Posted by anthonyberet on 09/04/05 00:10

Don M. wrote:
> "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message news:3nu0bsF3a0c9U1@individual.net...
>
>>I have recently come to a decision about archiving - I find that the
>>business of burning stuff from HD to CDR (or even DVDR) is unnacceptably
>>fraught. Firstly, I don't really want to do it, and only do so when a
>>drive starts getting filled. It takes a long time to organise what to
>>put on which CDR. Then they have storage problems as discussed. Then I
>>can't find the file that I know I have because it is very hard to keep a
>>catalogue of 100's of CDs up to date - even using cataloging software,
>>can't take away the repetion of putting the next disc in the drive to be
>>read, reading it, and then replacing it with the next. Then there is the
>>difficulty of keeping them all numbered correctly.
>>
>
> ==========
>
> Good grief. If you're too lazy to do any organizing, you'll be bitching regardless of
> your storage medium. A little planning is all it takes. Say you store CDRs in spindles.
> Number spindles - 01, 02, etc. Then name each CDR you archive in your cataloguing
> software, and label the CDR accordingly.
> 01-Mariah Scarey, 5 Cent
> 01-Hard Sell, Pee Diddly
> |-Non-Stop Erotic Cabinet
> |-1-Crustacean
> |-2-Fainted Luv
> |-
> 01-Rap shingles
> .
> .
>
> 02-Snoopy Dog Doo
> 02-Dr. Dross, 5 Cent
> 02-Cain West, etc
> 02-Different versions of Obla-di-Obla-da, etc, etc
> .
> .
> Searches in MpegAudioCollection are very fast. If you change any of the CDRs, update it
> in the database without having to redo the entire db.
>
> If you go for the TB HD deal, you can still benefit from a bit of organization. Searching
> a database should be much faster than searching media via OS.
>
>
Thanks, and you obviously have some proclivity for tidyness that I
don't. I am not exactly lazy about it, but at this stage, it would be a
very big job!
The thing is, what I value about computers and p2p is the potential for
immediate access, and automated, or virtual organisation.
I want to be able to tap in a word, and see what comes up, just like
with Winmx, or Google - In fact, I am rather hoping Google Desktop can
lend itself to network cataloging (am not sure).
That way, if I put in a title for example, I could get every cover
version record by whoever, and not have to worry about where it is.
- Hopefully, I would just be able to chuck everything I like into a
massive directory, and search it when I need something.

I shall let you know what transpires ;-)

- Oh and by the way, I thing you have done more to pollute my future
enjoyment of Soft Cell than all those misnamed files ;)

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