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Windows Forum / Windows Media / General Topics / July 2008Consolidate Library?
Hi all, For many years i have used itunes due to owning an ipod. Now i have two PCs though, a laptop and a desktop and i use my desktop for the ipod but i now have vista on the laptop and like the look of WMP11... One question, is there a function to consolidate my wmp library? Im a little OCD when it comes to neat files an folders and with itunes when i add tracks to the library (via simple drag and drop) it copies and renames the files to my music folder. I really want to do this as i use several methods to get musoc on my pc, many of which come with their own download managers... Thanks in advance. Blair You have a few options. In Windows Media Player, you can go to Tools->Options->Library and click the setting to rearrange your media files according to your rip settings. This will do like iTunes does and keep your files organized. I much prefer the way WMP organizes my library than the way iTunes does. iTunes makes a total mess by splitting collections across multiple folders. Also, you can click F3 in Windows Media Player to bring up the Monitor Folders dialog. Just add the folders you want monitored to the list and it will automatically find and organize those folders if you have also applied the setting I wrote of first. Just watch out here. iTunes and WMP will compete if you're not careful, both trying to organize your folders their own way. If you really like the job iTunes has been doing for you then simply set WMP to monitor the iTunes folders but don't configure WMP to rearrange your files. Both players then can happily share the same set of media files while maintaining their own libraries. And WMP has one feature that is just not available on iTunes - WMP will monitor the folder and you don't have to manually add every new track to the library. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Blair Thanx Dale, yeah thats what i have done, i really dont wanna put itune on if i can help it so no prob with clash... I Already had done what you suggested, i suppose they kinda work differently...in itunes i drad and drop to itunes and it moves it to my music folder whereas with wmp i should drag and drop to my folder and it will automatically add to wmp. You say potato and all that. Cheers again. Blair > You have a few options. In Windows Media Player, you can go to > Tools->Options->Library and click the setting to rearrange your media files [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > > > Blair How do I consolidate tracks of music in Microsoft Media Player? > Thanx Dale, > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > > > > > > Blair It's not obvious what you mean - can you give an example ? Cheers - Neil >How do I consolidate tracks of music in Microsoft Media Player? > [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] >> > > >> > > Blair ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs Thanks Neil, I am recording jazz from old 78 rpm records. There is an autotracker on the recorder which inserts track intervals when the music stops for longer than 2 seconds which happens frequently in jazz. Then, where a track interval occurs, there is extra silence at each end. How do I join the two or more pieces together again to make a single track? Tom > It's not obvious what you mean - can you give an example ? > [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs OK so it's reasonable to assume the audio tracks are done in one session - that is, they are all in the same format - e.g. MP3 audio, 128kbps mono. If the recording (encoding) settings match, the job is much simpler. Assuming MP3 or WAV files, you can easily tail-end music files together using Audacity : http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ That will also get you pop-removal and some compensation for equalisation and wow.flutter is available. Finally, a useful feature would be to fade-in/fade out, to mask some of the initial crackle of the 78s (unless you like that sort of effect) Always *save* the files as high a bitrate as you can e.g. 320kbps because it's always easier to downgrade them later, whereas you'd always lose some quality unless you were actually using WMA lossless to begin with. If you've already encoded them as WMA (windows media audio) then it's a bit more awkward. Windows media encoder can join tracks together. It does that most successfully if you have the settings the same as the recorded tracks - in that case, it doesn't re-encode them, which saves any possible quality loss - though there are no EQ or editing tools. You can get that free from here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx Setting up a series of 'sources' choosing File source, and pressing the Add Source button would allow you to chain the tracks together. HTH Cheers - Neil >Thanks Neil, > [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] >> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs Thanks Neil - this is really clear and appears doable for a novice like myself. really appreciated, Tom > OK so it's reasonable to assume the audio tracks are done in one > session - that is, they are all in the same format - e.g. MP3 audio, [quoted text clipped - 107 lines] > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs |
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