I second iTunes for managing a large music collection. You can even turn
off the iTunes music store so it doesn't take screen realestate. I also
use a plugin called now playing that dumps my current song in iTunes to
an XML file. It even uploads a copy to my web server. I then read the
xml file into my blog template and amuse myself by seeing what I'm
playing show up on my site. I'm still looking for an easy way to
shoutcast what I'm playing in iTunes so that you can click the name of
the track on my site and start listenting to my stream instantly. I
found a free shoutcast server on AnalogX.com but from what I can tell it
only works with Winamp.
Give iTunes a shot at your collection - it's the fucking bee's knees and
pollen stuck there in.
mad love,
.eric
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Tim Moore wrote:
quoted 35 lines On Oct 25, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Shane Huddleston wrote:
>
> On Oct 25, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Shane Huddleston wrote:
>
>> Interesting. Different strokes, I guess. I think the Rio Karma
>> interface is great, for what it's worth. Maybe it's not as "intuitive"
>> but after 10 minutes of fiddling with it you get past that.
>>
>> This question derails the thread a tad, but what exactly is the
>> point/coolness of iTunes? Isn't it just a store where you can buy
>> AACs/MP3s? I've never bothered to install it because I wanted to be
>> able to browse the selection of music before installing such a huge
>> program. I've learned the hard way from installing crap like RealOne
>> and having it take over my computer.
>>
>> Maybe I'm totally missing out on something important. I'm not being
>> ironic here... seriously, what would I want iTunes for? Especially if
>> I don't have an iPod.
>>
>
> I don't really buy stuff from the iTunes store, so I don't even think
> of the program in that way. For me, the appeal is that it is simply
> the best tool I have found for managing a large library of music. I
> know that a lot of people have cobbled together custom scripts to do
> this themselves, and if you've got the expertise, time and
> inclination, that may offer you more power. But iTunes makes it really
> easy off the shelf, and gives you a decent amount of power with things
> like Smart Playlists and the ability to use AppleScripts or COM
> automation to fill in the gaps. I think the whole experience is a lot
> better on the Mac, where it's really well integrated with the rest of
> the system, than on Windows where it doesn't fit in as well. But even
> on Windows, I haven't found a better program for managing large
> libraries. I used to dislike tools that tried to take ownership of my
> music collection (organizing the file structure, tags, etc) because
> they didn't do it very well. Now with iTunes I wouldn't have it any
> other way.