---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: iTunes shuffle question Date: Dienstag, 8. September 2009N From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
> On Sep 7, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: > > It may have an intuitive way - like Mac OS X has - but > > what it does in the background (in the directories where all the > > music files > > are) is not very transparent. > > This is one commonly made argument that baffles me. > > What it does in the background is put the files in a very clear and > easy to follow order: > > Artist > ---->Album 1 Name > ---->Track 01 Name > ---->Track 02 Name > ---->Track 03 Name > > ...etc. > > Seems pretty damn intuitive to me :-) I don't want my directories to be messed with. Some ancient mp3 files have horribly wrong metadata, and I don't want them to be all over the place. > The only place it breaks down is when it doesn't have the info it > needs to put these things together. Right. > I don't believe you can get a whole lot more transparent than that. You could be asked which way you want it. There is no easy way to customize the style. BTW, for albums I prefer the directory and file naming that you described to be iTunes' default. For singles and songs, that I have without the album, I prefer a different naming. > But I have better things to do with my time than manually organize the > music. Like writing on the LEM G-List? > Again, this is a matter of personal taste: You enjoy messing about > with having to manually mange your files. I don't. Some people love > gardening, I consider yardwork a chore. It is more a matter of how big your library already is and how the files taged (metadata). It is a matter of which programs you used before and if you are used and learned to love a different philosophy. For me, a music player is just a music player. I use Amarok. It doesn't mess with tags at all. If I have the time to correct some tags of older mp3s I use Easytag, which is very powerful yet easy to use. For buying new music I go to a music store, which happens to be in big shopping malls nowerdays. If it's not available, I don't buy it at all. Sometimes I record songs from the radio. Of cource I have to cut and fade-in/-out them manually with Audacity, and tag them with Easytag. Lot of work... But, as you say, a matter of personal taste. I never ever bought a DRM'ed song, in a lossy compressed audio file for the price I could get it on CD (with all the songs from an album or compilation, of course). If there ever were a music shop that would sell FLAC compressed audio files, I'd be even willing to use Windows or Mac OS X just to get it. But since this is only available in a very few online music stores, this isn't the case. There is only the Deutsche Grammophon that comes to mind, its portal is working on any OS with a recent browser. Sadly there are only selected albums available as FLAC downloads (just for you to see, not meant to be a commercial): http://www2.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/ "FLAC - lossless audio downloads for a special selection of albums" You're just right - my taste is different. Cheers, Andreas. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
