[to Jim] let me clarify (for anyone who found it unclear) that i only store a tune on disk once. i don't have any song twice purposely just to be in two genres at once. i use the apps ui (winamps smartviews) to display something more than once if desired.
i also don't normally que up genres in SBS via the browsing folder function, but you could, (if you only wanted ONE folders worth). of course, SBS has problems with big playlists as well, but thats really another issue. if all you use is SBS and if you are dedicated to tagging, then you can get good genre tag based browsing and random mixes and so on in SBS. but thats a lot of time consuming work, and isn't much good for a lot of other apps. i just rip to a staging area, then move to a permanent spot, and voila, its in that genre now, no tag editing required. also, while i do occassionally have the problem you allude to, of forgetting which genre i put an artist in, its not often, and back when i started, i quickly found that i needed to start putting genre folders in to a big "root\artist\album\" structure to manage it from a storage POV. to me, not doing so is like trying to use a phone book that covers ALL area codes, instead of just the one i want to find a number in. you find it easier, but i def didn't. but of course, to each his own. i'd imagine your one "various artists" comp folder is huge. i'd gather you at least keep FLACs and mp3s separate, yes? ps. my genre tags are on the whole, pretty much a mess. i'll clean them up at some point i suppose. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbrec (parent's home) - sbs 7.5.2b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 40k+ mp3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79986 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
