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It does default to users' Music folder and refuses to see others at first blush. I'm so used to software installation being compulsively stupid, once I blew past that it was all dead easy, and I knew what to expect when I set up Mrs.'<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 30 Apr 2019 14:36 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.109&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.109"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_110"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_110"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">30 Apr 2019 18:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Apr 2019 19:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">110 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.110">42301.110</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.109#a42301_109" target="_self">42301.109</a></div> <div class="message_body"> So far it's a dead heat with Dopamine. Dopamine beats it in the ease of use stakes and MusicBee has the features. Still don't know which to go with, I may leave both there. I've got a 250GB M.2 drive with nothing on it but Windows 10 and a couple of media players (well, yes there's all the sensible stuff like AV etc.) so no issues there.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.110&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.110"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_111"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_111"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">30 Apr 2019 19:05</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Apr 2019 19:12"></span></span> <span class="message_count">111 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.111">42301.111</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.109#a42301_109" target="_self">42301.109</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I have to say that copying CDs, which I thought was going to be one of the hardest parts of the exercise (and yes some of it is is incredibly boring) has turned out to have some fun bits. Came across the first Dido CD and suddenly remembered watching Roswell High as though it mattered. Then the Diamond Dogs CD took me right back to setting up my "record player" (I won't bore you with the component parts but I remember them all) when I rented a room in the house of Modern Classical composer Eric Graebner. Good God alive, I played him Diamond Dogs and he "quite liked it". He probably didn't.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.111&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.111"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_112"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_112"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">30 Apr 2019 19:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Apr 2019 19:37"></span></span> <span class="message_count">112 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.112">42301.112</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.109#a42301_111" target="_self">42301.111</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I use Asunder to rip on Ubuntu. I don't know if it's particularly fast or slow (which I think is mainly down to hw), but I just pop in cd's, it does the cddb lookup thing, I hit rip (with my presets for quality/format/folder), do other stuff, and then 10-15 minutes later (depending on length of cd, faster if I don't do flac) it pops it out and I drop in the next. It doesn't seem tedious, but I don't do it very often and never rip > 3-4 cds from [unnamed source] at a go anyway. Might feel more passionate about it if I was faced with 100s.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.112&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.112"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_113"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_113"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">30 Apr 2019 19:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Apr 2019 19:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">113 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.113">42301.113</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.109#a42301_112" target="_self">42301.112</a></div> <div class="message_body"> i've done about 200 so far and looking like the pile isn't even scratched<br /><br /> edit: which is a good thing - ho ho!<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 30 Apr 2019 19:44 by WILLIAMA</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.113&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.113"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_114"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_114"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">30 Apr 2019 19:43</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Apr 2019 19:43"></span></span> <span class="message_count">114 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.114">42301.114</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.109#a42301_113" target="_self">42301.113</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Gotta love how EAC gets really serious and warns about major read failures and how it FAILED to make an exact copy and then I play the track and it's fucking PERFECT! <br /><br /> old ears...</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.114&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.114"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_115"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_115"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">30 Apr 2019 20:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Apr 2019 20:33"></span></span> <span class="message_count">115 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.115">42301.115</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.109#a42301_114" target="_self">42301.114</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's in the name! Must like its bits to be perfect. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.115&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.115"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_116"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_116"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">30 Apr 2019 22:17</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 May 2019 05:22"></span></span> <span class="message_count">116 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.116">42301.116</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.98">42301.98</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <i>> Why is the concept of an inbox suitable for somebody who wants to play music?</i> <p>It's useful for people that want to fix metadata first, rather than sullying their pristine collection with the insane shit some Internet people tag their music files with. </p><p>There is a configuration option to add direct to library and/or to automatically import stuff, but it sounds like your issue was something different anyway. </p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.116&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.116"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_117"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_117"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 1 May 2019 05:35</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 May 2019 21:18"></span></span> <span class="message_count">117 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.117">42301.117</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.109#a42301_116" target="_self">42301.116</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You're right that it's a useful feature. I would query the name choice though. It's not a terrible choice, but it isn't helpful for somebody trying to learn how to use it. <br /> <br /> Anyway, it all looks far more promising now that it actually works. And yes, the stuff some people think should go into the metadata is just incomprehensible. And the problem is that with open metadata databases, it slowly spreads across the world.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.117&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.117"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_118"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_118"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: graphitone<span class="message_time"> 1 May 2019 12:32</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 May 2019 12:47"></span></span> <span class="message_count">118 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.118">42301.118</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.105">42301.105</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've been using MusicBee for sometime and really like it, but as you've eluded to there are some issues with the library/importing tracks. I've got it setup on my PC and newly ripped tracks appear after a restart of the software. My wife has the same setup - MusicBee looking at the share on the NAS for the FLAC files. I've been through the settings with a fine tooth comb and they all match, but there's a delay in her MusicBee finding the new tracks. It's set to discover new files in the assigned folder at startup and takes 2 or 3 reboots of the PC before it'll find them.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.118&return_msg=42301.109" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.118"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42301.119" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>