mp3 organizers

[Ocuflox]

can anybody recommend a good mp3 organizer? preferably freeware

 

[Anubis]

windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

 

[AFB]

I would like this also.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Anubis
windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

:thumbsup:, I think...

Unless you're asking for a masstagger, then I'd recommend foobar2000, k-mp3 and tagscanner.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: Anubis
windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

:thumbsup:, I think...

Unless you're asking for a masstagger, then I'd recommend foobar2000, k-mp3 and tagscanner.

ID3 Tag-It is better then k-mp3 and tagscanner

its basically a free version of Tag & Rename

 

[vi edit]

Ummmm....itunes?

 

[0roo0roo]

itunes. the search is great.

as for tagging.. tag and rename.
but....full automation of taggingis only possible with full albums. if u have scraps here and there, there is only so much that can be done to help speed the process.

 

[Ocuflox]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
itunes. the search is great.

as for tagging.. tag and rename.
but....full automation of taggingis only possible with full albums. if u have scraps here and there, there is only so much that can be done to help speed the process.

thanks

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Ummmm....itunes?

A lot of people, myself included, abhor itunes. No reason to get into it here, as it's been done to death, but I'd recommend searching here & in software to become familiar with the issues before installing it.

 

[Cristatus]

I've tried searching for alternatives, and I hate to say it you, but the one in windows is the best

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Ummmm....itunes?

A lot of people, myself included, abhor itunes. No reason to get into it here, as it's been done to death, but I'd recommend searching here & in software to become familiar with the issues before installing it.

also itunes doesnt do anything any of the other players dont, if your mp3s are all tagged correctly any player from MWP to winamp and even freeking REAL, whatever has a medial library type function in it will work fine, if thats the function you want

 

[Cerb]

Windows Explorer: good.
KDE Konquerer: good.
Gnome Nautilus: good.
Apple Finder: good.

That's 4 great problems that do their jobs well.

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: Anubis
windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

Why bother making your own folder when software like itunes will make a layout just like that and all you have to do is drag the songs into the program.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Spencer278

Originally posted by: Anubis
windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

Why bother making your own folder when software like itunes will make a layout just like that and all you have to do is drag the songs into the program.

because i tunes renames your files for 1
2) it sucks witha 6000+ song lib
3) the interface is crap
4) it does nothing that any other player doesnt
5) its a resource hog


i also just hate anyprogram that trys to do stuff for me

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Spencer278

Originally posted by: Anubis
windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

Why bother making your own folder when software like itunes will make a layout just like that and all you have to do is drag the songs into the program.

...because EAC and MAREO have already been set up to put songs in the proper folders?

This solves many problems, not the least of which being that iTunes is only dual-platform, where the need for music is entirely independent of platform. Oh, and that iTunes is bloated.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Cerb

Originally posted by: Spencer278

Originally posted by: Anubis
windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

Why bother making your own folder when software like itunes will make a layout just like that and all you have to do is drag the songs into the program.

...because EAC and MAREO have already been set up to put songs in the proper folders?

This solves many problems, not the least of which being that iTunes is only dual-platform, where the need for music is entirely independent of platform. Oh, and that iTunes is bloated.

Whats MAREO

i rip with EAC& lame to the desktop and then just move the properly tagged files onto the other HDD where the music is located

 

[Cerb]

http://mareo.monkeydev.org/
I use for making both MP3 (LAME --PE) and FLAC (-8).
%D\%C\%N %D - %T in EAC gets the folders done, and @artist@\@album@\ in mareo's ini file.

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Spencer278

Originally posted by: Anubis
windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

Why bother making your own folder when software like itunes will make a layout just like that and all you have to do is drag the songs into the program.

because i tunes renames your files for 1
2) it sucks witha 6000+ song lib
3) the interface is crap
4) it does nothing that any other player doesnt
5) its a resource hog


i also just hate anyprogram that trys to do stuff for me

Well maybe you hate software personally I would rather use software to do stuff for me. Maybe I'm just more efficent like that. How much reasource could you possible lose to Itunes. I have a 700 Mhz duron with 348 ram and having Itunes open doesn't make a bit of differnce as to speed.

 

[Babbles]

I find that iTunes is a resource hog on my PC. If I am just surfing the net and listening to music then it is okay, but if I play a game I really notice a loss of framerate. With WinAmp, on the other hand, I don't notice any system performance issues.

What drives me nuts with iTunes is if you go and edit the file name, iTunes doesn't "keep up" with the file and you have to redo it in iTunes. Heaven forbid if you change the file name. Also I have been getting into OGG and FLAC music files. You can get a patch to listen to Ogg Vorbis files in iTunes however the ID tags don't seem to import properly and FLAC does not seem to be supported in iTunes.

I have iTunes installed, but I still do most of my music listening and navigation through simple Windows explorer folders, playlists and WinAmp.

 

[Turkish]

I recommend using Microsoft Windows XP. Like how mine is setup? Don't forget to use the Thumbnail view for Album Covers

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: Spencer278
Maybe I'm just more efficent like that.

Use of a hierarchal file storage system is really the epitome of efficiency, and applies beyond just musical files.

Also makes backup much more efficient as well.

 

[arod]

i prefer windows file naming.... I use a few different folder structures and no program jukebox type of program can do that at all yet.

for example

artist>album>song
soundtrack>movie>song

2 different ways I have my music and any jukebox program will want to organize thins one way (which i hate).

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: Spencer278
Maybe I'm just more efficent like that.

Use of a hierarchal file storage system is really the epitome of efficiency, and applies beyond just musical files.

Also makes backup much more efficient as well.

Explain to me how backing up your own hierarchal file storage is more efficent then backing up Itunes hierarchal file storage. I would realy like to know how a folder created by windows is easyer to back up then one created by Itunes.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: Spencer278
Explain to me how backing up your own hierarchal file storage is more efficent then backing up Itunes hierarchal file storage. I would realy like to know how a folder created by windows is easyer to back up then one created by Itunes.

The backup comment applied to hierarchal file storing in general (as the previous comment ended, " and applies beyond just musical files.") - not specifically for music related files.

Glad to see this thread was moved to the appropriate forum as well.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Spencer278

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Spencer278

Originally posted by: Anubis
windows and folders?

works pretty well
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/TheEvil1/music.JPG

Why bother making your own folder when software like itunes will make a layout just like that and all you have to do is drag the songs into the program.

because i tunes renames your files for 1
2) it sucks witha 6000+ song lib
3) the interface is crap
4) it does nothing that any other player doesnt
5) its a resource hog


i also just hate anyprogram that trys to do stuff for me

Well maybe you hate software personally I would rather use software to do stuff for me. Maybe I'm just more efficent like that. How much reasource could you possible lose to Itunes. I have a 700 Mhz duron with 348 ram and having Itunes open doesn't make a bit of differnce as to speed.

i dont hate all software just software that thinks its way of doing things is better then mine

as ActuaryTm said a hierarchal file storage system is pretty much unbeatable in terms of speed and organization

and as other mentioned itunes has other issues with multipial file formats and naming issues, also with 6000+ songs it uses like 50 megs of memory

it has a horrid minimal mode and i cant put it always on top

also there pretty much no use in useing it if you dont have a ipod, and even if you do there is a winamp plugin for that anyway