In article , RJH
wrote:

Mmmm, had a look but still can't make it happen. It does work fine with
iTunes.

Still not sure why you don't use a media server. You can still select
'old school' by folder. Plus all the other stuff - vast search and sort
(composer, year, artist etc). Also my latest toy - lyrics :-)

Linux makes it easy enough to search via details of filenames, etc. And all
my metadata tends to be things like scans of the cover, booklets, etc. Most
of what I have on file isn't from commercial CD or a commercial download.

What I have starts (in chronological terms) with recordings from the radio,
first made using my old reel-to-reel tape recorder (1970s), and tapes from
elsewhere. e.g. some of the 'show' tapes from 1960s Armstrong show demos.
Then goes though my cassette recordings (1980s on) from radio and old LPs,
etc.

Offhand I'm not quite sure what the earliest radio recording may be. Most
are classical/R3 type material. But the one that comes to mind is a
Joni Mitchell "Sounds of the 70s" R1/2 broadcast where James Taylor
came up on stage as well. I keep meaning to ask the BBC if they still have
it as I found out a few years ago that they'd lost and then found the
Play where Kenneth Williams plays Azrael. Despite what you might think,
an amazing performance in a serious play. Nothing like his comedy.

All organised as makes sense to me, to make searching easier.

Since I can do it already to suit me and can use it from various machines,
etc, I can't see much point in adopting a 'media server'. The hard bits are
making the transfers from analogue, de-clicking the poorer LPs, and
scanning.

Jim

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