How does iTunes store it's song library/database?
Justin
and a win2000 PC. I plan on getting a G4 soon and will be copy all my MP3
from my iBook and PC to it.
My question is, how hard will it be to transfer my MP3s over to my new G4
when I get it?
Is it simply a case of copying the folders over and then dropping every MP3
file from the finder window into the iTunes window? Will doing this
automaticly mean I can use the browser fuction?
Which I spose brings another question. How does the browse feature work?
Does it go by the folders and filenames? Or by the MP3 info?
Is their anything else I should know about the way iTunes
sorts/stores/catagorises MP3s?
Also. I have about 1500 MP3s spread over 120 albums. I plan to increas alot
(prolly double). How well does iTunes handle this many files?
Thanks,
Justin.
Garner Miller
<jb...@soupisgoodfood.network> wrote:
> Hi. I began to rip whole lot of CD with iTunes. I currently have an iBook
> and a win2000 PC. I plan on getting a G4 soon and will be copy all my MP3
> from my iBook and PC to it.
>
> My question is, how hard will it be to transfer my MP3s over to my new G4
> when I get it?
Very, very easy. I just did the same thing moving from my PowerBook to
an iMac G4.
> Is it simply a case of copying the folders over and then dropping every MP3
> file from the finder window into the iTunes window?
Yes -- well, from the Finder window onto the "Library" item on the left
side of the iTunes window. That will add the MP3 files to the database
automatically.
> Will doing this automaticly mean I can use the browser fuction?
Yes. Anything that's in iTunes' database can be seen with the browser
function.
> Which I spose brings another question. How does the browse feature work?
> Does it go by the folders and filenames? Or by the MP3 info?
By the MP3 files' internal ID3 tags. I found I had to do a little bit
of tag editing when I first started using iTunes, because some of the
names were slightly different and the same artist might have two
folders. Most common was a space after the name on some artists or
albums, but iTunes makes it easy to edit them as a group, so it didn't
take long to fix.
> Also. I have about 1500 MP3s spread over 120 albums. I plan to increas alot
> (prolly double). How well does iTunes handle this many files?
I have about the same amount (1500 or so) online at the moment, and can
sense no slowdown whatsoever. It seems to handle it just fine. (And
for a database that size, my iTunes Music Library file is still under a
megabyte in size.)
Good luck!
--
Garner R. Miller
Manchester, CT =USA=
Eric Zúñiga
"Justin" <jb...@soupisgoodfood.network> wrote:
> Hi. I began to rip whole lot of CD with iTunes. I currently have an iBook
> and a win2000 PC. I plan on getting a G4 soon and will be copy all my MP3
> from my iBook and PC to it.
>
> My question is, how hard will it be to transfer my MP3s over to my new G4
> when I get it?
>
The hardest thing is to copy it to your hard drive.
> Is it simply a case of copying the folders over and then dropping every MP3
> file from the finder window into the iTunes window?
Copy the folders over, then drag the folders onto the iTunes window, then
put your folders where you want them.
Will doing this
> automaticly mean I can use the browser fuction?
> Which I spose brings another question. How does the browse feature work?
> Does it go by the folders and filenames? Or by the MP3 info?
>
Not sure what you mean, but any song that you put inside iTunes will be
available to use in the browse function
The Browse feature only looks at the mp3 tag to sort it by
artist/album/genre, if your tags are empty then the iTunes browser can't
help you ;(
> Is their anything else I should know about the way iTunes
> sorts/stores/catagorises MP3s?
>
> Also. I have about 1500 MP3s spread over 120 albums. I plan to increas alot
> (prolly double). How well does iTunes handle this many files?
>
I have 1300 myself and haven't had any problem, I'd probably add more memory
just in case.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin.
>
>
No Problem,
--
Eric ZЗЯiga
"There are two types of people in the world, those who can count binary and
those who can't"
Charles Martin
"Justin" <jb...@soupisgoodfood.network> wrote:
> Hi. I began to rip whole lot of CD with iTunes. I currently have an iBook
> and a win2000 PC. I plan on getting a G4 soon and will be copy all my MP3
> from my iBook and PC to it.
>
> My question is, how hard will it be to transfer my MP3s over to my new G4
> when I get it?
Not at all.
> Is it simply a case of copying the folders over and then dropping every MP3
> file from the finder window into the iTunes window?
No. Just copy the folders over and remember to copy the iTunes Music
Library file and the related folder (which is in your Documents folder,
probably).
> Which I spose brings another question. How does the browse feature work?
> Does it go by the folders and filenames? Or by the MP3 info?
MP3 info.
> Is their anything else I should know about the way iTunes
> sorts/stores/catagorises MP3s?
It's pretty straightforward. Look at the iTunes folder in your Documents
folder, and iTunes' logic will become clear.
> Also. I have about 1500 MP3s spread over 120 albums. I plan to increas alot
> (prolly double). How well does iTunes handle this many files?
In Mac OS X, it's no problem. In Mac OS 9, you'll probably need to
increase the memory allotment for iTunes substantially before long. You
may even need to buy more RAM.
--
Dell, the computer of choice for mentally-stunted potheads.
Justin
I've been hardcore winamp user. But I'm starting to like iTunes more and
more each time. No more playlists is a big plus.
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Karen Wheless
> > (prolly double). How well does iTunes handle this many files?
>
> In Mac OS X, it's no problem. In Mac OS 9, you'll probably need to
> increase the memory allotment for iTunes substantially before long. You
> may even need to buy more RAM.
I have 6700 songs and 25 GB of music files running in iTunes. (When I
bought my iPod, I ripped every CD in my collection, which took quite a
while but is very handy.) I've never had a single problem. (I'm
running OS 9.1) I'm still using the standard memory allotment of 12 MB,
I have plenty of memory but iTunes has never crashed or slowed down so I
haven't seen the need to increase it. iTunes has no problem with large
numbers of music files, although organizing them may be a challenge.
But the iTunes search function is very handy, it's one feature that I
like better than Sound Jam (which I also use on occasion, it has some
things I like better than iTunes).
The only bad thing about iTunes is that it doesn't do a good job when
you move or rename files. It expects your files to be in a certain
place, and if you add a new CD or move files around, you have to go into
iTunes and delete the old ones and add the new ones. That's a major
annoyance in my opinion. If I'm just adding new music, it's fairly easy
to add them to iTunes, but if I ever start rearranging a lot of files or
deleting a bunch of stuff, I just delete the iTunes information in my
Documents folder and start over. It's easier and faster, and it clears
out any broken links. (These files have to be in the Documents folder,
by the way, I don't normally have a folder labeled "Documents" and
iTunes won't work without one. I finally just made mine invisible
because it messed up the symmetry of my hard drive.)
You can download some applescripts that will automate some of this at
the apple web site: http://www.apple.com/applescript/itunes/
There's also a script page at http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/
Karen
Paul Fuchs
Well, I can't answer the technical questions, but transfering MP3 files
via a firewire connection is incredibly fast and simple. Just transfer
the files into the folder where your current MP3 albums are stored,
Then highlight the new albums or songs and go to file> add to library
(in v2.0.2 OS X). That's it. I have been told that you can highlight
your whole library and the use the "add to library", and the existing
tags in the library will not duplicate, but I am not sure of this. If
it is true, it would make it even easier.
For this to work, the data specifying the artist, album name, ect. must
be tagged to the individual audio files, so since it does work, this
must be the case.
--
Paul Fuchs
paulfuchs-at-attglobal-dot-net
Sitting on a small rock (St. John) in the Caribbean