![]() One of those devices periodically moves offsite. That said, I use a dedicated computer-Mac Mini-for music and like all my data I back it up to several networked devices. I would not, under any circumstance allow iTunes, or any other player, "manage" the directory structure. There are a lot of Apple scripts available to maipulate the collection. Sadly, I have yet to find anything better than a Mac running itunes for managing the collection's meta data. All the album directory names are prefaced with the date of release>CD/Side Number>artist name>album name>any other relevant info I want all separated by dashs.ġ977 - Arne Domnerus Group - Jazz at the Pawn Shop - 2014 - HD 24 192Ģ000 - Big Mama Thornton - The Complete Vanguard Recordings - 3CD I breakdown as follows: genre>artist>album>song. I'd use the file system to organize as suggested by JoeESP9 above. Web pages, links, programs names, ideas, suggestions, etc is all good. ![]() Please let me know what might work for me. Then, hopefully, be able to cast it to my HI-Fi over Ethernet and/or blutooth (This part I know about, I think). I want to be able to organize my file collection. I want to keep all this 'local', no 'cloud' stuff. I looking for something that can do what iTunes doses but easier and permanent. The few purchases from iTunes I can get elsewhere. I do not want have to repurchases 1000's of song files. What program, paid or free, that can replace iTunes for a Win 10 PC? I know it will be a lot work to sort through the problems. I have 6 different iTunes folders on my C and D Drives! Most music files are in 1 folder, but not all. I then have to go through the pain of recovery. I often loose my login info for iTunes, and the 40-50 songs I have purchased over the longs years become unavailable. I delete a song from the library, but the file remains. I have files that MusicBranz can't ID, even when I fill in the meta fields I know. Or I have compilation disk songs that I want to show original album covers, not the complication cover art. The metadata on 100's is corrupted, or not correct in one way or another. Most have different bit rate, length by a few seconds, and/or come from different albums, and sources. And it was not very good over those years! I have been using iTunes to manage them, but it is no longer supported. I have about 7000-8000 music files on my PC that I have collected ever since Napster! I got Mp3 to 24-bit/192kHz (not iTunes) Also, editing track info is awkward compared to iTunes.you have to select a track, mouse to the edit window and edit your info, mouse back to track listing and select the next track, then mouse back to the edit window - there should be a "next" button like in iTunes.ĭespite these small issues (and a few others), for me Swinsian is a step up from iTunes and/or the Music App and was well worth the $25.This has been a MAJOR PAIN for many years.! ![]() Even if it did, the lyrics window is way too small and can't be resized. And while Swinsian did import all my playlists, album art and star ratings, it didn't import my lyrics. I get the Column Browser back which the Music App took away, I no longer have to convert FLAC files to an iTunes readable format (a big time saver for me), and it's much zippier.iTunes (and the Music App) always had a 2 or 3 second lag when switching songs which never bothered me, but I think after using Swinsian that lag would bug me if I had to switch back to the Music App. I purchased Swinsian a week ago and I'm really liking it. ![]() I paid full price for this software and am disappointed that such a simple yet important feature is still nowhere to be seen. Among the many different applications I have running on a regular basis, this has been only one that has yet to give my eyes a rest even among a bunch of other third-party developers. More importantly, if the developers are reading this, please PLEASE implement a dark mode soon. A simple "lock" button next to the size slider would completely fix the issue. Aside from a couple issues I've had, Swinsian makes other Mac OS music players look like a joke.Ĭhanging the grid's icon size is an exception to the lag-free experience and is especially frustrating because it's extremely easy to mess everything up with an accidental zoom gesture and go through the laggy, frustrating process of getting it to the right size again and again. The overall lack of fluff while still having a fantastic interface is a godsend. The customizability has allowed me to arrange the interface exactly to my liking. I'm at over 250gb of lossy audio (about 30k files) myself and experience little to no lag when navigating the browsers and art grid. Definitely the best music player around for big libraries.
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