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If you've seen any of my other posts you will know I'm just starting to venture into digital arena after years of "not for me quality is rubbish" , anyway now starting to rip my CD's  (Using EAC/Foobar) and BIG issue is "THE" on artist how do most people deal with it ? delete at ripping  or edit tags/rename files after ripping.

Dont want everything showing under The , only just started and already got, The Who, The Church, The Beatles , The Cure -

How do you organize your stuff? , also  of course another pain is illegal filename characters in album titles for art , working my way around that but any one got any tip for dealing with please let me know.

Edit  Another query Do you keep 2 x CDs seperate  CD1/2 or just merge into say Pink Floyd/The Wall  ??

kena:

If you've seen any of my other posts you will know I'm just starting to venture into digital arena after years of "not for me quality is rubbish" , anyway now starting to rip my CD's  (Using EAC/Foobar) and BIG issue is "THE" on artist how do most people deal with it ? delete at ripping  or edit tags/rename files after ripping.

Dont want everything showing under The , only just started and already got, The Who, The Church, The Beatles , The Cure -

Yeah, I had this issue too. There are various suggestions around the internet for this, but me being fairly clueless about those long strings of characters in Foobar submenus, I eventually just bulk edited the tags in Foobar to change from "The Artist" to "Artist, The". When I say bulk edit, e.g. you can highlight all your Beatles albums and change every track in one fell swoop. Quick and easy.

kena:

Edit  Another query Do you keep 2 x CDs seperate  CD1/2 or just merge into say Pink Floyd/The Wall  ??

I keep them separate. I seem to recall that merging them caused problems for me, but that was back when I was just getting to grips with the whole concept of ID tags, so it's probably because I'd messed something up.

Suppose thats what im after , but presumably it could be done automatically in Foobar, need more time to look into all this. 

JoelSim:

Sorting it all out will be a 'Gold Afternoon Fix'.

I'm gonna do a Joel...

How do I deal with the "The" problem... ahh, iTunes does it for me.

Satisfied smug grin ensues 

professorhat:

I'm gonna do a Joel...

How do I deal with the "The" problem... ahh, iTunes does it for me.

Satisfied smug grin ensues 

 

Ssssshhh, people will think I'm opinionated.

Would never happen.

d4v3pum4:

I hate iTunes with a passion.  Have you tried Mediamonkey?

Agree re Itunes , not tried Mediamonkey went with Foobar as it looks so flexible  (and I like tinkering) so I assume the issue can be fixed just not got the time to check into it at the moment. Presume its not a problem with Mediamonkey and is that free version? 

Nice one   , I know what your saying but to me seems 2 many filed under T, I also file solo artists by surname makes them easier to find I feel . Can see having to do a bit of tag editing  Anyone know a  good free editor or is Foobar as good as any?

Suppose tho thats just me still thinking about finding the physical CD's in racks as opposed to on the computer.

kena:

...I know what your saying but to me seems 2 many filed under T...