RE: Recommendations for ripping problem discs and organizing mp3's by genre?
Hi Chris-
Thanks for your suggestion. I tried Sound-Juicer, but I cannot see anyway
to create a hierarchy based on genre. Am I not seeing an option or
preference setting?
Thanks,
Keith
> I did much the same but with my CD collection.
> I used Sound Juicer to rip (you can rip to many formats including custom
> bitrates also).
> As to the hierarchy you mentioned, again using Sound Juicer, you can set
> the
> destination, the sort order, the sort parms (IE artist, album, etc).
> This would create the directories for you based on your choices.
>
> Sound Juicer is GUI and easy to use. Of course, there are many other
> options
> out there to use - I just mentioned what I used and was happy with.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitho@strucktower.com [mailto:keitho@strucktower.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:44 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Recommendations for ripping problem discs and organizing mp3's by
> genre?
>
> A few years ago I digitized my LP collection onto cdroms, and only now am
> I
> getting around to converting them to mp3's. I'm talking hundreds of
> homemade
> discs, many with two different albums on each disc.
>
> I thought I would ask for some advice on ripping and organizing. I am
> running Wheezy with Gnome (and CLI sometimes)
>
> Currently I am using GRIP. I like it, it works fine, but it doesn't deal
> well with problem discs. For instance, it tries very hard to resolve a
> problem reading the disc, but sometimes gets hung and doesn't allow
> aborting
> or skipping a bad track during ripping. Any suggestions on how to best
> deal
> with problems discs and which software to use? Is there a howto or
> tutorial
> on how to deal with problem discs?
>
> Secondly, I would like to be able to create playlists based on genre, to
> then use that playlist in random mode with a console program similar to
> mpg123. Suggestions on how to do that? Would it be as simple as creating
> folder trees for each genre then using a script to generate a playlist? or
> do you know of a easier way?
>
> There are so many programs to choose from I just thought I'd get a few
> recommendations from the list. Some of the programs I've looked at seem
> too
> feature-rich for my needs. I prefer simple-but-robust programs and using
> built-in CLI commands when possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith Ostertag
>
>
>
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