I have three copies of my library. The first is the master, which contains all my music. It is the original destination for all files whether ripped or downloaded, organized in folders by Artist / Album. It contains both lossless and lossy files. It resides on a hard drive in my main computer.
A duplicate of this archive is copied to my music server, to which LMS is pointed. The third is a lossy version, with straight copies of the lossy files from the master, plus lossy versions of my lossless files. I use this as the source for portable media. After the initial rip of my CD collection some years ago, this is my routine. When I download a lossy album from places like iTunes or eMusic it goes first to the master archive and then is copied to both the LMS and lossy archives. When I download a lossless album from places like CDBaby or Bandcamp it goes to the master archive, and then gets converted to 320 MP3, with the converted version going to the lossy archive. When I get a new CD I use dBpoweramp to rip it, with three copies created automatically. One lossless file goes to he master archive, one to the LMS library, and a 320 mp3 to the lossy archive. I find it more convenient to maintain separate lossy and lossless archives. Since I have many files only in lossy versions, it's not convenient to use the differentiating function in 7.9 -- pointing LMS only to lossless files would miss a quarter or so of my library. Ron LMS on a dedicated server (FitPC3) Transporter (Ethernet) - main listening, Onkyo receiver, Paradigm speakers Touch (WiFi) - home theater 5.1, Sony receiver, Energy speakers Boom 1 (WiFi) - work-space Boom 2 (WiFi) - various (deck, garage, etc.) Radio (WiFi) - home office Control - Squeeze Control (Android mobile), 2 Controllers (seldom used), Squeeze Remote (on Surface Pro 2) Touch x 1 - spare UE Radio x 1 - spare Boom x 1 - spare Controller x 1 - Spare Duet Receiver (backup) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RonM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104882 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
