Re: MP3 Encoding - Tags???

["Neil F" <automated@xxxxxxx>]

whehey....after much messin about, i have both machines back runnung....my
front door cam / tv listings server seems MUCH faster :-)

halflife installed??
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] MP3 Encoding - Tags???


> A group of my friends decided early doors that downloading MP3s was a
bit
of
> a hit or miss game, so we pooled all of our CD collections. I maintain
the
> archive, as I am the only one who has bothered to set up a home media
server
> so far. (my friends, whilst being IT literate, tend to be in awe of
the
> system, but not inclined to replicate it)
>
> At present, we have 479 albums ripped (many are double CD compilations
etc)
> giving a grand total of 7860 tracks and taking 28.8Gb of disk space.
>
> The best ripper/encoder to use (IMO) is AudioCatalyst by Xingtech. It
has
> CDDB lookup built in, and very flexible naming conventions. It also
> auto-completes the tags from CDDB as far as possible. I think Xingtech
are
> now bust and defunct, but I have a copy folks can have (it's 3Mb)
>
> Other suggestions include: standardise on a naming convention and
stick to
> it.  I use a folder name of "Artist Name - Album Name" and a
filename of
> "Track Name", except for Soundtracks and Compilations:
soundtracks get
> "Soundtrack - Film Name" as a folder, and "Artist Name
- Track Name" for
the
> file. Copilations get the same filename, but "Various -
Compilation Title"
> as the folder. also, always rip to either 128kbps 44000 or 160kbps
44000
> (don't use VBR, it truly sucks)
> Many people cannot tell any difference from 128 to 160: you need to be
an
> audiophile with good equipment.
>
> I personally use 128kbps Joint Stereo at 44KHz for everything.
>
> Ian.
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