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Maybe you think: I ripped some CDs to my computer and then converted them to lossy 320kbps mp3. If I discover | Maybe you think: I ripped some CDs to my computer and then converted them to lossy 320kbps mp3. If I discover duplicate songs, fine - I go delete the one that is worse. Saves me disk space. | ||
It depends on what you want, but there are [[reasons for keeping lossless audio]] data and resons for keeping full CDs. | It depends on what you want, but there are [[reasons for keeping lossless audio]] data and resons for keeping full CDs. | ||
==why full CD rips== | ==why full CD rips== | ||
If you deleted the other versions of the song you have no chance to re-check. You also cannot participate in discussions | If you deleted the other versions of the song you have no chance to re-check. You also cannot participate very well in discussions of the deleted file with other people. | ||
Additionally you may have problems | Additionally you may have problems using cool features, like automatic mass [[tagging]] - because the CD in its entirety has gone, the album cannot be recognised by certain software. And some tools currently need full CDs to allow mass tagging. | ||
==solution== | ==solution== | ||
* maintain | * maintain a separate archive for your tracks that you think are the best versions of a song | ||
* there may come up tools | * there may come up tools that can generate best-of-extractions based on the data you have | ||
** e.g. several people gather and create a best-of-text-file. You just get the file, a | ** e.g. several people gather and create a best-of-text-file. You just get the file, a program looks at what you have, and in the extraction it leaves out duplicates that have a better counterpart. | ||
Revision as of 2007-10-19T12:21:52
Maybe you think: I ripped some CDs to my computer and then converted them to lossy 320kbps mp3. If I discover duplicate songs, fine - I go delete the one that is worse. Saves me disk space.
It depends on what you want, but there are reasons for keeping lossless audio data and resons for keeping full CDs.
why full CD rips
If you deleted the other versions of the song you have no chance to re-check. You also cannot participate very well in discussions of the deleted file with other people.
Additionally you may have problems using cool features, like automatic mass tagging - because the CD in its entirety has gone, the album cannot be recognised by certain software. And some tools currently need full CDs to allow mass tagging.
solution
- maintain a separate archive for your tracks that you think are the best versions of a song
- there may come up tools that can generate best-of-extractions based on the data you have
- e.g. several people gather and create a best-of-text-file. You just get the file, a program looks at what you have, and in the extraction it leaves out duplicates that have a better counterpart.