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: kei...@strucktower.com [mailto:kei...@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 > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/245a8c30a277a83129e417c48d6d5e89.squir...@webmail.st > rucktower.com > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/35e36007bd30c9d63b5f33278f41e9cc.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
