OklahomaGreyBeard wrote: > I'm one of those OCD people that when I like an artist I normally buy > all their albums including "Best of" or "Hits" etc and I also have a lot > of compilation albums that include songs from these albums (although > some are single/extended versions) Now the OCD in me hates having > duplicate files so I'm wondering which is the best solution; > > 1. Rip the original albums and create playlists for the Best of and > compilations. My issue with this is the compilation may have a song or > two that I don't have the original album for so I'd have to do a partial > rip to have those songs. > > 2. Rip the original albums and the songs from the compilations I need > and create symlinks in the best of and compilation folders to the files > from the original albums. > > 3. Ignore my issues and rip all the albums and be done with it. > > Has anyone else out there dealt with this?
Good post, I have spent a lot of time agonizing on this for years. I use a variant of 2, as I delete the duplicate on the best of compilation, keeping the original album intact. I also scan the back of the albums so the track list is available to view through the excellent Music Information plugin, so if a "best of" is only 3 tracks long it is easy to view the tracklist and see why. I rationalise this based on the way I listen to music which is Spicefly Sugar Cube using MIP to keep the music playing after a "seed" album or song has played. As BJW pointed out "without proper audio fingerprinting its hard to know what really is a dupe" so first pass is using MIP to identify dupes, then (again using MIP but this time the GUI) for an artist, list the tracks in title order and delete duplicate titles with a length within a few seconds but keep the live versions. Sometimes I will keep the extended version and delete shorter versions. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Seen sprayed on the outside wall of the local library - Three things I hate in life : 1. Vandalism 2. Irony 3. Lists ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107724 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
