Comments on: iTunes Rules http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Duncan http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3527 Duncan Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:56:12 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=747#comment-3527 Having still not moved to a significant program, or library-based management program (like iTunes or Windows Media Player *shudders*) I wind up having to do a lot of management myself as well. I use a good program to rip the CDs (CDex) which can grab the generic CDDB data, and at least let me get the basic stuff set right. Then I use a simple tag editing program (MP3tag) to make everything all unified, and corrected. I agree that there should be a minimum number of genres, although I add a few more: Drama (for radio plays), Audio Book, Christmas, Halloween, Christian, Soundtrack, and a few more to break down the generalities of music. By not using something like iTunes, I seem to be missing the chance to get the cover art, and a few other extras. But since I use a non-pod player, there isn't much call or need for the pictures anyway. I'll update when I have to. Don't you wish there was a better way? Having still not moved to a significant program, or library-based management program (like iTunes or Windows Media Player *shudders*) I wind up having to do a lot of management myself as well.

I use a good program to rip the CDs (CDex) which can grab the generic CDDB data, and at least let me get the basic stuff set right.

Then I use a simple tag editing program (MP3tag) to make everything all unified, and corrected.

I agree that there should be a minimum number of genres, although I add a few more: Drama (for radio plays), Audio Book, Christmas, Halloween, Christian, Soundtrack, and a few more to break down the generalities of music.

By not using something like iTunes, I seem to be missing the chance to get the cover art, and a few other extras. But since I use a non-pod player, there isn’t much call or need for the pictures anyway. I’ll update when I have to.

Don’t you wish there was a better way?

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3526 psu Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:45:08 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=747#comment-3526 I tried MusicBrainz and found it no better for Classical than CDDB. I think. I tried MusicBrainz and found it no better for Classical than CDDB. I think.

]]> By: sdstone http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3525 sdstone Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:42:10 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=747#comment-3525 I mostly agree. Dr. Click is probably correct in that it's a bit too much of an overgeneralisation. Have you heard XTC's This is Pop? http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/s_Pop.html On their live album, Andy Partridge puts it nearly how you just did. I'm so tired of having to remove disc numbers from album title fields. They have their own field. I tried MusicBrainz, but silly me. I set it to download updated data for my thousands of sounds, read through the first couple hundred, thought they all looked fine and okayed the rest because I didn't feel like sifting through the list for hours and once it was done, what do you know, lots of typos and incorrect data that I had to hand remove. I was finding incorrect tags for months. I was a little too trusting. Their data isn't perfect either. I mostly agree. Dr. Click is probably correct in that it’s a bit too much of an overgeneralisation. Have you heard XTC’s This is Pop?
http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/s_Pop.html
On their live album, Andy Partridge puts it nearly how you just did.

I’m so tired of having to remove disc numbers from album title fields. They have their own field.

I tried MusicBrainz, but silly me. I set it to download updated data for my thousands of sounds, read through the first couple hundred, thought they all looked fine and okayed the rest because I didn’t feel like sifting through the list for hours and once it was done, what do you know, lots of typos and incorrect data that I had to hand remove. I was finding incorrect tags for months. I was a little too trusting. Their data isn’t perfect either.

]]> By: Kristen http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3524 Kristen Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:37:10 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=747#comment-3524 You should have a look at MusicBrainz - it's what CDDB should have been. http://musicbrainz.org/ You should have a look at MusicBrainz – it’s what CDDB should have been. http://musicbrainz.org/

]]> By: Doug http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3523 Doug Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:14:50 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=747#comment-3523 So... 400 + 140 = 440? So… 400 + 140 = 440?

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3522 psu Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:29:01 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=747#comment-3522 Blues isn't pop in the sense that it's pop. I just don't have enough of it to make bucket for it. And I want it in my car playlists, so it's pop for that purpose. The categories are just for function, not any kind of aesthetic judgement. Blues isn’t pop in the sense that it’s pop. I just don’t have enough of it to make bucket for it. And I want it in my car playlists, so it’s pop for that purpose. The categories are just for function, not any kind of aesthetic judgement.

]]> By: Dr. Click http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3521 Dr. Click Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:19:09 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=747#comment-3521 Blues is pop? Tell that to bluesman somewhere in the Delta. They'll never find your body. Hyper-categorization is insane, but so is over-simplification. Blues is pop? Tell that to bluesman somewhere in the Delta. They’ll never find your body.

Hyper-categorization is insane, but so is over-simplification.

]]> By: Kim http://tleaves.com/2007/01/11/itunes-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3520 Kim Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:12:11 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=747#comment-3520 I mostly agree about the categorization, but I like to segregate the kid music from everything else. I mostly agree about the categorization, but I like to segregate the kid music from everything else.

]]>