Jay 37,364 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 There's no need to rip the burbs bootleg, the Varese Deluxe release is complete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Nevertheless it is still part of my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I don't get it. Why wouldn't you just throw it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 When you have so much space, might as well just encode everything.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Well, sureBut I don't get why you wouldn't throw away a bootleg that has been COMPLETELY usurped by a later proper release. The only reason we have bootlegs is for the music that we can't legally buy, right? You can legally buy everything from The Burbs.It'd be like holding onto the Predator boot after you bought the Varese release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Well, sureBut I don't get why you wouldn't throw away a bootleg that has been COMPLETELY usurped by a later proper release. The only reason we have bootlegs is for the music that we can't legally buy, right? You can legally buy everything from The Burbs.It'd be like holding onto the Predator boot after you bought the Varese releaseI'd still keep a complete score if the entire score didn't have a full legit release. For example The Matrix Deluxe Edition, while it's great that has gotten an expanded treatment it's still far from complete. I've got the complete sessions for it and I still listen to that more than the Deluxe Edition. If The Matrix got a full complete release later down the road I'd buy that too.I will admit if a score did get a complete legit release and it was one I bought and had a boot of I'd get rid of the boot instantly, again only if the full score was given a legit release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'd still keep a complete score if the entire score didn't have a full legit release. For example The Matrix Deluxe Edition, while it's great that has gotten an expanded treatment it's still far from complete. I've got the complete sessions for it and I still listen to that more than the Deluxe Edition. If The Matrix got a full complete release later down the road I'd buy that too.I will admit if a score did get a complete legit release and it was one I bought and had a boot of I'd get rid of the boot instantly, again only if the full score was given a legit release.Well obviously! I'm not suggesting anybody throw away any material that hadn't been properly released! I just don't see why you'd rip a bad-sounding boot of a score that's been properly released in complete form to your hard drive and/or put it on your ipod. There's no reason to ever listen to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 I don't get it. Why wouldn't you just throw it out?I paid money for it....Who's the idiot uploading CD info to CDDB, and putting "New Age" in the genre-box with a lot of Goldsmith CD's?NR: The 13th Warrior (expanded bootleg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Who's the idiot uploading CD info to CDDB, and putting "New Age" in the genre-box with a lot of Goldsmith CD's?That's why I always enter my own information for soundtracks before ripping them. Who ever uploads the info in the CDDB 90% of the time gets the genre or composer wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,043 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I don't get it. Why wouldn't you just throw it out?I paid money for it....That's like going to a fancy restaurant, ordering a dish, realizing you're mildly allergic to one of the ingredients, and then deciding to eat it anyway because...well, you paid for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 I check every time before I rip, and I submit corrections to CDDB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Uh oh, you mean Goldsmith's not "New Age"?Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Pity you never submitted the tracknames of the 2 CD Hollow Man boot you send me years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Done all the Williams, Goldsmith and Horner. Now busy with my Star Trek compilations.It's going more slowly now because I have to correct so many of the ID3 tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Be careful, someone had also misspelled Goldsmith's name in the CDDB.They had it as Goldmsith. I had to go back and correct quite a few CDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Yes, I noticed....too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Define "too late"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 He's already entered all of his Goldsmith scores before noticing the error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 You can tag all the misspelled files at once in iTunes.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 You can also rename the artist field of multiple mp3s in one click simply by using Windows Explorer. Highlight them all, right-click, properties, details, advanced, change the artist field, hit OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 MP3's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 You can also rename the artist field of multiple Apple Lossless files in one click simply by using Windows Explorer. Highlight them all, right-click, properties, details, advanced, change the artist field, hit OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 You can also rename the artist field of multiple mp3s in one click simply by using Windows Explorer. Highlight them all, right-click, properties, details, advanced, change the artist field, hit OKStrange, the "Details" field when I do that is grayed out. I'll stick with MP3Tag, as it can also handle FLAC, WMA, OGG, which are the only other non-WAV formats I'd have a reason to use at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Good Lord this all sounds like too much work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 No, typing all of the track names by hand is too much work. Being online to rip CD information from CDDB is ok, but I'm on dialup so the connection to CDDB is intermittent, I don't like being online while ripping, and half the CDs I rip don't have CDDB information anyways. Mass converting WAV rips to MP3/FLAC and then batch grabbing information from text files (or CDDB after conversion) is pretty sweet. <Track 13>, by <Artist>. Released in <Year>, it is a calming piece indicative of all similar <Genre> songs, and is the standout track on the <Album> album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 NR:Mission Impossible: The Disavowed Score (Alan Silvestri) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Woods 555 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Here is an interesting Windows Explorer tagger that I use from time to time.http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm-Erik- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Noticed something that has happened to me about 3 or 4 times since I have owned an iPod.Today when I wanted to listen to the John Williams album Call Of The Champions (AKA The American Journey in the US) on my iPod, I noticed that the sequence of tracks was completely incorrect.Summon The HeroesCall Of The ChampionsSound The BellsCelebrate DiscoveryImmigration and BuildingThe Country at WarPopular EntertainmentArts and SportsCivil Rights and the Womens MovementFlight and TechnologySong for World PeaceJubilee 350The Mission ThemeFor New YorkHymn To New EnglandThe order should be:Call of the Champions 5:00 Immigration and Building 5:39 The Country at War 3:22 Popular Entertainment 2:30 Arts and Sports 2:37 Civil Rights and the Women's Movement 3:27 Flight and Technology 7:10 Song for World Peace 4:42 Jubilee 350 3:44 The Mission Theme (Theme for NBC News) 3:30 For New York 3:03 **** Sound the Bells! 2:50 Hymn to New England 3:11 Celebrate Discovery 3:49 Summon the Heroes 6:16I checked the track number tags and they are correct and the sequence is correct in iTunes, just not on my iPod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hmmm. I don't think I've ever had my ipod track order not match my itunes track order. It could be that the album NAME is different somehow - even if it doesn't look it to the naked eye (like it has an extra space at the end or something). of course, if you ripped the CD yourself, thats probably not it.Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 That's bizarre. The new sequence is 15, 1, 12, 14, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13. Which is only slightly out of order. But I don't know how it would have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Maybe the European track order is different than the American track order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Steef's 2nd list is the one on the European releases at least. And I doubt Summon the Heroes, being a bonus track, would be the first track on any version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Steef, check the "Album Artist" box on those files.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Genius....you are a genius!NR: Se7en: The Collectors Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I just bought a new 500 GB hard drive to back up my iTunes library. So my entire collection is now on two drives. I recommend this.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 what do you do when your soundtrack collection exceeds your capacity to listen to it completely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Pray for reincarnation, and on the day before you die, hide your iPod in the garden where Neil S. Snail or Neil S. Puppydog can find it in Round 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Neil S. CatNeil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Then I'd delete your All Dogs go to Heaven soundtrack now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I just bought a new 500 GB hard drive to back up my iTunes library. So my entire collection is now on two drives. I recommend this.NeilI concur. I have 3 copies of all my music and have never lost anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 yeah but just to be safe, don't you think you need 4, maybe even 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 The important thing is to not keep the backups in the physical vicinity of the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I'll make backups when I stop fiddling with my collection. I'm almost there, but getting a new computer and larger hard drives has presented new challenges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I just bought a new 500 GB hard drive to back up my iTunes library. So my entire collection is now on two drives. I recommend this.NeilDo you use a software program to keep both copies in constant sync with each other? Or just copy stuff over every once in a while when you think of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I think the only way to keep both copies in "constant" sync is to set them up as a RAID 1 array, where two SATA hard drives are maintained as perfect mirror copies of each other. There are probably programs to back stuff up for you when you're not thinking about it, but Neil has a Mac so I don't know what they would be. I think he bought an external hard drive for sake of safety (it's only on when you want it to be) and mobility (duh), so it would become a manual operation of copying over those folders you want to back up, and overwrite all the old stuff.MS has a free PowerToy called SyncToy that may do the trick for PCs, but I've not used it.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Yeah, it's a manual thing, that I'll probably update once a month. I can just look at the dates and see what's changed.I'm also keeping my back ups far away from the toilet. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I think the only way to keep both copies in "constant" sync is to set them up as a RAID 1 array, where two SATA hard drives are maintained as perfect mirror copies of each other.There's tools (at least for Linux) to set up a software RAID, where the drives don't have to be the same size or type. I've been meaning to set one up for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo 54 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 MS has a free PowerToy called SyncToy that may do the trick for PCs, but I've not used it.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=enThat's actually the program I use to back up my iTunes directory (among other things). After setting it up you can preview the 'changes' it makes or just let it do its job. The setup is quick and supposedly you can set it to backup automatically through another windows program. I believe it is called Windows scheduler or something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 yeah but just to be safe, don't you think you need 4, maybe even 5?Nope, 3's enough. It's just a way of storing music Joey and it comes with sensible precautions.I do keep two (laptop drive and big external drive) in the same room, but this is more a precaution against drives failing, not fire or other disaster. And I'm with Neil in my backup method - I do everything manually, partly because I need to feel I'm in control but also I don't want any auto-syncing because I want to be able to change files on my main drive without my backup replicating it immediately, and because it sometimes isn't as simple as just adding or removing files (e.g. modyfing tracklists). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I feel much safer with my hardware RAID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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