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What's the point?
Authored by: designbot on Mar 23, '07 08:43:11AM

I don't understand. If you have iTunes set up to import songs to your Linux box by default, why can't you just correct the ID3 tags and add artwork to the files that are stored there? How does it save time to import them twice?



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What's the point?
Authored by: DougAdams on Mar 23, '07 09:29:19AM

Normally, with the "On CD Insert" prefs set as mentioned, imported CD files will be saved to your designated Music Library folder (set in Preferences > Advanced > General). If you want them saved someplace else, use the hint.

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What's the point?
Authored by: hypert on Mar 23, '07 10:15:10AM

I didn't understand this at first either, but after a while I did. Since the Linux box is wireless, transferred a whole CD worth of ripped music back and forth could be very slow. This allows the author to rip "locally" and edit (each tag edit is another write to the disk, and the local disk will be much faster). When he's done, remove from iTunes, drop back onto iTunes (copies to Linux and makes entries in iTunes), remove local copies. Done.



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What's the point?
Authored by: tmpatrick on Mar 23, '07 02:06:41PM

Exactly. Because the server is connected wirelessly, everything slows to a snail's pace. For playback, it's totally fine, but for importing, it takes forever, and updating (even text fields, much less artwork) is painfully slow. This way, I can do a batch of CDs, update everything locally, then move it over all at once (overnight).

Note: It does require that I remove reference to the local files before that last step (or else there's duplication), but sorting the Library by Date Added helps me track down those files quickly. Hope this helps!



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Authored by: kikjou on Mar 25, '07 10:56:26AM

tmpatrick, I do like you do when I import songs on a wireless computer with my library on a central server. In order to remove the local songs, I have a smart folder where I have "date added" set to "today". No need for sorting and I see only files added during the last 24 hours.



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