2nd June 2006, 7:51 PM
He did say that at least his hard drive organization isn't in one big file, I think...
Really, it is tricky. On the one hand, you can organize stuff in the software. This is best done through ID3 tags -- but adding them is a slow, tedious process if the files don't have them already, to say the least... or, you can categorize them in a similar fashion through a folder tree. Quicker, not as nice looking in Winamp, but so much easier... I kind of do both -- mostly I just leave the files as they are, but some I have put tags on (for developer and game name)... but really I mostly do the 'folder sorting' just because it's so much easier. It may be confusing in my 'all files' playlist (many files without recognizable names or without the game they're from in the name...), but as I don't use that much and instead use separate playlists... :)
Oh yeah, and as for players, I like minimalist. My biggest problem with Windows Media Player (WMP) is that it's bloated... the interface is bloated, the shrunk mode has no features, and it's just generally slow and no good. RealPlayer is nice and small, but similarly lacks features when compared to Winamp... (it's the best video player though, so I use RealPlayer for video files -- not DVDs, which go to WinDVD, but other video files) Winamp is nice and clean and small, has lots of skins (I love my PodAmp skin! :) Pod was a great game, and the skin is pretty nice... simple Winamp2 design, but it's all you need...), doesn't take up too much memory...
Really, it is tricky. On the one hand, you can organize stuff in the software. This is best done through ID3 tags -- but adding them is a slow, tedious process if the files don't have them already, to say the least... or, you can categorize them in a similar fashion through a folder tree. Quicker, not as nice looking in Winamp, but so much easier... I kind of do both -- mostly I just leave the files as they are, but some I have put tags on (for developer and game name)... but really I mostly do the 'folder sorting' just because it's so much easier. It may be confusing in my 'all files' playlist (many files without recognizable names or without the game they're from in the name...), but as I don't use that much and instead use separate playlists... :)
Oh yeah, and as for players, I like minimalist. My biggest problem with Windows Media Player (WMP) is that it's bloated... the interface is bloated, the shrunk mode has no features, and it's just generally slow and no good. RealPlayer is nice and small, but similarly lacks features when compared to Winamp... (it's the best video player though, so I use RealPlayer for video files -- not DVDs, which go to WinDVD, but other video files) Winamp is nice and clean and small, has lots of skins (I love my PodAmp skin! :) Pod was a great game, and the skin is pretty nice... simple Winamp2 design, but it's all you need...), doesn't take up too much memory...
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