metalwarrior;356959 Wrote: > Hi, > > I'll buy a Squeezebox and a NAS in a few weeks. > > I start encoding all my CDs (> 500). I'd like some advices about : > - how to organize the directories/sub-directories on the hard disk > - how to name the files > - how to tag the files ? Which information must be filled in in the > tags ? > > I want to encode all the files to FLAC format. > Are there some non-supported characters ? > How would you proceed ? > Do you think I need to do a .m3u file for each album ? > > Before starting the FLAC encoding, I'd like to be sure of the way doing > it. > As I plan to have approx. 1000 CDs encoded, I want to be sure that the > navigation will be easy. > > Thanks in advance, > Cheers, > Yann
Firstly, welcome to the forums. As far as your questions are concerned. 1. Squeezecenter soes not care about folder structure or file names, the tags are king here. 2. Having said that I put my files in the following structure for ease of navigation \\<server name>\Music\<A or B or C etc>\<Album Artist or Composer>\<Album>\<Track no> - <Track Title>.flac I limit the track title and Album names to about 20 Characters to ensure no issues with very long path/file names, I do not limit the tag =s however 3. I use dBpoweramp to rip the CDs to FLAC and use accurate rip at all times (and replay gain), I then use mp3tag for the tagging to ensure everything is correct. (both programs for Windows) 4. Tagging is fairly easy if you are just using rock/pop CDs which have a simplistic structure and limited Artists, however for classical and some jazz CDs it is much more complicated, search the Wiki for help on Classical we all have our own interpretation and preferences for what we like. Good luck... -- MuckleEck Alasdair SB3 -> Linn Majik -> Acoustic Energy Extreme 5 (garden) | SB3 -> Cambridge Audio 640R -> Morduant Short (TV room) | SB3 -> AudioEngine 2 (bedroom) | SB3 -> AudioEngine 2 (kitchen) | SBR -> Musical Fidelity X-DAC -> Music Fidelity X-A1 -> Mission 701 (office)| Chumby (bedroom) | SBR -> AudioEngine 2 (Sun Room) | Two Controllers Last Fm http://www.last.fm/user/MuckleEck/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54688 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
