All right, who has the largest iTunes library?
I currently have 372GB...
Habitus
I have 1.6 TB but wasn't thinking that was large.
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I have 1.6 TB but wasn't thinking that was large.
Largest iPod Library
Mines around 5TB inc around 414Gb of audio.
I sort of went full steam ahead with the old Digital Hub idea and I've stuffed everything into iTunes over the last decade, every last LP, CD and DVD.
And yeah
I've learnt the hard way about backing up.
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Mid 2007 2.16 Black Macbook
Early 2009 iMac
Early 2011 2.4 i5 Macbook Pro 13
64GB WiFi iPad
32Gb iPhone 4
iPod Classics 1x 80Gb 1 x 160Gb
Apple TV 1 x 1st Gen 1 x 2nd Gen (1 in Bedroom 1 in lounge)
1 x custom build Windows 7 PC (for gaming)
Mines around 5TB inc around 414Gb of audio.
I sort of went full steam ahead with the old Digital Hub idea and I've stuffed everything into iTunes over the last decade, every last LP, CD and DVD.
And yeah
I've learnt the hard way about backing up.______________________________________________
Mid 2007 2.16 Black Macbook
Early 2009 iMac
Early 2011 2.4 i5 Macbook Pro 13
64GB WiFi iPad
32Gb iPhone 4
iPod Classics 1x 80Gb 1 x 160Gb
Apple TV 1 x 1st Gen 1 x 2nd Gen (1 in Bedroom 1 in lounge)
1 x custom build Windows 7 PC (for gaming)
66004 songs, 718.11 Gb.... so far. Selling my rather large cd collection and don't expect to get much for it.
Only bought three albums through iTunes store, but have bought a lot from artists own web sites.
Don't have time for video.
Only bought three albums through iTunes store, but have bought a lot from artists own web sites.
Don't have time for video.
I've seen quite a few with a TB+ posting which boggles the mind really. But I suppose that once you slam HD Movies, TV Episodes, and Podcasts stuff adds up. I tend to delete stuff that I'm sure I won't watch again. Then again I don't have a server!!!
Anyone know of a good reference for setting something like this up?iTunes Library
I have 42,474 song in my iTunes library, 99.9% of which I ripped from my CDs (plus a few from some friends). This project took a few weeks working 8+ hours per day, sometimes with up to 3 computers running at the same time. I originally ripped the CDs into FLAC (lossless) format then converted into Apple Lossless format. I have searched and removed any duplicate CDs in the collection. These stats do NOT include all the FLAC versions of these same songs.
If I was to listen to my 42,474 songs for 8 hours per day, it would take me almost 370 days to listen to them all without any repeats.
Oh, and I bought zero songs in iTunes
42,474 Songs 1,078.2GB
328 Audiobooks 331.0GB (All in MP3 format)
136 Concert videos 736.0GB
582 Music videos 31.0GB
123 Movies 548.0GB
Yet to be converted into Apple Lossless and added into iTunes:
FLAC 179.0GB
Also need to add my 538 other movies into iTunes.
I have 42,474 song in my iTunes library, 99.9% of which I ripped from my CDs (plus a few from some friends). This project took a few weeks working 8+ hours per day, sometimes with up to 3 computers running at the same time. I originally ripped the CDs into FLAC (lossless) format then converted into Apple Lossless format. I have searched and removed any duplicate CDs in the collection. These stats do NOT include all the FLAC versions of these same songs.
If I was to listen to my 42,474 songs for 8 hours per day, it would take me almost 370 days to listen to them all without any repeats.
Oh, and I bought zero songs in iTunes
42,474 Songs 1,078.2GB
328 Audiobooks 331.0GB (All in MP3 format)
136 Concert videos 736.0GB
582 Music videos 31.0GB
123 Movies 548.0GB
Yet to be converted into Apple Lossless and added into iTunes:
FLAC 179.0GB
Also need to add my 538 other movies into iTunes.
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I have 85, 000 tracks on close to 505 Gigs of data.
everything is stored on an external 3.5" Seagate with a 3TB capacity.
everything is stored on an external 3.5" Seagate with a 3TB capacity.
"Pfft! We can beat this:"
Yes, he/she/they/you have me beat in QUANTITY, but not in QUALITY. Those 172,150 tracks are 4 times as many as what I have, yet the file size of the collection is smaller than mine. That leads me to believe that most of those tracks are fully compressed MP3 quality. Fine for walking around town listening on your iPod or iPhone, but not for listening to in your living room.
I think it is better to have a smaller number of songs that are stored in high quality, that way you will want to listen to them and enjoy listen to them when you do. Instead, this person (or group) have a larger number of tracks that you have to stop listening to because your head hurts from listening to the compressed music. To each his own.
Yes, he/she/they/you have me beat in QUANTITY, but not in QUALITY. Those 172,150 tracks are 4 times as many as what I have, yet the file size of the collection is smaller than mine. That leads me to believe that most of those tracks are fully compressed MP3 quality. Fine for walking around town listening on your iPod or iPhone, but not for listening to in your living room.
I think it is better to have a smaller number of songs that are stored in high quality, that way you will want to listen to them and enjoy listen to them when you do. Instead, this person (or group) have a larger number of tracks that you have to stop listening to because your head hurts from listening to the compressed music. To each his own.
My music library
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I suggest anyone that is really serious on music listening through iTunes, to purchase the Amarra
http://www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/amarraplayer.html
or the ChannelD Pure Music players and also get an audiophilleo usb asynchronous converter.
http://www.audiophilleo.com/audiophilleo1.aspx
The difference is just indescribable.
I suggest anyone that is really serious on music listening through iTunes, to purchase the Amarra
http://www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/amarraplayer.html
or the ChannelD Pure Music players and also get an audiophilleo usb asynchronous converter.
http://www.audiophilleo.com/audiophilleo1.aspx
The difference is just indescribable.
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My current library is 1.7 tb made of 99% of music since I rarely put movies in iTunes or only to watch some on my iPad. I could easily go up to 3-4Tb but would then face the stress to have the appropriate external HD backup. Right now my music is on an external HD itself backed (Time machine) on another 2 external HD.
The hectic issues encontered with my current iMac also make me hesitate to get a new one this said...but I wish to be able to have a bigger library on a working computer with the right backup.
The hectic issues encontered with my current iMac also make me hesitate to get a new one this said...but I wish to be able to have a bigger library on a working computer with the right backup.
How the hell do people get so much music?!! I do not see how you could even like that much music!! Seriously!! I dare any of you to try and guess how many songs I have. I am a lot pickier when it comes to music I like than you guys. A LOT.
Oh please.. Don't start again this old "are you going to listen all your music" argument.. Its so banal..
Its about the collection. Other people are collecting stamps, they are not doing that to just spend all their time on staring at them all. It's the feeling of collecting something. And you can't say you are pickier because you have a smaller music library. Most of my music comes from classical SACD rippings and I can assure you that you need a really fine taste to appreciate them and find which version of a specific symphony you really prefer when you have 3 or 4 different ones.
And I surely enjoy these lazy afternoons with all the lights off, a glass of whiskey and the tubes of my amplifiers glowing in the night, that I just sit on my sofa and for the next 2-3 hours I just browse on my library using my iPad, actively listening to music and discover a new song or artist that I really like and was completely unaware of them before! Its a whole new discovery! Sometimes I am in a mood for listening something specific, but some other times I just like to discover new music.
And don't tell me that you can do that by pressing the preview on iTunes store, as it is not the same. You have to pay for these songs every time you like some, the collection concerning classical music is limited and the quality is far inferior from SACD.
And by the way most of my music comes from the CD and SACD collection of my father, as I am currently ripping it in iTunes. I have not time to listen to any song while I am ripping them. He is a hardcore audiophile with a huge collection of SACD and vinyl but no time currently to rip the vinyl.
Again it's the pride of ownership and the feeling that you have something undiscovered, a rare treasure that will always bring you something new to surprise you.
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Just out of curiosity, how do you rip your SACDs? Or do you just rip the redbook layer?
I just rip the rebook layer and if I find something I really like, I then go and do an analogue rip of the SACD connecting the analogue output of the payer to my sound card. I know not the best quality you can ask and it takes some time to finish but still far better than a regular CD as even in rebook layer the sound is not as compressed as in a native CD mastering. It is also more convenient than needing to clean the sound from the vinyl after you rip one.
It needs dedication. You spend really a lot of time doing that. And I wouldn't bother to do that to be honest if the collection wasn't that big. But he is using a dedicated room just to store the records and cds so it makes it so much more convenient for him (and for me
) to have them all in a single hard drive.
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I just rip the rebook layer and if I find something I really like, I then go and do an analogue rip of the SACD connecting the analogue output of the payer to my sound card. I know not the best quality you can ask and it takes some time to finish but still far better than a regular CD as even in rebook layer the sound is not as compressed as in a native CD mastering. It is also more convenient than needing to clean the sound from the vinyl after you rip one.
It needs dedication. You spend really a lot of time doing that. And I wouldn't bother to do that to be honest if the collection wasn't that big. But he is using a dedicated room just to store the records and cds so it makes it so much more convenient for him (and for me
Ah, I understand. Personally that's why I'll never buy any SACDs, there's just no easy way to rip them, although there is the rather costly PS3 method. I find that there's a greater variety of stuff on DVD-A and they can be easily ripped, but I'm under the impression that there's a lot more classical music available on SACD.