kmlevine;298737 Wrote: > ...I have different groups of albums and 4-5 changes over the course of > three years and many cds. I guess I have build several asis templates > and standardize the renamed template. > Yep, something like BRU could deal with that (and very easily if you know regular expressions, but I'm guessing that that's not the case). Without regular expressions (and with IMHO any bulk re-namer) you'll likely want to sort files using these different naming schemes into separate file trees before you start renaming. May be true with RE as well; I don't know your naming schemes. > > I am dealing almost toally with wave files and some APE. I just can't > bross tolerate the degradation of the stage that mp3 does to audio. > I don't think anyone here has suggested MP3. You might think about FLAC as it's lossless (you can get your WAV back bit-for-bit whenever you like) it can hold tags (tags are IMHO quite useful), and it can be sent directly to a squeezebox to be played (so lower bandwidth usage and no transcoding at your server).
I'd suggest dbPowerAmp's MusicConverter for encoding into FLAC (or whatever lossless you prefer). Then, if your various naming schemes makes for an -utter- mess, maybe try MusicIQ's "mixer", as this product can identify even misnamed music files and can add tags (use the function "fix tags"), at which point you're dealing with tags all in one "known" state, and you can bulk-modify them to your heart's content with MP3Tag's "actions". Unless, of course, you are dealing with classical music, at which point, well, there doesn't seem to be a -good- solution. I've created a number of "custom" tags, and have filled them in with the info I think appropriate and have used MP3Tag to use these tags to fill in the "standard" ones. I figure that when/if tags-for-classical ever gets settled down, I won't have a huge re-tagging job ahead of me but just some more actions to write. This is a big enough job that (IMO, of course) taking the time to learn your tools will be a big win. It's like the exam they have for folks who want to work in the post office. You do best if you first take the time to memorize the location of whatever boxes you're supposed to put stuff into, and -then- do the work. -- bobkoure ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47216 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
