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  1. 1 hour ago, Jay said:

    All Thor or anyone else looking to do something similar needs to invest in is a simple USB DVD-Rom drive, like this random example I found online for $23

     

    https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07MJW5BXZ/

     

    I recommend a device like this. It connects with only a single USB plug. 

     

    I own an older external DVD burner that has two USB plugs. One is data, and the other is power. It won't work correctly in an unpowered hub, which steps it down to one, so you lose a USB port on your laptop to use the drive. Avoid these like the plague. 

     

    I gave the old drive to my spouse, and bought a newer setup for myself. 

  2. On 12/3/2020 at 12:25 PM, Darth Wojo said:

    It took me five minutes to find the appropriate thread to post this.

     

    If anybody has thousands of unorganized mp3 files on their computer, I found the solution:  SongKong.

    http://www.jthink.net/songkong/

     

    It can run on your computer, but it can also run on a network server and be controlled remotely.  It essentially compares all of your unorganized music files to MusicBrainz and other online music databases, fills in the metadata, adds cover art, and it can also rename the files and move them into folders.

     

    I have folders upon folders of music that were downloaded from Napster or acquired from whoever shared disks or thumb drives with me.  I acquire and hoard, but sorting takes years.  YEARS.

     

    Jaikoz is supposed to be the more powerful version of the software but there's less written about it.  I want a program that can most of the grunt work itself.  It's easier to sort fully indexed files.

     

    Now it will still take hours and days, but I have a ~$50 program running on my QNAP NAS that can do it for me.  I am excited.

     

     

    Don't start a new organizing session at 3 AM when you're too tired to think correctly.  You might accidentally tell it to automatically sort a large folder of music that's already been carefully sorted and curated the way you want it.  The undo function doesn't seem to work well.  My entire rock collection has been transformed like a Genesis planet (no pun intended) as this program sees fit.  I didn't lose anything, but I just have a lot of smaller partial albums that are scattered.  I'm as amused as I am pissed.

  3. It took me five minutes to find the appropriate thread to post this.

     

    If anybody has thousands of unorganized mp3 files on their computer, I found the solution:  SongKong.

    http://www.jthink.net/songkong/

     

    It can run on your computer, but it can also run on a network server and be controlled remotely.  It essentially compares all of your unorganized music files to MusicBrainz and other online music databases, fills in the metadata, adds cover art, and it can also rename the files and move them into folders.

     

    I have folders upon folders of music that were downloaded from Napster or acquired from whoever shared disks or thumb drives with me.  I acquire and hoard, but sorting takes years.  YEARS.

     

    Jaikoz is supposed to be the more powerful version of the software but there's less written about it.  I want a program that can most of the grunt work itself.  It's easier to sort fully indexed files.

     

    Now it will still take hours and days, but I have a ~$50 program running on my QNAP NAS that can do it for me.  I am excited.

  4. 1 hour ago, Spider-Fal said:

     

     

    Thanks.  That was a number of days ago and I couldn't find it.  I figured it was early next week.

     

    I don't understand why it's not listed on their Facebook posts.

     

    I'm glad you answered before MV had a chance to say it was a dumbass question.

    35 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

     

    The next black friday.

    Thank you.

    34 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

    They already went on sale and SOLD OUT!

     

    Good.  Then I will just download them.  I know where to look.  I don't want to give more money to MV who calls his customers dumbasses.

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