Music ?

[Graham Todd]

On Sat, 16 May 2009 20:41:34 -0400
Rick <rick0009 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have a massive audio collection, 800GB of wma, .mp3, flac...
> now that I am using linux (ubuntu), would like know,
> what is the best app for managing such a large collection,
> that offers allot details, like meta-data, custom fields (tags),
> and music art.
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You are going to get a *lot* of replies with list members giving their
favourites, so you would have to indicate what, for you, defines "best".

For myself, I'd put your music collection(s) on external drives and
then use the best application you try. With the cost of drives and
external drive cases so low on Ebay right now, it makes you music and
DVD collection very portable.  I'd definitely look at Rhythmbox, but you
may not like the layout/ functions, etc. This is a very personal
decision.

I can only tell you that my laptop runs Ubuntu, and I had this set up
with a P.A. to provide a "record hop" for my local Rock'n'Roll Club.
It read the tracklisting on the external drive and enough detail for me
to do a sort of mini-D.J. too.

I think you're going to have to install an mp3 tag editor/reader if you
want any more info than Rhythmbox gives.  Look at Easytag which has my
premier tagger, although Kid3 will do as well.

If you mean by "music art" visualisation of the stream, this is
available on a host of players, including Rhythmbox; if you mean by
album covers downloaded from an online database, you will not be
suprised to learn that Rhythmbox does this too.

Its a very personal thing and all I can say is - look around for what
fits *your* needs best.



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Graham Todd