On mix discs

[cyrano]

I have friends who also make mix discs. They occasionally use songs I already have. I don't want to save four or five copies of the same song in iTunes, but in order to have a back up (in case of disc damage or loss) I don't really see an option.
iTunes needs soft links, like Unix has.

Comments

[carabosse.livejournal.com]

What I do is, I look up the original source from which the song came and then I change that data in iTunes. If someone gives me a compilation with songs I already have, I just use the one copy of the song that has good data. I will still have however many backups, but my iTunes library isn't full of duplicates.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

So... you tag the file with multiple track numbers and album names? iTunes does have soft links?

[carabosse.livejournal.com]

No, I just tag the file with original source's information. If someone gives me a compilation with "Pale Shelter" by Tears for Fears, I look it up. I can then tag the song as track 3 of 10 from "The Hurting". If a song is included on more than one album, I just pick one, usually the earliest appearance of the song.

[miss-electra.livejournal.com]

I am pretty lazy, so I make a play list for each disc, and link the good copy of the song in the playlist.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Hrmm. I should have thought of this, given that it's what I do for the mixes I make.