26-2005, 11:43 PM	#7
Carbonated_Brains Does it show up here when I type? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Between the smoky layers of a prosciutto sandwich! Posts: 355	Wouldn't know, I stole it. ----- Disclaimer: The previous message, and all messages before it, have been fiction, except where the author doesn't stand to get arrested, in which case they were fiction based on truth in such a way that they cease to be fictitious. No programs here were actually stolen. In truth, I'm just an innocent lamb.

01-27-2005, 07:33 AM	#8
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	I pretty much keep everything in a flat file on my hard drive, and duplicated on a second hard drive.

01-30-2005, 11:47 AM	#12
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	If you don't mind spending a lttle money, Mood Logic is the way to go as far as managing, naming, etc. is concerned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discover what hundreds of thousands of music lovers have already discovered - access to a network of the most accurate and reliable song information on the planet! If you have a large collection of digital music (100 songs or more), you need a way to organize your collection and to clean up your badly tagged songs. MoodLogic does this, and much more. How? MoodLogic is powered by a proprietary network of song data provided by the MoodLogic user community and professionals employed by MoodLogic. Over the past several years, MoodLogic users have provided excellent information about their music collections. This information goes far beyond song titles and artists; it includes how people truly feel about particular songs. From this information, patterns have emerged and MoodLogic becomes better every day at identifying good information and getting rid of poor information. Each day, the network grows and gets more accurate based on this song feedback. The MoodLogic network gives you the ability to create the best mixes you have ever created. Whether you want a specific mix such as funky R&B songs from the 70s that are fast or if you want a broader classification such as dance songs from the 90s and today that are upbeat, MoodLogic provides the most accurate mixes anywhere. You don't have to provide song data yourself to take advantage of these great features, but many users take pleasure in doing so, and even compete with each other to see who can profile the most songs. Plug in to MoodLogic today and experience the difference for yourself. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

02-14-2005, 07:36 PM	#13
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	Backed up to CD/DVD, installed to hard drive at home and work, and to a Creative Jukebox. Tags cleaned and polished with http://www.id3-tagit.de/.

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