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Best way of marking a file to be edited
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:42 am
by Jon Isaksson
Hello,
As I go through my music database, i tend to come across songs/albums that I need to do things with.
It could be that the song has a quality problem or that the album art is wrong etc.
Often I dont have time to change it there and then, so wonder if people have come up with a good way marking files and then finding them again.
I was thinking of using one of the custom fields in the properties, but a little bit cumbersome, though might be the best option. Then create a magic node to find them again.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Jon
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:01 am
by robojock
you could use the custom field and maybe say "to edit" and afterwards create a autoplaylist that refers to that custom field.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:11 am
by drjboulder
When I got to the tail end of organizing my library and had about 60 problem tracks, ie.: bootlegs and things that I was having a hard time determining where the heck the song belonged. Because I wanted to re-Auto Organize and was tired of dealing with them, I just tagged them all as having the date 1901. Also changed the Album tag to Unknown - *Artist*.
Certainly not the most elegant solution. But, I can always find them. And when they Pop up during Auto DJ, I know they need work and, consequentially, have weeded down the number of my songs from the year 1901 as I just am playing with the Monkey.
Edit:
*Artist*
Filling with appropriate Artist.
IE.:
Album = Unknown Bowie
Re: Best way of marking a file to be edited
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:49 am
by Macarena
Jon Isaksson wrote:As I go through my music database, i tend to come across songs/albums that I need to do things with.
It could be that the song has a quality problem or that the album art is wrong etc.
Often I dont have time to change it there and then, so wonder if people have come up with a good way marking files and then finding them again.
I'm sending them in a separate playlist called "to fix". Usually on the weekend, I still remember what was the problem with the songs I have sent to the playlist.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:56 am
by nohitter151
Agreed, with a playlist you can drag and drop or use right click, send to, playlist - probably much quicker than using a custom field.
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:23 am
by Jon Isaksson
Thank you guys for all the ideas.
I will have a play around and see which one suits me personally best
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:54 am
by Teknojnky
send to playlist, or send to a custom classification (ie quality > deleteme) work nicely