The best strategy is to use the OS Search function to find all the loose MP3s on your machine, and marshal them into one place, where you can use a tool like 'Tag and Rename' to get the tags right. Then let iTunes (or some other librarian program) organize them for you...
On Jan 4, 2008 10:29 AM, Thor Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah. I learned that the hard way. Exacerbating the problem, in my > case, was the fact that iTunes eats long filenames when it imports an > mp3 into the library. So I had 50 files named "Host" - The > Mechanica[1-50].mp3... or something. Trying to figure out airdates of > 10+ year old radio shows is not an easy task. > > However, iTune's organization functions are preferable to doing it by > hand. If you have vinyl rips, just do them in bite size-chunks, make a > playlist to hold stuff that you import, and get everything named & > whatnot. I keep discogs open in a seperate window and pull album art > over too, nowadays. > > If the new Winamp has a similar built-in Organization function, I may > ditch iTunes, though, since I don't have an iPod anymore. I've always > considered Winamp's sound fidelity to be superior. > > If you're on a mac or own an iPod, disregard that last statement. > > > On Jan 4, 2008 10:22 AM, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IF (and only IF) your MP3s are all properly tagged by artist and > > album, ITunes will do a good job of 1) finding them all over your > > computer and 2) building a directory tree with all the files sorted by > > artist/album. > > > > Of course, what really happens is that you end up with 300 hours of > > music by 'unknown artist' that you have to go back and do forensic > > re-tagging to get things into a semblance of order ;-) > > > > > > On Jan 4, 2008 10:12 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've got a pretty small record collection that I sort by "vibe" but way > > > too many > > > mp3s strewn all over the place in different folders due to often > > > restoring my pc > > > from a backup image. I'm curious as to how you guys are organizing all > > > your > > > digital music? > > > > > > -Jim > > > > > >
