With the Cover View feature on the new iTunes 7 release, I was motivated to catalog my misc music files. Improperly tagged files will not pull the album art. Correct file name standardization helps but also one must be sure that the meta data gybes. I discovered several utilities that assist. Picard and Magic MP3 Tagger allow manual edits as well as semi-automated meta data searches. You start with various clues such as artist, album and track names. Example: INKARI – Mi Raza – Music Of The Andes – Vol 3 – Surupana (Yaravi-Sikuri) Peru D.R.A3.mp3 A Google keyword search led to a latin music site Google Translate aided. Surprisingly, Amazon.com has a rather extensive music database. Other online db tools are freedb.org and the excellent MusicBrainz.org The rewritten file name, after the detective work and head scratching, uses the Artist – Album – Track Number – Song Title convention and reads thus: Inkari – Miraza – 10 – Surupana (YaraviSikuri).mp3 The preceding was a tough nut. If your taste runs toward the more popular it’s an easier task.
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Winterization Check List
It was a pleasant Fall Wx like – end of season – sail on the lake. B.O.U.R.Girl dipped her toe into the water and proclaimed Burrrrrr. After making a final waterski pass for our 7th summer season, we brought the boat home and prepared for storage/hibernation.
- remove battery
- stabilize fuel
- oil and filter change
- drain all water from engine block
- loosen v-belts
RDU
The American Tobacco Trail connector between Wake and Chatham counties has not been officially opened but I decided not to wait and gave it a preview on my bike. At N35.828 W-78.929 I came to muddy – Panther Creek. It was swollen from T.S. Ernesto on the week before. Old train trestles remain but sans tracks and there wasn’t a way to cross without fording the gap. Observing a Black Rat Snake escaping through the tall grass further convinced me that a 180 was the natural thing. 