The discussion of conversion of tapes to digital leads me to ask how people name and store their digital audio files... when I first started cataloging recordings on the computer, I named the files starting with call letters, city, state, then frequency, time (in UTC) and date. Over the years I've changed to naming the files starting with the frequency, making it easier to sort. Since I have many gigabytes of files, I have a folder for each AM frequency on my hard drive (and one for long wave) e.g. 530, 540, etc. up to 1710. I create folders for the TA splits as I need them. When I use Total Recorder to record TOH ID's I'll add the frequency, call, city and state by hand to the file name as I review them.
Also, how do people back up their files? I burn a set of DVDs about once a year and take them to my office to keep them off-site in case a disaster happened at my house. I also have an external hard drive that I copy the files to once every few months. Just curious what others do, Brett Saylor _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
