--- James R Bamford <jim@jimtreats.com> wrote:
quoted 5 lines digital music beyond stuff you buy is only really
> digital music beyond stuff you buy is only really
> for putting on a harddisk
> in my opinion.. I have a 8ft shelf above my bed with
> all my CDs on it, or I
> have a remote control and a jukebox server I've
well, I listen to my digital music off my hard drive,
but I don't want to recopy everything so I'm sure as
heck gonna have the digital stuff backed up - which
has to be stored, which for a 24 year old in an
apartment is an issue!
quoted 1 line night sleepy listenings)
> night sleepy listenings)
my gf wouldn't like that :P i always listen to my
stuff while i'm out and about; not at home much.
different lifestyles lead to different priorities - i
think that can pretty much sum up our differences of
opinions :)
quoted 10 lines capability. It only uses
> capability. It only uses
> > ID3v1, IIRC. I need more than this!
>
> Why do you need more.. sure about 1% of my tracks
> (5000) have their details
> shortened cause it can't fit.. I agree this is a
> pain... but apart from
> getting that lengthed thats all I'd want.. I don't
> want lyrics, images,
> videos, or biographies bloating up my files.. I'll
I don't need any of that period. Just the music, and
identifying information. But a big part of that for
me, especially for this-listy music is the label and
catalog number. having that in addition to the usual
stuff makes my mp3 collection itself the database of
my music collection...
quoted 4 lines Sure ogg is an upcoming star and is fully open
> Sure ogg is an upcoming star and is fully open
> source but its soooooooooooo
> slow at the moment and still doesn't sound up to MPC
> which isn't finalised either..
which kinda gets at the nub for me which is that MP3
*is* basically finalized and has a track record and
supporting software and tons of people using it ... no
incentive to switch to anything yet, given my
lifestyle and a host of other things.
So basically, I agree with you - MPC is the winner,
the crown, as far as the audio itself goes, for lossy
compression.
It's kinda like gif vs jpg vs tiff vs bmp vs ... so
many choices, all good for certain situations, and all
intercompatible as long as you have good software. In
fact, "everyone else uses MP3" isn't even an argument
when you look at it this way. Who cares if your
friend starts using MPC? When they're all built into
WinAmp (inevitible) or some other common player, it
doesn't matter if you have a mixed format music
collection...
So maybe I should just give in and start using MPC :P
.adam
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