On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Michael G Fletcher<mgfletc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Alan Pope<a...@popey.com> wrote: >> 2009/7/1 Rowan <rowan.berke...@googlemail.com>: >>> Sorry - for 'Internet Explorer' read 'Windows Explorer,' which is the >>> file browser in Windows. I forgot to mention that all these music >>> players 'populate' their 'libraries' from the tags rather than the >>> titles on the audio files, which is why one needs a re-tagger and a lot >>> of patience. The players create new folders for any discrepantly tagged >>> files, and dump untagged files into 'unknown' folders or leave them >>> loose, even if on your file browser they appear coherently organised >>> into albums etcetera. >>> >> >> Which is arguably the right way to do things. It shouldn't matter what >> the filename is, what's important is the metadata. For example it's >> impossible to represent the artist, song, compilation name (if >> applicable), genre, year of release, rating etc in a sensible way in >> the filename, that's what the ID3 tag is for. >> >> Personally I use Banshee, which has a great tagging system. For tracks >> which are part of the same album it's possible to select multiple >> tracks, enter the Album name once (and other details such as genre) >> and have that data replicated to all selected tracks. >> >> By default however Banshee saves the metadata to its own database, >> however there is a simple preference setting which can be set to force >> it to save meta data to the mp3 files themselves. >> >> Works a treat. >> >> Cheers, >> Al. > Hi Rowan,
i've always just used rhythmbox, and it does not re-arrange any of the actual files as far as I know. Also, I never have to rebuild the library, i just put new music into my music folder and it automatically updates the database. _________________________________ Michael Fletcher Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com Follow me at - http://twitter.com/big_fletch -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
