The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #150203 Message #3498595
Posted By: Crowhugger
04-Apr-13 - 01:55 AM
Thread Name: Tech: How do I use media libraries?
Subject: RE: Tech: How do I use media libraries?
As best I can gather, they're a sort of toy for people who don't know how to create and use folders. Such people will be able to browse the libraries. But wait, they can also browse folder and file lists...so I'm with JiK: underwhelmed.
I don't keep most of my media files where MS wants to put them, in "my music" or "my videos". I have switched off all the automatic file transfers as I find it confusing at best and totally senseless most of the time. Many of my media files are home audio or video recordings of rehearsals or learning tracks so I prefer to file them according to the ensemble and which song. A particular type of recording I file by rehearsal date, and these tend to become obsolete within 3 months or less so I don't want them in a library. Those ones go in folders named by ensemble and date so it's easy to know when to delete them.
If I were a kid buying trendy music, maybe MS automated media filing would make sense. Maybe.