How Do I Store My Music Library After Ripping ?
This is the third article in this series, as I previous said, I used iTunes to rip the CDs, then where should I store those music files? By default, iTunes will put the files in C:\my document\iTunes, I like the file structure used by iTunes, simple and easy to understand.
However I used to put it to a separate harddisk (eg. D:\iTunes). Why? Normally there won’t be any difference, but when the library size growing bigger and bigger it will outgrow the c: drive easily. In my case, my library size is 1.5Tb (about 3,800 albums) and keep growing, I put it in a 2Tb harddisk, I can easily switch it to a bigger size in the future and I can easily do the backup to an external drive by a one to one cloning without any effect to the OS in C: Read the rest of this entry »
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Bringing New Music Into Your Home With Satellite Internet
As you get older it becomes harder and harder to find new music that you enjoy. Why is this? One reason is because it has become harder to hear new music. Television networks like MTV and VH1 rarely play music videos anymore and when they do it is usually when most of the country is asleep. The radio also tends to only play a certain type of music. If pop music isn’t your thing then you might be out of luck with this source of music. When you were younger, it may have seemed like you were always out seeing live music, but these days who has the time for that? Unfortunately, with that goes another great way to hear good music. So does that mean that music lovers have to give up the search, settle for listening to the music that they already know? Of course not. There is always a solution out there, and these days most solutions seem to be offered by the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »
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Why Did I Use ITunes for My Music Library Management Tools and How to Make the Best Use of It
The beauty of using iTunes as the music management system is its simple and easy use, plus the file structure is well thought of for easy retrieval. The filing structure is:-
Drive#:/itunes/artist/album/track
Don’t under-estimate this simple structure as if not adhere it strictly sooner or later you will have a mess making future management very difficult. Believe me, having mess with various structure for more than five years I still find this most useful and easy to understand. However, there are still some basic rules we must follow in making tag to the music file (Tagging is a way to facilitate future data-manipulation, eg. sorting, retrieving, categorization….). Below tagging rules must be 100% followed in order to maintain the consistency:-
* Artist name
o Either surname following by first name or first name following by surname is doesn’t matter and it is just a personal preference but once chosen then don’t change it again. You don’t want the computer to treat Phil Collins and Collins, Phil as two artists, right? Read the rest of this entry »