Question

rosserw · 06-15-2005, 13:02

Sorry if this is off topic, I'm new to these forums and it didn't seem to clearly fit in any of the categories. Which programs do you all use to organize your music. Many people (iPod owners) laud iTunes as the best thing around, but I don't guess you can use iTunes with an iAudio. So what would be the best thing besides that? Thanks

muz · 06-15-2005, 13:05

Mediamonkey! it can sync with the X5 too as it acts as a mass storage device.

cjbottaro · 06-15-2005, 13:09

amaroK (http://amarok.kde.org)
The site is (temporarily?) down it seems.

rosserw · 06-15-2005, 13:13

Thanks guys, I'll check those out. If anyone has any other suggestions, I would certainly still enjoy hearing them.

BIGtrouble77 · 06-15-2005, 13:42

Most of us don't use any programs. They are not needed with iaudio players. We manually organize our songs we copy over to the player manually.

g:\Artist\Album\01-songtitle.ogg

06-15-2005, 14:55

No offence but post tiles that just say "question", "help" or "does it do this" really get on my nerves!

soup440 · 06-15-2005, 15:25

I like to use
*gasp*
Windows Explorer.

06-15-2005, 17:27

Me to but then again I've kept my music organised by filename since day one.

Fido · 06-16-2005, 02:53

Does iTunes actually organise anything? I thought it just has an ID3 Database function, and almost every music player has that now.

s-one · 06-16-2005, 11:11

But how do you guys create playlists? Don't you use a program to do this?

raistlin · 06-16-2005, 13:46

I just create a playlist on winamp and then transfer the m3u file over to my X5

EDictive · 06-16-2005, 14:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fido

Does iTunes actually organise anything? I thought it just has an ID3 Database function, and almost every music player has that now.

I used iTunes once and assigned it to manage a folder I had to store some albums temperaly (thank god it wasn't my entire libary). iTunes reorganized the entire file/folder tree! I had a Global Underground Album (the ID3 Tags must have been Artist: The DJ Track: Track artist and song) or somthing like that and totally messed it up! It was bad... I don't even remamber what exactly happened.
Winamp for life <3

And if I did actually make playlists I would use Winamp.. But the dynamic D-Playlist or wahtever it's called on the X5 works fine. I like how you can just bring up the menu and add a song/album/directory to a list..

s-one · 06-16-2005, 14:39

I can understand the indpendence of not requiring a program to organize music/directories. It make sense to simply just copy over files to the X5 and be done with. But it seems to me if you have a lot of music, you would need a program to organize and the big one for me is "synching". How can one keep up with deleting songs from the computer and then doing it again on the x5? Again, I'm not a big fan of these programs but they do seem to help.

06-16-2005, 16:03

It's not hard. You delete a file on your X5 and remember to do it on the PC. I don't tend to delete many music files and besides I've been in the habit for years of organising my music properly, in the first place.

Quote:

Originally Posted by raistlin

I just create a playlist on winamp and then transfer the m3u file over to my X5

Me to.

tsayin · 06-16-2005, 20:00

Actually, if you use windows, delete the music folder and create a briefcase named music. It's just a folder with a few special files in it, so the X5 won't care, but any folders you drag into it will be synchronized with their sources. It works pretty well.

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06-16-2005, 11:11	#10
s-one Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 101	But how do you guys create playlists? Don't you use a program to do this? __________________ s-one

06-16-2005, 14:39	#13
s-one Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 101	I can understand the indpendence of not requiring a program to organize music/directories. It make sense to simply just copy over files to the X5 and be done with. But it seems to me if you have a lot of music, you would need a program to organize and the big one for me is "synching". How can one keep up with deleting songs from the computer and then doing it again on the x5? Again, I'm not a big fan of these programs but they do seem to help. __________________ s-one

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06-15-2005, 13:02	#1
rosserw Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2	Sorry if this is off topic, I'm new to these forums and it didn't seem to clearly fit in any of the categories. Which programs do you all use to organize your music. Many people (iPod owners) laud iTunes as the best thing around, but I don't guess you can use iTunes with an iAudio. So what would be the best thing besides that? Thanks

06-15-2005, 13:05	#2
muz Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 54	Mediamonkey! it can sync with the X5 too as it acts as a mass storage device.

06-15-2005, 13:13	#4
rosserw Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2	Thanks guys, I'll check those out. If anyone has any other suggestions, I would certainly still enjoy hearing them.

06-15-2005, 13:42	#5
BIGtrouble77 Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 43	Most of us don't use any programs. They are not needed with iaudio players. We manually organize our songs we copy over to the player manually. g:\Artist\Album\01-songtitle.ogg

06-15-2005, 14:55	#6
bradavon Guest Posts: n/a	No offence but post tiles that just say "question", "help" or "does it do this" really get on my nerves!

06-15-2005, 15:25	#7
soup440 Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 131	I like to use gasp Windows Explorer.

06-15-2005, 17:27	#8
bradavon Guest Posts: n/a	Me to but then again I've kept my music organised by filename since day one.

06-16-2005, 02:53	#9
Fido Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 916	Does iTunes actually organise anything? I thought it just has an ID3 Database function, and almost every music player has that now.

06-16-2005, 13:46	#11
raistlin Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: United States Posts: 57	I just create a playlist on winamp and then transfer the m3u file over to my X5

06-16-2005, 20:00	#15
tsayin Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 459	Actually, if you use windows, delete the music folder and create a briefcase named music. It's just a folder with a few special files in it, so the X5 won't care, but any folders you drag into it will be synchronized with their sources. It works pretty well.