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    Moon on a Stick music player

    What do folks use for organising and listening to your digital music collection? My ideal feature list would include:-

    Ø Play most music format files, including FLAC
    Ø Rip CDs to a lossless format, get metadata from the cloud and auto-organise into folders based on artist and album
    Ø Import and auto-organise purchased music other than on CD, again using tags. (Like the 'automatically add to Itunes' folder thing)
    Ø Ability to edit tags
    Ø Find and remove dead links and duplicates
    Ø Play music library from anywhere - my library is on Onedrive, want to be able to stream to a laptop , or phone.
    Ø Ability to download from library to devices to listen when offline.
    Ø Playlists, natch.
    Ø Ability to play via Amazon Alexa (nice to have)
    Ø Podcast support
    Ø Free


    Historically I used iTunes before I tossed my iPhone so most of my CDs are neatly ripped into folders on OneDrive. More recently I used the free version of Amazon Prime music, but the bstrds have withdrawn the ability to upload your own music.

    I am now using Microsoft Groove as a player, but it lacks the CD Ripping function so I use the veteran Media Player for that, and Groove is missing Tag Editing and file/folder organisation features so I'm using Mp3Tag for that. It would be nice to have a single integrated app.

    When I say 'music' I really mean audio, including favourite Podcast episodes and bootlegged radio.

    Anyone tried MusicBee? I found the interface totally counterintuitive, but it seems pretty powerful..

    I guess I could knock up a script to interrogate tags and auto-organise the library, but I'd expect there to be some decent freeware/shareware out there for such an obvious requirement.

    TIA
    My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.

    #2
    One word SPOTIFY, end of.

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      #3
      For tagging and organising, I use MusicBrainz Picard (available for Mac and Windows).

      I used to use MediaMonkey on PC, and am thinking of trying XLD ( X Lossless Decoder: Lossless audio decoder for Mac OS X )
      …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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        #4
        Originally posted by SlipTheJab View Post
        One word SPOTIFY, end of.
        Not free, Not lossless, No CD Rip, No organisation, No tag edit.
        My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.

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          #5
          Originally posted by WTFH View Post
          For tagging and organising, I use MusicBrainz Picard (available for Mac and Windows).

          I used to use MediaMonkey on PC, and am thinking of trying XLD ( X Lossless Decoder: Lossless audio decoder for Mac OS X )
          Thankx, will investigate.

          Should have mentioned I'm Wintel.
          My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.

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            #6
            Originally posted by pjclarke View Post
            What do folks use for organising and listening to your digital music collection? My ideal feature list would include:-

            Ø Play most music format files, including FLAC
            Ø Rip CDs to a lossless format, get metadata from the cloud and auto-organise into folders based on artist and album
            Ø Import and auto-organise purchased music other than on CD, again using tags. (Like the 'automatically add to Itunes' folder thing)
            Ø Ability to edit tags
            Ø Find and remove dead links and duplicates
            Ø Play music library from anywhere - my library is on Onedrive, want to be able to stream to a laptop , or phone.
            Ø Ability to download from library to devices to listen when offline.
            Ø Playlists, natch.
            Ø Ability to play via Amazon Alexa (nice to have)
            Ø Podcast support
            Ø Free


            Historically I used iTunes before I tossed my iPhone so most of my CDs are neatly ripped into folders on OneDrive. More recently I used the free version of Amazon Prime music, but the bstrds have withdrawn the ability to upload your own music.

            I am now using Microsoft Groove as a player, but it lacks the CD Ripping function so I use the veteran Media Player for that, and Groove is missing Tag Editing and file/folder organisation features so I'm using Mp3Tag for that. It would be nice to have a single integrated app.

            When I say 'music' I really mean audio, including favourite Podcast episodes and bootlegged radio.

            Anyone tried MusicBee? I found the interface totally counterintuitive, but it seems pretty powerful..

            I guess I could knock up a script to interrogate tags and auto-organise the library, but I'd expect there to be some decent freeware/shareware out there for such an obvious requirement.

            TIA
            iTunes does everything you ask....
            Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
            I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

            I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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              #7
              My general strategy is to have copy of my whole collection in several places (car, 2 music players, main hifi, PC and others).

              I have Linux scripts in place to do all the organizational stuff required for that. A central archive in lossless FLAC, and the above copies of it in 256 Mb/s VBR MP3.

              I use Linux tools for ripping and tagging.

              Spotify et al don't appeal, as I still have the "ownership/collection" view of music, and I hate regular payments.

              My ideal player would be just a large, mains powered MP3 player, with a large screen. Something like the Brenan but bigger, nicer, and with no CD ripping stuff. Just a thing that plays digital music. They aren't made though. For some reason, the industry doesn't want you to have a full sized MP3/FLAC/whatever player.

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                #8
                Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
                iTunes does everything you ask....
                iTunes does maybe 90%, no FLAC support, no android app (AFAIK).

                This is the frustrating thing, needing a portfolio of different apps....
                My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.

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                  #9
                  Moon on a Stick music player

                  Originally posted by pjclarke View Post
                  iTunes does maybe 90%, no FLAC support, no android app (AFAIK).

                  This is the frustrating thing, needing a portfolio of different apps....
                  You never specified Android

                  And there are quite a few apps out there which will let you sync iTunes to Android, I think I used iSyncr last time I went none fruit based
                  Last edited by SimonMac; 2 February 2018, 17:22.
                  Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
                  I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

                  I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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                    #10
                    Alexa would be nice if it:

                    - could play tunes from a USB stick

                    - could connect your amplifier.

                    But it can't.

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