Here is the idea with a more complete list of songs. For the first group of Yes albums, some complete albums fit together, such as Close To The Edge, and Fragile, since together they total less than 80 minutes (~ 84 MB). Someone may have favorite albums, or styles to keep together. e.g. Yessongs 1 & 2 go together, but there may be room at the end for small songs. If albums 3,4 and 5 are someone's favorites, than more weight can be given to selecting songs from those albums. (Of course less favorite ablums can be left out, or songs can be deleted manually before beginning the process).
$ du -h 48M ./1969 Yes 37M ./1970 Time And A Word 48M ./1971 The Yes Album 35M ./1972 Close To The Edge 49M ./1972 Fragile 91M ./1973 Yessongs CD 1 88M ./1973 Yessongs CD 2 45M ./1974 Relayer 47M ./1974 Tales From Topographic Oceans CD 1 46M ./1974 Tales From Topographic Oceans CD 2 42M ./1975 Yesterdays 60M ./1976 The Story Of Relayer Live CD 1 68M ./1976 The Story Of Relayer Live CD 2 699M . $ ls -lRh .: total 0 dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1969 Yes dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1970 Time And A Word dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1971 The Yes Album dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1972 Close To The Edge dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1972 Fragile dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1973 Yessongs CD 1 dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1973 Yessongs CD 2 dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1974 Relayer dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1974 Tales From Topograp hic Oceans CD 1 dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1974 Tales From Topograp hic Oceans CD 2 dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1975 Yesterdays dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1976 The Story Of Relaye r Live CD 1 dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ None 0 Feb 28 2005 1976 The Story Of Relaye r Live CD 2 ./1969 Yes: total 48M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.7M Feb 19 2003 01 Beyond And Before.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 7.9M Feb 19 2003 02 I See You.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 3.3M Feb 19 2003 03 Yesterday And Today.m p3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 4.7M Feb 19 2003 04 Looking Around.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 6.6M Feb 19 2003 05 Harold Land.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 6.6M Feb 19 2003 06 Every Little Thing.mp 3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.2M Feb 19 2003 07 Sweetness.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 7.3M Feb 19 2003 08 Survival.mp3 ./1970 Time And A Word: total 37M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 4.4M Feb 19 2003 01 No Opportunity Necess ary, No Experience Needed.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.3M Feb 19 2003 02 Then.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.6M Feb 19 2003 03 Everydays.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 3.5M Feb 19 2003 04 Sweet Dreams.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 6.0M Feb 19 2003 05 The Prophet.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 2.0M Feb 19 2003 06 Clear Days.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.4M Feb 19 2003 07 Astral Traveller.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 4.1M Feb 19 2003 08 Time And A Word.mp3 ./1971 The Yes Album: total 48M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 11M Feb 19 2003 01 Yours Is No Disgrace. mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 3.8M Feb 19 2003 02 The Clap.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 11M Feb 19 2003 03 Starship Trooper.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 8.0M Feb 19 2003 04 I've Seen All Good Pe ople.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 3.8M Feb 19 2003 05 A Venture.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 10M Feb 19 2003 06 Perpetual Change.mp3 ./1972 Close To The Edge: total 35M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 17M Feb 19 2003 01 Close To The Edge.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 9.3M Feb 19 2003 02 And You And I.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 8.2M Feb 19 2003 03 Siberian Khatru.mp3 ./1972 Fragile: total 49M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 7.8M Feb 19 2003 01 Roundabout.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 2.0M Feb 19 2003 02 Cans And Brahms.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 1.9M Feb 19 2003 03 We Have Heaven.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 9.1M Feb 19 2003 04 South Side Of The Sky .mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 743k Feb 19 2003 05 Five Percent For Noth ing.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 8.1M Feb 19 2003 06 Long Distant Runaroun d.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.0M Feb 19 2003 07 The Fish.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 3.5M Feb 19 2003 08 Mood For A Day.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 10M Feb 19 2003 09 Heart Of A Sunrise.mp 3 ./1973 Yessongs CD 1: total 91M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.2M Feb 19 2003 01 Opening.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 12M Feb 19 2003 02 Siberian Khatru.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 16M Feb 19 2003 03 Heart Of The Sunrise. mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 19M Feb 19 2003 04 Perpetual Change.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 13M Feb 19 2003 05 And You And I.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 4.0M Feb 19 2003 06 Mood For A Day.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 9.1M Feb 19 2003 07 Excerpts From The Six Wives Of Henry VIII.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 12M Feb 19 2003 08 Roundabout.mp3 ./1973 Yessongs CD 2: total 88M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 9.8M Feb 19 2003 01 I've Seen All Good Pe ople.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 19M Feb 19 2003 02 Long Distance Runarou nd The Fish.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 25M Feb 19 2003 03 Close To The Edge.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 20M Feb 19 2003 04 Yours Is No Disgrace. mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 14M Feb 19 2003 05 Starship Trooper.mp3 ./1974 Relayer: total 45M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 25M Feb 19 2003 01 The Gates Of Delirium .mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 11M Feb 19 2003 02 Sound Chaser.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 8.3M Feb 19 2003 03 To Be Over.mp3 ./1974 Tales From Topographic Oceans CD 1: total 47M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 23M Feb 19 2003 01 The Revealing Science Of God.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 24M Feb 19 2003 02 The Remembering.mp3 ./1974 Tales From Topographic Oceans CD 2: total 46M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 21M Feb 19 2003 01 The Ancient.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 25M Feb 19 2003 02 Ritual.mp3 ./1975 Yesterdays: total 42M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 9.7M Feb 19 2003 01 America.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 3.7M Feb 19 2003 02 Looking Around.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 4.2M Feb 19 2003 03 Time And A Word.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 3.5M Feb 19 2003 04 Sweet Dreams.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.3M Feb 19 2003 05 Then.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.9M Feb 19 2003 06 Survival.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 5.5M Feb 19 2003 07 Astral Traveller.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 4.0M Feb 19 2003 08 Dear Father.mp3 ./1976 The Story Of Relayer Live CD 1: total 60M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 1.4M Feb 19 2003 01 Opening.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 10M Feb 19 2003 02 Siberian Khatru.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 12M Feb 19 2003 03 Sound Chaser.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 8.1M Feb 19 2003 04 I've Seen All Good Pe ople.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 6.7M Feb 19 2003 05 Long Distance Runarou nd.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 4.3M Feb 19 2003 06 Clap.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 17M Feb 19 2003 07 Heart Of The Sunrise. mp3 ./1976 The Story Of Relayer Live CD 2: total 68M -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 25M Feb 19 2003 01 Gates Of Delerium.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 30M Feb 19 2003 02 Ritual.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 3.3M Feb 19 2003 03 I'm Down.mp3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Administ None 9.6M Feb 19 2003 04 Roundabout.mp3 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Carl > Lowenstein > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 6:49 AM > To: Friendly list for people new to Linux > Subject: Re: backup to CD > > > On 11/12/05, Scott McClelland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another interesting idea would be to fit .mp3's on a CD. The > files can't be > > split, but larger and smaller files can be combined. In the > case of music, > > one might prefer to keep them in order, and then just look for > small files > > to fill up the last remaining space. > > > > Search through directories, and group the files by composer, and fill up > > each directory with similar files (e.g. all Bach on a group of CD's, all > > Vivaldi on another group, etc., or possibly combine by category such as > > Classical) > > > > Classical > > Bach > > Bethoven > > Handel > > Mozart > > > > If all the Bach CDs fill up with pure Bach, but there is still > room on the > > last one, then consider taking one from anywhere under Classical. > > > > The whole idea may not be practical, since it may not make > sense to split up > > certain pieces, or change the order. e.g. Vivaldi's Four Seasons would > > sound strange if they were out of order. The main idea is just to burn > > .mp3's back to a CD, but fit almost twice as much on a single > CD than the > > original uncompressed format. So, I guess the idea is a > "partially filled" > > bin packing problem. > > Yes. After looking at CFA Johnson's shell script for a while, I sat > down and wrote an AWK script. It's not quite ready for prime time. > It has the following characteristics: given a list of files and > sizes, it reads through the list in sequence from the beginning. The > output is a set of smaller lists, each one filled up not to exceed a > specified maximum size. Each input item is put into the first > available output list in which it fits. > > So the output lists are approximately in the same order as the input. > Sample input and output available on request, or give me a sample of > your file lists and I will try running it through this program. > > carl > -- > carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
