Hi Erland. Here's how I do it: 1. How do you find music in your own library ? - Which way to you browse/search ? (which browse or search menus) I have different libraries per type of music: Classical, Jazz, Blues&Rock, Other (mostly Pop). Within each library I usually search by Genre (for example "Jazz Piano" within the "Jazz" library) then Album (use of "shallow" menu), or first Artist and then album. I like to vary the sort options to discover new things, for example by release date or alphabetically. - Which type of remote/interface do you use ? Different for different situations ? iPENG on my iPod touch (originally I purchased the iPod just for the iPeng although since then I have discovered a myriad of other uses). - Do you find music through statistics based browse menus ? (ratings, play counts, history) No, never. - Do you find music through smart playlists based on statistics or random selection or other kind of automatic mixes ? No. - Do you use album art when selecting what to play ? YES, album art is very important to me. - Do you typically start searching/browsing from an artist, album or track and want to find something related to that ? Yes.
2. How do you usually find new music you like to get but currently don't have in your library ? - Heard it on the radio ? Internet radio. - Where do you start when searching ? Top charts ? Genres ? Similar artists ? Genres and similar artists. - Do you use some web site when searching or do you browse some music store directly ? Most of the time directly - Are you using the computer, your Squeezebox or some other device when searching for new music ? My computer - Do you preview the music before puchasing ? Do you preview it on the real system or cheep laptop speakers or something similar ? I preview it wherever I can prior to purchase, however I wont add it to my library until I have heard it on the real system. - Do you use a subscription based service so you aren't actually buying albums, you just need to find the albums/tracks you are interested in by browsing the service ? No. - Through reviews ? Any specific online site ? Not really. - Through friends ? Some community site ? Sometimes. 3. How would you like to be able to find music in your own library in the future ? - What kind of functionality is missing today related to browsing ? I would like more sorting options, easy to apply. Maybe also a randomize function allowing to change from time to time the order of the albums (like they do in some stores). I would also like to see more album art from my iPeng, if more jpegs are available (like you do when you go to a store). - What kind of functionality is missing today related to searching ? Google-like functionality (i.e. find items that are not exactly spelled in that way etc.) 4. How would you like to find new music you like to buy/get in the future ? Havent thought of it. 5. What kind of tagging/management do you do on new music you add to your library to make it easier to find stuff later on ? - Which additional tags do you add which isn't handled by standard SBS today ? I dont use additional tags because I need to keep compatibility with my iPod, since I am using it in my car. Classical music is a pain, as documented in many places. - Is the folder structure the music files are stored in important ? Yes, for finding the original music file in windows. - If you use Custom Scan, which additional tags do you add besides those supported by SBS ? - Do you manually add ratings to your music ? Why ? No. 6. Do you synchronize the data in SBS with some other application to make it easier to find interesting music ? No -- Aristides ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aristides's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40096 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80910
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