Don McCorleone
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Organising music on your HD.
Having become the proud owner of a Drobo,I now need to use it properly! I can convert my cd's to FLAC using EAC no problem.What I would like to know is what people use to organise their music on the HD? i.e. by genre and name of band etc. Are there popular programs in use or do you just list them in folders? Any help appreciated.
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I'm Lee.
Mac or PC?
iTunes on both of course.
Don McCorleone
Location: Galashiels
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Hi Ali, like many others here, I've spent much time and effort of getting the right/best solution for this and have both a Drobo myself, and have used both Mac and PC and selection of music management tools.Originally Posted by Ali Tait
More than happy to have a 'real' conversation as it will probabaly save us both time, so will PM you my contact number.
Last edited by twelvebears; 22-09-2009 at 13:02.
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Don McCorleone
Location: Galashiels
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Great,will phone tonight if that's ok.
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Ali, EAC will do it for you.....I'll just check my settings and add them here....
Go into EAC options (F9)
Click Filname tab
You are presented with set of variables that you can use to arrange the structure of your music automatically.
IE I use this format:
%B\%D\%C\%N - %T
So each time I perform a rip the music get placed on my HDD in this order:
FreeDB Music Type; Artist; CD Title; Track Number; Track Title
Simples!
Last edited by NRG; 22-09-2009 at 12:39.
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Don McCorleone
Location: Galashiels
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Cheers for that.I've not had the laptop connected to the net for ages,just bought some anti-virus to put on it.Will have a go tonight.
Don McCorleone
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Just wanted to say a big thanks to Steve for taking the time to chat and explain a few things.Most enlightening.Cheers Steve!
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A pleasure. Sorry I had to rush a bit, the lad needed feeding post-footie and it was getting a bit late, plus I didn't want to burn it!
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I'm with Neal on this. And Compilations under an 'artist' folder called 'Compilations'. It's extremely satisfying to have everything organised in that way - anything more complicated and you'll find yourself worrying about whether the genre's are right etc!
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