Organising a Music Library

Feek · 30-08-2007, 21:34

Having been handed collections from friends, I've now got 190Gb of MP3 files, a huge chunk of which is badly organised.

I'd like some decent software that can sort it all out, tidy it up, maybe pull album tracks together if they're split in different places, delete duplicates if appropriate and just end up giving me a nice decent library to choose tunes from.

Is there such a thing? I suspect there are plenty of packages that _might_ do what I want but I'd like advice from those who may already have done this.

Any suggestions?

Kell_ee001 · 30-08-2007, 21:43

I had a nice little program that did just that but I can't remember what it was called

Edit; was a program from MusicBrainz, tagged all the files properly which made it all a lot easier to sort out

Justsomebloke · 30-08-2007, 22:17

I was only reading the other day about a prog that Auto sets the Levels & auto organises tunes using Artists/tracks/Titles.
Head memory borkage stops me relaying the name of it though

It'll come back to me though or i would have saved a link or doc somewhere, I'll try to fish it out.

Zirax · 31-08-2007, 15:03

I even think that ITunes does this? It automatically organises it to
Artist -> Album(s) -> Tracks
There are bound to be others that do this as well.

Personally mine could do with going through, my current collection is split all over the shop, but is more organised into a general time it was released and where I was. IE "uni" directory will contain stuff pre 01

Feek · 31-08-2007, 15:35

MusicBrainz looks as though it will try and identify the track by the contents, if it works and works well then that's very cool.

Kell_ee001 · 31-08-2007, 15:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feek

MusicBrainz looks as though it will try and identify the track by the contents, if it works and works well then that's very cool.

Iirc it got at least 95% of mine, only didn't identify the really obscure

Feek · 31-08-2007, 15:40

Can you remember which app(s) you used, there seem to be quite a few on their site?

Desmo · 31-08-2007, 15:57

I've used The Godfather before. Works well enough to organize and rename/retag. Doesn't tag automatically though although I think it can read stuff in from cddb etc.

leowyatt · 31-08-2007, 16:51

Not sure if this is what you want but you can get iTunes to organise the music for you.

Kell_ee001 · 31-08-2007, 17:59

I used the classic tagger but I don't think the others were available when I originally DL'd it

30-08-2007, 21:34	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Organising a Music Library Having been handed collections from friends, I've now got 190Gb of MP3 files, a huge chunk of which is badly organised. I'd like some decent software that can sort it all out, tidy it up, maybe pull album tracks together if they're split in different places, delete duplicates if appropriate and just end up giving me a nice decent library to choose tunes from. Is there such a thing? I suspect there are plenty of packages that _might_ do what I want but I'd like advice from those who may already have done this. Any suggestions? __________________

30-08-2007, 21:43	#2
Kell_ee001 Wants Big Meat Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 6,478	I had a nice little program that did just that but I can't remember what it was called Edit; was a program from MusicBrainz, tagged all the files properly which made it all a lot easier to sort out __________________ Last edited by Kell_ee001; 30-08-2007 at 21:48.

30-08-2007, 22:17	#3
Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	I was only reading the other day about a prog that Auto sets the Levels & auto organises tunes using Artists/tracks/Titles. Head memory borkage stops me relaying the name of it though It'll come back to me though or i would have saved a link or doc somewhere, I'll try to fish it out. __________________

31-08-2007, 15:35	#5
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	MusicBrainz looks as though it will try and identify the track by the contents, if it works and works well then that's very cool. __________________

31-08-2007, 15:40	#7
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Can you remember which app(s) you used, there seem to be quite a few on their site? __________________

31-08-2007, 15:03	#4
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	I even think that ITunes does this? It automatically organises it to Artist -> Album(s) -> Tracks There are bound to be others that do this as well. Personally mine could do with going through, my current collection is split all over the shop, but is more organised into a general time it was released and where I was. IE "uni" directory will contain stuff pre 01

31-08-2007, 15:57	#8
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	I've used The Godfather before. Works well enough to organize and rename/retag. Doesn't tag automatically though although I think it can read stuff in from cddb etc. __________________

31-08-2007, 16:51	#9
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Not sure if this is what you want but you can get iTunes to organise the music for you. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

31-08-2007, 17:59	#10
Kell_ee001 Wants Big Meat Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 6,478	I used the classic tagger but I don't think the others were available when I originally DL'd it __________________