Source control for synchronizing massive music library?
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I've been thinking about using source control software to keep my music library synchronized between computers and external devices. At first glance, I thought Mercurial would be a great option for achieving this task... but upon closer inspection, I'm realizing that using Mercurial (not sure about other alternatives, will depend on how they manage their repos) for this task will end up just about doubling the size of the library. The reason behind the doubling is that the repository in Mercurial keeps the initial copy of each single file, plus your working directory has another copy (your "working copy")... and well, doubling the size of a massive library of binary files doesn't seem like an attractive alternative. How do you guys manage your large entertainment libraries (if you have multiple machines, in different locations)? Have you tried using any source control for this? ...seems like a rather inefficient use of hard disk space for Mercurial to have two copies of everything.
Actually, I am now using Google music for my whole collection - about 90GB worth of stuff total. I can listen to it on anything with a web browser and there is a native app for my android phone - the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Oh, and Google music now also lets you download the files from your library. Best thing I have EVER done.
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Thanks for the Pandora link. I used to listen to internet radio but they either required you to keep clicking an ad or charged you to listen so I quit.
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I have a 160GB iPod with docking station at work. 160GB isn't much (but enough) and the costs of iPods aren't trivial... But I can listen music ANYWHERE! If I'm on vacation I'm taking it with me, if I'm going for a bike ride I'm taking it with me, etc. To me this beats having source control, some external server, etc. So my advice is to just buy an mp3 player with enough GB's to keep you happy. The only downside is that it doesn't synchronize itself (unless I use iTunes which must be the worst media player EVER), but that too is exactly how I want it :)
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Actually, I am now using Google music for my whole collection - about 90GB worth of stuff total. I can listen to it on anything with a web browser and there is a native app for my android phone - the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Oh, and Google music now also lets you download the files from your library. Best thing I have EVER done.
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Dropbox and the like?
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They have a very small amount of storage space... in that case, Google Music is a better alternative.
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Pandora's adds aren't too intrusive, but fair warning, they limit try to limit you to 40hrs of listening per week (although you can get around it with multiple computers/accounts).
So far so good every now and agin it'll ask me if I'm still listening but other than that I'm happy with it. I probably won't go over 40 hrs I've got almost 2K CD's on my computer, but I like to stray every so often. :)
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Thanks for the Pandora link. I used to listen to internet radio but they either required you to keep clicking an ad or charged you to listen so I quit.
I paid about $40 for a yearly Pandora One subscription. Less than $1/week isn't too bad in my book.
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I paid about $40 for a yearly Pandora One subscription. Less than $1/week isn't too bad in my book.
Cheaper than Sirius XM but right now things are tight and having to cut back on non-essentials.
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That's a good suggestion... although I hate iTunes.
Me too, luckily I can manually manage my iPod using winamp. I don't even have iTunes installed :)
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Me too, luckily I can manually manage my iPod using winamp. I don't even have iTunes installed :)
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}I use Winamp too... :-D ..I only have a small ipod, for working out... but like to listen to music while I work.
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I use Winamp too... :-D ..I only have a small ipod, for working out... but like to listen to music while I work.
Me too :D I share an office with four co-workers. Luckily none of them mind. Actually, there's only one person that does. For that reason he is least popular as a 'office mate'. Last week we re-arranged furniture so we'd have more room for new people (the building is becoming too small) and we got to pick new rooms. No one wanted to sit in the office with the non-music listener :laugh:
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Me too :D I share an office with four co-workers. Luckily none of them mind. Actually, there's only one person that does. For that reason he is least popular as a 'office mate'. Last week we re-arranged furniture so we'd have more room for new people (the building is becoming too small) and we got to pick new rooms. No one wanted to sit in the office with the non-music listener :laugh:
It's an OO world.
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}:laugh: Luckily, no one minds here either...
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So far so good every now and agin it'll ask me if I'm still listening but other than that I'm happy with it. I probably won't go over 40 hrs I've got almost 2K CD's on my computer, but I like to stray every so often. :)
Same here... I love to listen to music when I do most things.
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Same here... I love to listen to music when I do most things.
Music has always been a passion with me.
