dwc;567713 Wrote: > Here's what I do and why. > > First Why > - I want to have only one copy of any track in my SB library. > - I want the highest resolution copy in the SB library. > - I want to keep all mp3's (even when a flac version exists) for my > portable. > > What I do: > > /mp3/<dupes live here> > /flac > /flac/000-mp3/<no-flac-version mp3's live here> > > > So the Squeeze scanner process is pointed at /flac. > Inside /flac is a directory called /flac/000-mp3, which contains all > the of the mp3 files that do not have a flac equivalent. The Squeeze > scanner will pick these up and add them to the library. > > Outside of the flac tree I have another folder called /mp3. When I get > the flac version of a given track, I move the mp3 copy out of > /flac/000-mp3 tree into the /mp3 tree which saves it so I can copy to > my portable if I want. > > And the mp3 version gets removed from the SB library on the next > nightly "full scan". I do something similar but my three folders are all under the main /Music/ folder, not nested within each other. My music is stored on a Mac Mini, and I want to keep MP3 copies for my iPhone while my Squeezebox accesses the FLAC copy, if it exists. I think your folder structure is more elegant than mine; Squeezecentre can simply be pointed directly at your /flac folder.
For me, and this will work with your folder structure too, iTunes is pointed at a folder called 'iTunes Music' - doesn't matter where that is stored - which only contains a symbolic link to both the MP3 folders. Make sure it's a symbolic link and not just a Mac shortcut. So iTunes gets access to every track as well, but the MP3 copy only. I have to have a similar folder for Squeezecentre containing symbolic links to both the FLAC and non-duplicated MP3 folders. Nice to find someone else does this the same way :) -- SJobson Mac Mini - Squeezebox Touch - MF X-Dac V8 - MF XT-100 - Spendor S5e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SJobson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81007 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
