[Old Thread] Calibre for music?

wolfing · 12-31-2010, 10:00 AM

What's the closest thing to Calibre for music? I mean, something that handles my music library in different formats, playlists, downloads meta info from external places, etc. and is completely platform agnostic? (don't even want to try iTunes as it's probably very iPod oriented)

Lady Fitzgerald · 12-31-2010, 10:10 AM

I agree about iTunes. Many people say they have no trouble with it but I read where it goes wonky for some. Apple products tend to be too restrictive.

The one I'm using now isn't as flexible as calibre and will die after Win7 (the developer retired) so I've been looking around for a replacement. On that looks attractive is Media Monkey. There was a survey on another site that asked what media software people used and media Monkey rated very high. I hyaven't tried it yet since I still have too many irons in the fire right now but it looks promising.

clanelliott · 12-31-2010, 10:19 AM

foobar2000 is what i use

Lady Fitzgerald · 12-31-2010, 10:39 AM

Foobar2000 was also popular on the survey.

JMikeD · 12-31-2010, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfing

(don't even want to try iTunes as it's probably very iPod oriented)

It's not. You don't have to have any iDevices to use iTunes. I use it a stand-alone music library program.

Lady Fitzgerald · 12-31-2010, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMikeD

It's not. You don't have to have any iDevices to use iTunes. I use it a stand-alone music library program.

It's true it can be used on any machine or device but it does have a reputation for being tempermental and not all that user friendly. Most people use it without problems but I've seen enough complaints, including a loss of all music, to be leery of it.

AnnieWalker · 10-24-2012, 03:00 PM

First of all, calibre is an amazing software. Thank you very much.

I'm a classical music enthusiast at the same time with more than five-thousand records and iTunes is a disaster in terms of classical music collection organization and management. I sometimes dream a calibre-like software before I go to sleep at nights...that I can tag a cd with more than 1 genre, a heavenly offspring of tag&rename, iTunes, amazon & allmusic cd databases and winamp...

davidfor · 10-24-2012, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnieWalker

First of all, calibre is an amazing software. Thank you very much.

I'm a classical music enthusiast at the same time with more than five-thousand records and iTunes is a disaster in terms of classical music collection organization and management. I sometimes dream a calibre-like software before I go to sleep at nights...that I can tag a cd with more than 1 genre, a heavenly offspring of tag&rename, iTunes, amazon & allmusic cd databases and winamp...

Have you tried MediaMonkey? I'm not sure how it will be for classical music, but I can put songs into multiple genres and display them that way.

Lady Fitzgerald · 10-24-2012, 08:52 PM

X2 on Media Monkey. It works great with all genres, including Classical.

veezh · 10-25-2012, 10:50 AM

MediaMonkey is a great tool for organising classical music collections. It provides access to tags for composer, conductor, artists (both album- and track-specific) and track names (i.e. movements). It also allows you to process tags individually or in batches using the keyboard (which is a big time saver if you're tagging large libraries).

AnnieWalker · 10-25-2012, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

Have you tried MediaMonkey?

Thank you but I've tried it. I believe I've tried all the software available in the past years. I still try most of them from time to time to see if their new versions fullfill our expectations but all of them has major drawbacks in one way or another. MM should be more than sufficient for the casual classical music listener but doesn't meet my demands...and I know quite a lot of people like me...

I appreciate anyway

Lady Fitzgerald · 10-25-2012, 03:58 PM

How doesn't MM meet your demands? I don't consider myself to be a casual listener (I'm pretty darned particular) so I'm baffled by your statement.

Divingduck · 10-26-2012, 04:28 AM

I am interested to read too. May be you can suggest a program I didn’t aware about.

I have a huge database with every kind of music and try out over the years a lot of programs and came back all the time to MM.

I didn't found any other program so fare what had a similar flexible handling for the different metadata sets in all kind of music content, equal if it is classic, music, audio books, podcast and since version 4 video content as well.

veezh · 10-26-2012, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Divingduck

I am interested to read too.

+1 So am I...

AnnieWalker · 10-26-2012, 10:45 AM

So you want me make an empirical case on why MediaMonkey won't fulfill my classical music organizing and managing expectations?

)

12-31-2010, 10:00 AM	#1
wolfing Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Sony PRS-600	[Old Thread] Calibre for music? What's the closest thing to Calibre for music? I mean, something that handles my music library in different formats, playlists, downloads meta info from external places, etc. and is completely platform agnostic? (don't even want to try iTunes as it's probably very iPod oriented)

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Lady Fitzgerald Wizard Posts: 2,013 Karma: 251649 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ, USA, Earth Device: JetBook Lite (away from home) + 1 spare, 32" TV (at home)	I agree about iTunes. Many people say they have no trouble with it but I read where it goes wonky for some. Apple products tend to be too restrictive. The one I'm using now isn't as flexible as calibre and will die after Win7 (the developer retired) so I've been looking around for a replacement. On that looks attractive is Media Monkey. There was a survey on another site that asked what media software people used and media Monkey rated very high. I hyaven't tried it yet since I still have too many irons in the fire right now but it looks promising.

12-31-2010, 10:19 AM	#3
clanelliott Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 188 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Scotland Device: iriver story	foobar2000 is what i use

12-31-2010, 10:39 AM	#4
Lady Fitzgerald Wizard Posts: 2,013 Karma: 251649 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ, USA, Earth Device: JetBook Lite (away from home) + 1 spare, 32" TV (at home)	Foobar2000 was also popular on the survey.

10-24-2012, 03:00 PM	#7
AnnieWalker Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi	First of all, calibre is an amazing software. Thank you very much. I'm a classical music enthusiast at the same time with more than five-thousand records and iTunes is a disaster in terms of classical music collection organization and management. I sometimes dream a calibre-like software before I go to sleep at nights...that I can tag a cd with more than 1 genre, a heavenly offspring of tag&rename, iTunes, amazon & allmusic cd databases and winamp...

10-24-2012, 08:52 PM	#9
Lady Fitzgerald Wizard Posts: 2,013 Karma: 251649 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ, USA, Earth Device: JetBook Lite (away from home) + 1 spare, 32" TV (at home)	X2 on Media Monkey. It works great with all genres, including Classical.

10-25-2012, 10:50 AM	#10
veezh plus ça change Posts: 101 Karma: 32134 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: France Device: Kindle PW2, Voyage	MediaMonkey is a great tool for organising classical music collections. It provides access to tags for composer, conductor, artists (both album- and track-specific) and track names (i.e. movements). It also allows you to process tags individually or in batches using the keyboard (which is a big time saver if you're tagging large libraries).

10-25-2012, 03:58 PM	#12
Lady Fitzgerald Wizard Posts: 2,013 Karma: 251649 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ, USA, Earth Device: JetBook Lite (away from home) + 1 spare, 32" TV (at home)	How doesn't MM meet your demands? I don't consider myself to be a casual listener (I'm pretty darned particular) so I'm baffled by your statement.

10-26-2012, 04:28 AM	#13
Divingduck Wizard Posts: 1,161 Karma: 1404241 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-650	I am interested to read too. May be you can suggest a program I didn’t aware about. I have a huge database with every kind of music and try out over the years a lot of programs and came back all the time to MM. I didn't found any other program so fare what had a similar flexible handling for the different metadata sets in all kind of music content, equal if it is classic, music, audio books, podcast and since version 4 video content as well.

10-26-2012, 10:45 AM	#15
AnnieWalker Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi	So you want me make an empirical case on why MediaMonkey won't fulfill my classical music organizing and managing expectations? )

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