by Solitaire001 » Fri May 22, 2009 10:01 am
Like you, I have a fairly large collection, one that I've ripped from my own CDs. But what has really caused my collection to explode is the addition of podcasts to my library.
What I've taken to doing is to divide my entire collection into two libraries: Active and Inactive. My Active Library contains the tracks that I always want immediate access to, while the Inactive Library contains tracks that I want to be available, but I don't need to have immediately available (such as old podcasts that I wish to keep).
I haven't had a problem with quickly getting to the music that I want. What has been a big help is by adding useful tags to my tracks, and working with autoplaylists. For example, I renamed one of the custom tags "Music" and I used it to create an autoplaylist of just music tracks (genres [like "Comedy"] don't help in many cases because many contain both music and non-music tracks).
Like you, I have a fairly large collection, one that I've ripped from my own CDs. But what has really caused my collection to explode is the addition of podcasts to my library.
What I've taken to doing is to divide my entire collection into two libraries: Active and Inactive. My Active Library contains the tracks that I always want immediate access to, while the Inactive Library contains tracks that I want to be available, but I don't need to have immediately available (such as old podcasts that I wish to keep).
I haven't had a problem with quickly getting to the music that I want. What has been a big help is by adding useful tags to my tracks, and working with autoplaylists. For example, I renamed one of the custom tags "Music" and I used it to create an autoplaylist of just music tracks (genres [like "Comedy"] don't help in many cases because many contain both music and non-music tracks).