Background Principles The following aims and requirements are met by this DMMS. They are in no particular order of priority or preference. A centralised music repository Ability to access music from a variety of locations within the home Ability to use a variety of portable and fixed music … [Read more...]
Portable Music Players
Portable Music Players There are also many portable digital music players now on the market, epitomised (arguably) by the Apple iPod. Being a committed early adopter, I bought the first generation 10GB iPod, which I sold and upgraded to the 20GB model when I (quickly) exceeded 10GB of MP3 … [Read more...]
Music JukeBoxes – Windows Media Player (WMP), iTunes
Music Jukebox Applications This is the real database application that will import all the previously created MP3 files, organise them all based on the ID3 tags and present them in an easy format for playback. A good jukebox will typically allow you to playback all tracks by a particular … [Read more...]
Music Database Creation and Management
Music Database Creation and Management Creating and organising MP3 files from a CD collection might seem daunting but is really quite simple. The key is to use a good MP3 Ripper. I use CDex, a freeware program available at http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/, although there are many others … [Read more...]
Background Principles to Creating a Good Digital Music Management System
So, in summary, what is a good combination for a good Digital Music Management System (DMMS)? Conversion of all music sources (CDs, DVDs, tapes and vinyl) to MP3s at a minimum of 192kbps min using CDex, taking special care to ensure the correct ID3 information is added at the time of … [Read more...]