Building my music library from scratch - what format is best for MP

dans1982 · 2008-09-08, 14:53

I'm going to slowly build up my music library from scratch and would like to know the best format to use when ripping my music cd's.

Also which database have people used in conjunction with MP to get the best results?

Cheers,
Dan

revs · 2008-09-08, 16:59

MediaPortal can read in ID3 Tags and uses that to organise the data. So as long as your music files have ID3 Tags then you are sorted.

I personally use a mix of either AAC files or MP3. MP3s tend to be older CDs (i.e. ones ripped before AAC existed!)

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dans1982 Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 25 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Building my music library from scratch - what format is best for MP I'm going to slowly build up my music library from scratch and would like to know the best format to use when ripping my music cd's. Also which database have people used in conjunction with MP to get the best results? Cheers, Dan

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revs Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 25 Posts: 735 Thanks: 28 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Country: My System	MediaPortal can read in ID3 Tags and uses that to organise the data. So as long as your music files have ID3 Tags then you are sorted. I personally use a mix of either AAC files or MP3. MP3s tend to be older CDs (i.e. ones ripped before AAC existed!)