ScubaMan2017
Headphoneus Supremus
You sir, are a joy to listen to. No kidding....{{{snip}}....but hopefully I didn't make any glaring mistakes, as I tend to shoot these things entirely off the top of my head....{{snip}}}...
You sir, are a joy to listen to. No kidding....{{{snip}}....but hopefully I didn't make any glaring mistakes, as I tend to shoot these things entirely off the top of my head....{{snip}}}...
And that killed iTunes for me - when I replaced my laptop with a desktop years ago trying to get the library swapped over was an exercise in futility and looking into the why (at that time of them wanting you to buy the downloads again) make me try to minimize their role as much as possible. Yes I use an iPod as a "DAP" - but it is old enough to still have a spinning hard drive, and has not received any of the music I have bought in years as I try to avoid iTunes and double ripping.I bought a new PC almost a year ago, and still haven’t succeeded in exporting my iTunes library to the new PC!
I bought a new PC almost a year ago, and still haven’t succeeded in exporting my iTunes library to the new PC!
And that killed iTunes for me - when I replaced my laptop with a desktop years ago trying to get the library swapped over was an exercise in futility and looking into the why (at that time of them wanting you to buy the downloads again) make me try to minimize their role as much as possible. Yes I use an iPod as a "DAP" - but it is old enough to still have a spinning hard drive, and has not received any of the music I have bought in years as I try to avoid iTunes and double ripping.
You, sir, are not fooling me regarding being a technophobeI am not a fan of Apple or iTunes.
However, as a technophobe, iTunes has worked for me.
I have used it to rip about 1200 CDs into ALAC over the past ten years or so.
It can be frustrating but I seem to have got all of my music library tagged with the right artwork and it’s now all in the right place.
LMS integrates really well with iTunes to manage my library with my streamers.
I also use an iPod in my car.
I must have been lucky as iTunes has never deleted a file...... so far!
It does have flaws though.
I bought a new PC almost a year ago, and still haven’t succeeded in exporting my iTunes library to the new PC!
Also, when I tried to put the music from iTunes on an SD card so my car could read and play them through the infotainment system, the car didn't like the format, with how long the commute is now (back then it wasn't bad at 20 minutes) that is not workable.Maybe I'm the exception but that process for me was entirely painless. I simply took a copy of the "Music" folder on the old PC, and pasted into the Music folder on the new PC. Loaded up iTunes, and it was all there once iTunes had read in the data.
That is not to say that some of iTunes quirks for me are annoying as well. The way it handles compilations leaves room for improvement for sure. I don't use it anymore for music, its sole purpose in my life is to back up our iDevices to a local PC, so that I can then also make another backup offline. I don't subscribe or wish to pay Apple for completely backing up 2 phones and 2 ipads when I have loads of storage.
...in particular Court & Spark. A Case of You has some cringing high-notes (I'll relisten to it).To wit, Joni Mitchell's first album sounds like it was recorded inside a galvanized garbage can. But it's brilliant nonetheless.
@TimsterMaybe I'm the exception but that process for me was entirely painless. I simply took a copy of the "Music" folder on the old PC, and pasted into the Music folder on the new PC. Loaded up iTunes, and it was all there once iTunes had read in the data.
That is not to say that some of iTunes quirks for me are annoying as well. The way it handles compilations leaves room for improvement for sure. I don't use it anymore for music, its sole purpose in my life is to back up our iDevices to a local PC, so that I can then also make another backup offline. I don't subscribe or wish to pay Apple for completely backing up 2 phones and 2 ipads when I have loads of storage.
I used to love iTunes. But it’s been more than a decade... since then, Secure rips on EAC to a NAS. Lived in metadata hell and folder organization hell. Now Roon makes it better, but I still know SQ is solid (that is, lossless).@Timster
I did exactly the same as you when copying my iTunes but I just can’t access it on new PC.
Some of it must have been copied as I am running my streamer from a hard drive on the new PC.
If I want to burn a CD from my iTunes library I have to use my old Windows 7 PC.
Similarly, when I rip CDs I have to use the old PC.
Eventually I am sure I’ll fix it but I live with it for now.
f'in idiot lawyerWhat is a FIL?
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I suspect that's because of how iTunes handles meta-data. Maybe try converting a few of your iTunes files with one of the free software programs that are out there. I'm on a mac and I've had very good luck with XLD and XACT. Similar programs are available on PC.Also, when I tried to put the music from iTunes on an SD card so my car could read and play them through the infotainment system, the car didn't like the format, with how long the commute is now (back then it wasn't bad at 20 minutes) that is not workable.
I just finished round filing iTunes and went to Windows Media Player which works fine.I suspect that's because of how iTunes handles meta-data. Maybe try converting a few of your iTunes files with one of the free software programs that are out there. I'm on a mac and I've had very good luck with XLD and XACT. Similar programs are available on PC.
XLD - https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23430/x-lossless-decoder
XACT - https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14246/xact
I have no association with either program.
I assume LZ is Led Zepplin (or Landing Zone?) But who/what are GD and PF?
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