[SlimDevices: Ripping] Re: 2 LPs ON 1 CD
pfarrell Wrote: > I'm not moobaa, but when I have duplicate tracks, I just make a > softlink > from one to the other. If they are identical, I just pick one. If > there > are audible differences, I pick the one that sounds better (from an > engineering viewpoint). When I had a linux-based server, this is indeed what I did. However, moving to a Windows-based server soon buried that idea ;) Just having an \Artist\ structure also means I can now say to my SqueezeBox (or foobar) "Play me the contents of my Nine Inch Nails folder" and not hear "March of the Pigs" a dozen times in a row ;) pfarrell Wrote: > If they are two separate takes, like both > a studio and a live version, I usually keep them both. Well, yeah - they're two different tracks, aren't they? :) -- moobaa ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Re: 2 LPs ON 1 CD
On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 00:09 -0700, JJZolx wrote: > moobaa Wrote: > > Due to the *huge* amount of duplicate tracks in my collection > I'm not sure if you're saying you discard duplicates, but I'd never do > that given the different sounding (often for the worse) remasters that > are released in reissues and bestofs. I'm not moobaa, but when I have duplicate tracks, I just make a softlink from one to the other. If they are identical, I just pick one. If there are audible differences, I pick the one that sounds better (from an engineering viewpoint). If they are two separate takes, like both a studio and a live version, I usually keep them both. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
[SlimDevices: Ripping] Re: 2 LPs ON 1 CD
JJZolx Wrote: > I'm not sure if you're saying you discard duplicates, but I'd never do > that given the different sounding (often for the worse) remasters that > are released in reissues and bestofs. I *am* saying that, because I do. Keeping 28 instances of the same five-minute song is just silly, IMHO - especially when one sounds significantly better than the others :} However, I can accept that there's plenty of people who do the \Artist\Album\ thing - it's just horribly inefficient on my particular collection. -- moobaa ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
[SlimDevices: Ripping] Re: 2 LPs ON 1 CD
moobaa Wrote: > Due to the *huge* amount of duplicate tracks in my collection (I used to > "collect" a few artists), I keep all my files in an \A\Artist\ type > structure (that is, no album directories), with a collection of various > playlists (again sorted via artist). That way, I have as many (or as > few) tracklists as I want. > > Case in point: The Police's "Message In A Box". All the tracks are > tagged as being from "Message In A Box" (after all, that *was* their > source), but I have album playlists, fave playlists, as well as the > original "Message In A Box" playlists. That's more of an organizational issue. I'd find that organization to be a nightmare, but then again, I very seldom use playlists. I'm not sure if you're saying you discard duplicates, but I'd never do that given the different sounding (often for the worse) remasters that are released in reissues and bestofs. -- JJZolx Jim ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
[SlimDevices: Ripping] Re: 2 LPs ON 1 CD
Due to the *huge* amount of duplicate tracks in my collection (I used to "collect" a few artists), I keep all my files in an \A\Artist\ type structure (that is, no album directories), with a collection of various playlists (again sorted via artist). That way, I have as many (or as few) tracklists as I want. Case in point: The Police's "Message In A Box". All the tracks are tagged as being from "Message In A Box" (after all, that *was* their source), but I have album playlists, fave playlists, as well as the original "Message In A Box" playlists. -- moobaa ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
[SlimDevices: Ripping] Re: 2 LPs ON 1 CD
JJZolx Wrote: > Do I have _albums_ or do I have _CDs_ in my collection? Easy. Have both. Put all the files in one folder, corresponding to the CD, so you can recreate it if necessary. But tag them as two separate albums. This is what you'd have to do with Classical music, in case you have any, anyway, where you often find say two unrelated symphonies on one disc. But it really depends on how you're going to want to listen to it. If you're likely to want to pick one "album" to listen to, then its alot easier to ask slimserver to play an album than it is to ask it to play tracks 1-12. Ceejay -- ceejay ___ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
