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Originally Posted by Only A Hobo What I do (using Mac), and some say this should not be done in Windows, is to have my iTunes folder as my save folder. That way when I add tunes to iTunes that one copy goes straight into my iTunes folder in the artist folder and iTunes sorts everything by artist album etc, which needs to be enabled in iTunes preferences. As I said there can be problems, I gather, doing this on Windows. You can of course add the tunes from your save folder to iTunes ..and to the iTunes music folder, and then delete the corresponding files in your save folder. The files can also be left in the save folder and added to iTunes WITHOUT adding a copy to the iTunes folder. The problem doing this is that you need to do a bit more work sorting the folders, as iTunes will not do it for you. Tunes will transfer to iPod wherever they are, provided they are added to the iTunes library.
The tunes I share are shared by artist folder from my iTunes music folder. I'm delighted to hear you rip at 320bitrate. Others on the network are always asking for high quality files 
I hope I have made this as clear as very cean mud. I am somewhat tired, and may well have missed a bit so if you need more just ask and I will get back to you later |
thank you.
i will just have her delete duplicates from the limewire default folder (share?) that she saves them in. having her keep them at least 30 days before doing so she can share those at least 30 days. although once we get this sorted out all that would be gone are dupes.
funny though as she does not have checked "save copy in itunes" or whatever that exact wording is as the exact sizes of each library folder differ greatly. and that baffles me.... how did itunes get a copy of file if she DOES NOT have that option checked and she tellls me she never had that one checked.
we both like the way itunes sorts.... artist,album,song, etc and don't want to give that up.
i have done a lot of audio in years gone by and never ripped at anything under highest quality mp3 using latest lame codec available at time. and made sure she did the same which she does....
considering a mac workstation as i spend most of my time on my box using photoshop as i have gotten into photography and mac's excel at that but i know my way around a windows box it's hard to consider a switch... and vista looks very promising.
you have helped me greatly i will run a test over the weekend with her deleting a few songs from limewire default save folder for her as the path/name is shown under options.
then see how it effects anything she is doing in itunes because what baffles me is how the actual files end up there without that option to save a copy there....did it happen transfering to nano, playing the file with itunes player or burning a copy to disc using itunes? and believe me i have showed her nero ( and all settings to keep with regards to quality,gaps etc.) a zillion times but she finds it easier in itunes so she won't switch.
again thank you very much you have been extremely helpful.