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Sapphie

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Distinguish between CDs and Downloads
« on: April 30, 2020, 07:04:17 am »

If your music collection contains a mixture of ripped CDs and downloaded music from, say iTunes, what is the best tag in MC to distinguish between them? I can't see a 'Source' tag but something similar may already exist?

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Re: Distinguish between CDs and Downloads
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2020, 08:36:30 am »

I use "Source" Field. I can't remember if it is MC Standard or was selfdefined by me. (You can add fields under Tools->Options->Manage->Library & Folders.
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Re: Distinguish between CDs and Downloads
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2020, 12:32:02 pm »

If your music collection contains a mixture of ripped CDs and downloaded music from, say iTunes, what is the best tag in MC to distinguish between them? I can't see a 'Source' tag but something similar may already exist?

Thanks
Lee

I added a custom field called Media Source. Complete with a custom drop down that basically covers off any possible media delivery type I could (or might) think of.

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Re: Distinguish between CDs and Downloads
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2020, 01:32:26 pm »

I added a custom field called Media Source. Complete with a custom drop down that basically covers off any possible media delivery type I could (or might) think of.

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I have a custom name and define the valid values in the custom library definition.
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Re: Distinguish between CDs and Downloads
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2020, 03:12:29 pm »

[Source] would be a custom field.

However, there is a default field [Store Name] which you could populate.  I think the intention of this field is self-explanatory.

An empty [Store Name] field would represent something not purchased, i.e. ripped.

There is also a [Purchase Date] field.

MC is flexible, so you can do it however it makes sense to you, and just make a view to match.
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