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I tried to rip classical music to MP3 (sorry, my portable player doesn't support Ogg). The problem I found was that classical music doesn't use tracks in the same way as pop/rock etc. So I got a separate MP3 file (and metadata entry) for each tagged piece of a movement, which gave a break between sections that should be played continuously. For example, the 5th movement of Mahler Symphony 2 has 7 sections on the Rattle EMI CD I have, which gives 7 separate MP3 files and 7 database entries, although the sections (and in some cases sequential movements) should be played without a break. Whilst there are 5 movements over 2 CDs, I got 11 separate tracks, with a pause between each one. I tried to look for something that would stitch the files back together, but without success. Has anyone else had this problem with ripping classical music, and is there a solution? Phil On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 10:13 +0100, Tom Potts wrote: > On Monday 11 May 2009 08:18, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > Simon Waters wrote: > > > Neil Winchurst wrote: > > >> In my Windows days I would have used Borland Paradox and had the > > >> database set up and in use in half a day, easily. Unfortunately there is > > >> no equivalent program yet in Linux. > > > > > > I'm with Grant that OOBase would be fine for same. > > > > > > But I was wondering - you don't seem to be storing anything that isn't > > > in say Rhythmbox - so if you just ripped the CDs as suggested already.... > > > > > > Simon, whose CD collection is small, and yet Rhythmbox says there is a > > > 1/3 of it I've never listened to since ripping it 30 months ago. > > > > Yes, I saw that suggestion. However, I don't want the *music* stored on > > the computer. I play the CD's when I want to listen to anything. Well, > > mostly, just a few have been ripped. > > > > I am looking to store the details on the computer so that I can see > > exactly what I have got, and so that I can find the relevant CD easily. > > So Rhythmbox will not do it for me. > > > > Thanks > > > > Neil > What media players do you have on your PC? > Do they provide the CD details in a usable way -ie can you save or cut and > paste the CD title and track data in any way from them? > If so it shouldn't be too hard to write a simple app to take that data and > stuff it into a two table database (CD table)(tracks table) > That way you can just make that player app the default for playing CDs and > 1)shove in an uncatalogued CD, 'rip' the data into your app, click eject. > 2) if not out of mind yet go to 1 > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html