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Richard
Robinson wrote:

I was orginally driven into digitising by getting upset at the way my
20yo cassettes were becoming unplayable. And I've ended up with
everything on a hard disk and all visible in one big list (played via a
raspberry pi running MPD, thanks to help here last year. I still haven't
found the perfect client, but gmpc works well enough). As I said, I'm
happy.

I didn't get rid of all the vinyl, I kept the ones with sleevenotes
containing info I might possibly want but couldn't face typing up.
They're under a bed upstairs, because that's the only reason for keeping
them (plus sentiment, in a few cases). I certainly don't intend to keep
a deck running.

I scan the sleeves and labels. Then keep the images in the same directory
as the audio from a given item. I've noticed that Audacious will then
display a thumbnail of the LP front cover if it is given a filename like
'Cover'. I don't bother with any 'management' system I just give the files
and directories meaningful names that make clear what the content may be.

You should keep the LPs. In my view, owning them is in a sense a 'key' to
being able to play the digitised version in moral terms. And at some future
point there is a risk you'll need the LP anyway.

Jim

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