i wouldn't use iTunes as it makes duplicates and personally i hate that. also, let's say there are two people singing on one track, it will put it in it's own folder instead of putting it in a discography or something. hope this helps God Bless. Timothy. Your friend in the music industry http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com 7244011224
On Oct 4, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Okay, I think I'm still a bit confused as far as importing into the library. > So, I can either copy it all, or just point iTunes to my music folders? If I > do the latter, are there any risks or concerns I should know about, such as > album art popping up all over the place or files getting moved around t be > auto-sorted into artist/album folders? I don't sort by album, I just put all > music in a genre into a single folder and leave it at that. As I said, I > think iTunes will give me the best of both worlds, being able to just sort by > genre, album, or whatever, but I don't want my actual directory structure > changed around if iTunes thinks it knows best. I realize I can just tell it > to copy into the library folder, but, as I said, that would take up a lot of > hard drive space and would mean any new songs I download from sources other > than iTunes would have to be manually added. Thanks for your help so far; > this is the first time I've ever used a media player's library feature and I > am, as you can tell, unsure of how it all works. > On Oct 4, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Brandon Olivares <programmer2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You could put it all under a particular playlist, but you'd still have to >> exclude it from the rest of your music. Honestly, I'd just not put that >> practice music in iTunes at all. >> >> Although, now that I think of it, you can set the genre to something like >> Speech or some other rarely used genre, and have a smart playlist exclude >> that genre. >> >> Also, you don't have to select the option to import it into the iTunes >> library folder. I prefer it because you always know where to find it. >> >> Regards, >> Brandon Olivares >> Azavia Technologies >> New: ZCaptcha — The Captcha Reader >> On Oct 4, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Okay, that's good and bad in a way. I have so much media that duplicating >>> it all will take up a lot of room, but I suppose it beats having to worry >>> about messing up my original copies. >>> >>> You said it will not touch any directories I have. So, then, how could I >>> tell all my practice music to be classified as some special music? I >>> suppose I could use an id3 editor to force all songs to be part of a >>> certain album or something, but is there a better way? >>> On Oct 4, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Brandon Olivares <programmer2...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> iTunes will not do anything to your music. It is all configurable with the >>>> options in preferences. >>>> >>>> 1. No, it will not be converted. >>>> 2. It is an option to copy it to the iTunes library and organize it under >>>> there, but even if it does so, it does not touch your original copy. >>>> 3. It doesn't care about folders nor will it touch any file or directory >>>> you create. If it copies it to its own library, then it is in charge of >>>> organizing that folder obviously. >>>> 4. You can delete songs from iTunes without deleting the file itself. >>>> 5. The grid view will allow you to browse by album, artist, genre, etc. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Brandon Olivares >>>> Azavia Technologies >>>> New: ZCaptcha — The Captcha Reader >>>> On Oct 4, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I'd like to be able to add all my music to iTunes (and there's a whole >>>>> lot of it), but I have some concerns. >>>>> 1. Will it all be converted to m4a or aac? What about unsupported >>>>> formats, like wma or ogg? >>>>> 2. Will it be copied to the iTunes library, or will iTunes just look in >>>>> the folders to which I point it? >>>>> 3. Will it honor folders I make? Some music is ripped from CDs I use for >>>>> practicing songs on bass or guitar, so it has no artist or album meta >>>>> data. However, I keep it separate from my other music as most of it is >>>>> shifted to new keys and so sounds rather odd. In other words, I need to >>>>> keep it separate, or at least flagged somehow, so it does not play with >>>>> my normal music. I categorize a lot of music like this, such as putting >>>>> it in a comedy or country folder in my music folder. What will iTunes do >>>>> about that? >>>>> 4. If I decide I want to get rid of music from iTunes, can I do so with >>>>> no erasing of anything? >>>>> 5. In iTunes, can I view by song, artist, album, and so on like I can on >>>>> my iPod? I tried this with the few songs already in the library, but >>>>> could not see a way to do it. >>>>> Thanks for any help. I'm normally no fan of iTunes, but I must say I like >>>>> the remote control on the Apple earbuds and being able to sync certain >>>>> songs with my iPod to have them with me, particularly with the wifi sync >>>>> option. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> mehg...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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