I have a folder of MP3s, some of which date back to 1999, just a few years after the format was popularised. Most of them have utterly terrible names (think RIDEONAM.MP3). I think at this point they might even survive the heat death of the universe. And they’ll still be terribly-organised.

  • Jarix@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 个月前

    I may or may not know where there is a hard drive that has at least one mp3 that was acquired from Napster

    And no of course it isn’t named correctly, but thank you for asking.

    Also it’s not about princess Zelda or link

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    3·
    3 个月前

    Just another person recommending Musicbrainz Picard.

    I had about 600 sketchy music files. I had started using Kodi and I wanted my music library to look nice. So I cleaned up all the art and metatags. It was a bit of an undertaking. I actually added a few of my albums to their database. I’m happy with the result. MBP is a really cool project.

  • thatradomguy@lemmy.world
    42·
    3 个月前

    Also consider backing up to the cloud when you can. Never know when a rainy day will come by, or ICE for that matter.

    • PraiseTheSoup@midwest.social
      43·
      3 个月前

      “the cloud” is not a legitimate backup solution, and you’re doing people a disservice by advertising it as such. The majority of service providers are just as untrustworthy as spotify.

      • thatradomguy@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 个月前

        You’re not entirely wrong. Look, if you want to run your own nextcloud with a VPS, then have at it. IDGAF. My point is, don’t just leave things locally. That’s all I’m saying. If y’all want to argue about which cloud is more ethical than the next, leave me out of it. Average Joe ain’t using something like IronMountain for offsite. Average Joe probably won’t also know how to encrypt their data but I would say doing that helps and I do that with my own keys before uploading it to something like mega.io

      • tomcatt360@lemmy.zipEnglish
        10·
        3 个月前

        Its still a valuable part of a 3-2-1 rule based backup plan: 3 different copies, on 2 different media types, with 1 copy offsite. I don’t think they were recommending storing your only copy in the cloud afaik

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
    3·
    3 个月前

    That reminds me that I should definitely plug my phone into my desktop and do a ton of music folder creation and reorganizing. I’ve got over 500 files and I really need to fully organize every single one and reorganize the ones that are organized already. Same with my much smaller set on my desktop. Luckily that one isn’t nearly as bad.

  • RacerX@lemmy.zip
    1·
    3 个月前

    I got a new pair and of waterproof headphones and consequently I have to load MP3s on them since Bluetooth doesn’t work underwater. Go to NG through my collection from the late 90’s was a wild trip.

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 个月前

    I actually got rid of all my old MP3s years ago. Not because I regret acquiring them, but because the quality sucked. Even 320kbps. You can’t tell CD from MP3 through my stereo, or in the car. But it is really obvious through my headphones, and ruins my critical listening experience. Had to re-rip all of my CDs to lossless, and lost all the ones I didn’t have CDs for.

  • Zink@programming.dev
    5·
    3 个月前

    I don’t really do the folder of MP3s thing any more.

    I am much more into the Jellyfin full of FLACs thing these days!

    I bet up in the attic next to one of my sweet old Abit motherboards I have a dusty old hard drive with a folder full of music from the 90s and early 2000s.

  • ar99644@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    3 个月前

    I’ve been sorting my MP3 files since 2003. It’s a Sisyphian task. Every few years I’m like “ok, let’s sort those songs with the new, improved sorting method I just came up with” and after a few hours or days of intense sorting I just quit and let them be.

    Maybe this will be the year I finally sort them out! 🤣