Thanks Kelly. This gives me a good reference point, and I wasn't aware that you could import those files into EAC.
Blessings, Brian -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:06 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Rules for Naming Ripped Files There are no specific rules. Realize that the free database that EAC uses does not have information on some albums. The commercial CDDB database that Winamp and iTunes use can be accessed using the .player program. And exported as an .ini file that can be imported into EAC. >From experience, I have found a few conventions that work for me as a screen reader user. I have EAC create one folder for each disc ripped. The default is to create a folder for the artist and then for the disc. I place the artist name first in the folder name followed by the album name. Sometimes with an artist of many albums I place the year between the artist name and the album name. For albums with multiple CD's, I create one folder for the album and a folder for each CD with the artist and album name followed by the CD number. If I simply labeled it CD1, the folder could not be identified easily if it were separated from the album folder, such as with a portable media player. I follow a different naming convention for each track, to ensure the tracks appear in the same order as they do on the album, I enable EAC to number each track with single digit numbers beginning with a zero, such as 01, 012 and so forth. This is followed by the track name only. As a screen reader user, I find it frustrating to listen to the album and artist name on an album folder I have already accessed. These practices are similar to those used by many who rip albums. Kelly On 4/24/10, Brian Hansen <bc.hanse...@mchsi.com> wrote: > I'm using "Exact Audio Copy" to rip all of my CD's to the computer as > FLAC files, and I was wondering if there is any rules or naming > conventions that I can use to enable the meta data tags to be filled > out using the info contained in the file name. Since EAC allows > complete customization of ripped file names, one could put the Artist, > Song & Album Titles, as well as track number in any order, as well as > use different characters to separate the info. This is why I'm > looking to see if there is any rules or naming conventions out there > that would speed the processes up. Any and all thoughts or help will be greatly appreciated. > > Blessings, > > Brian > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
