That is very true, too! About a month ago, I threw out my huge collection of MP3's (archived it on another drive). Part of it was obtained through strange means and therefore, I didn't have the original CDs for part of it. Then I went to used CD stores and spent over $500 in one day. This was not hard because I have no trouble remembering the songs I like by the artists I like. Following that, numerous trips to pawn shops, Good Will, and lots of Ebay purchases, I have purchased close to 300 CDs.
With this came a nice, rating-free, FLAC based library and I had no idea how horrible playing music would be without playlists or ratings. It took me a few weeks to build up a nice rating collection for my favorite songs, but I still find songs in my daily rating time that I think -- "How could I have forgotten that?!"
I agree that JRiver is responsible for my huge CD purchase and all this work. Don't forget that I'm currently in the process of re-ripping all my DVDs because I want better quality now that I have such a nice program. My 8 computers have been working on South Park 1-7 and Simpsons 1-8 for the past 62 hours. They are going to be done in the next few short hours and then I can start on my other television seasons (only about 4) and then my ~100 DVD movies.
Now another issue comes to mind. I feel like everyone buys these huge hard drives to store their media. Unfortunately, however, we are all storing such similar data. Besides our personally taken pictures, I bet there are tens of thousands of people out there who have a lot of idential CDs I do. All the time and effort I'm putting into ripping my DVDs "could" potentially be shared except for the legallity issues, of course, but for those who own the same DVDs, why should they have to spend 62 hours (WITH 8 computers!)--probably 400 hours if using only 1 computer-- doing all the work that was already completed? It's amazing how many resources are wasted as far as processor cycles (lol). That's probably not important considering the processor usage devoted to gaming which some would consider wasted (when excessive--all day game playing, for example).
It is really nice to hear a song you like, find the name on google, and then search your library--what a surprise, you have it!
By the way, good call on not spending 7.17 years listening to your music!
The TV I was talking about is TV on DVD which is all I would consider--nice to carry on my iPaq.
That's an interesting idea to record the label a CD is from. By the way, I recommend creating a playlist that shows songs rated 4 or less stars and played 5 or more times. That allows you to quickly find songs that should be rated higher. Also, don't forget that if a rating changes, you can update the rating with one click. I can't afford listening to a song 5 times to give it a good rating--especially if I don't like it on my first listen!
You guys keep posting while I'm trying!! This is the third time!
LOL--collect 'em all! (CDs) There aren't too many CDs in the world, are there? Do many people release CDs?
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