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Using CTRL-J shows MC is up to date with 32.0.42. Manually updated and Windows Defender prevented running. Clicked through and installed.

I just ram Windows update and it updated the signature files. There is usually signature files like once or twice a day.

Just not sure about the tagging that you mentioned. All artists have already been tagged by country, and I can create a view for artists from those countries, but I don't see how to arrange all those views in the tree (e.g. 'Country Australia' and so on) under the view 'Artist Country'. In other words, thanks for taking the trouble with the pics, but I still can't create an 'Artist Country' view with the countries included as a sub-view of that.

not possible

Does anyone know if it is possible to apply a different skin or color scheme to the differenting screens in a split view?

Thanks

sorry, was in a rush......

this is my current process

there are files in competed which i then open in mp3tag, i remove tags on all files so that i only have id3 v2.3 tags on all files.

i make my artist album genre adjustments in mp3tag and save the files. i then move to the folder that i told jriver to import from. jriver imports to database and then moves to the main music folder in artist and album format.

is there a simpler way to do this and can it all be done in jriver?

My other question was, should i just put all the music in a new folder have jriver watch that folder to import and not move the files? all this is happening on my nas already.

what i was doing and am currently doing, is trying to keep things organize from outside of jriver.

when i open jriver my files will be organized, but if i am looking just through directory then everything is all over the place in one folder

The key is to use a backslash in your tag entry.  In MC, the "\" character creates an automatic hierarchy.  I personally use the Panes view to display countries (along with a bunch of other useful categories to quickly filter on), but created a view to illustrate what it looks likes in the tree so that you can expand/collapse variously defined groups there (see attached pix).

I personally use a continent, world region, or USA and UK as my top level group, since that is where the vast majority of my collection derives from.  I follow this top level group with the backslash, and enter a more specific region/country/state.

This same technique can be used to group sub-genres (or style) under a top-level genre.

If you use dBpoweramp CD ripper, you normally get metadata from four online sources before you even start the rip.

There's a 21 day free trial, so you can check it out before spending any money. 

it does, it moves it to the music folder takes the artist in question put its in that artist folder and then put its from the album tag...

ie. if i have a folder in completed called iron maiden and a sub folder fear of the dark (artist and album) when i run the import it imports this folder to database then moves it to the iron maiden folder in the music folder and then puts fear of the dark as sub folder

I never cease to be amazed by the depth of MC's capabilities

..... but the other issue is some of the files from the completed folders' sub folders mp3s or flacs dont transfer over....

If you provide more details about the files that fail to transfer during your import process, someone might be able to tell you how to fix that.

i would like to do everything i am doing now but all in jriver in one shot. basically able to import music from a folder do all the tagging in jriver and then transfer to the folders.... unless i do this i make new folders like the scheme i have now. so i have 4 folders where the final files move to after being tagged and transferred by jriver. they are greek music, music, flac music, and flac greek.

maybe going forward i should keep those as is and make 4 more with the same names but with new, put all the new music in the folder it matches and then just tag in jriver and not worry about moving files to those original folders?

i got very used to keeping things organized, where follows as this folder-artist-album-track....so for me to now just have all this new music thrown in a folder (even though it will be organized as i want within jriver) is throwing me off.

I guess English is not your first language and I'm struggling to understand what you mean here. Please try again to clarify your question.

I ended up getting AudioEngine HD3's:

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These are excellent desktop speakers.  Things I like about them:

* sound quality is leaps and bounds better than the basic computer speakers they replaced
* They take up little room on my desk and are small enough to eventually fit into my other computer desk hutch if want to move them off the desk someday
* setup and operation is easy and trouble free
* they have a built in DAC that override my laptop's generic sound chip and further improves sound
* they look great with my woodgrain desk and furniture

I took a chance and purchased the refurbished version from AudioEngine.  Normally I am hesitent to buy refurbished but figured there was a better chance of getting a good result coming directly from the company.  The condition is excellent, pristine and indistringuishable from new.  I am a happy AudioEngine customer.

I'm have no doubt that even better sound is possible but can't imagine matching the quality with anything else for $279.  It might be necessary to spend several times that to achieve a significant and noticeably better result.  I will add a S6 subwoofer at some point to fill out the bass.

My only suggestion for improvement would be for AudioEngine to include a set screw to attach them to the metal stands (they just sit on top of them with no attachment).  Those of us who live in California and experienced earthquakes like Loma Prieta where large, heavy objects flew off shelves have reason to fear what can happen in these situations.  I wrapped my HD3's with velcro ties around the stands and created plastic tie down clips that secure the stands to my desk with removable mounting strips.  My little buddies are safe when the next big quake comes.

I have a number of bad CD rips from the past where metadata is missing.  I've tried using the "Lookup Track Info From On-Line Database" feature in Library Tools 20-30 times and it rarely finds any information.  Last night, it found information for one CD but the information was garbled.

Am I doing something wrong or do I need to take additional steps to find metadata for bad rips that are missing information?