I'm halfway through moving a 1TB HDD to Blu-ray discs. That's drive 1 of 6 so far. Well...1 of 5, #6 died...hence the move to something that won't "crash".
Well...I have CDs I bought in 1995 that still play for what it's worth. That's 21 years so far.Yeah backup is one thing I need to look into, I have a large music collection as well that took quite a long time to build up and there's some very rare stuff in there that I don't know I could find again or would take some doing. I really wish I had the bandwidth to do a cloud backup or something. I'd hate to back it all up to another mechanical drive only to have that one fail as well. What's the shelf like on those blu ray discs? I was thinking of looking into tape backup solutions as well, I know they have some massive capacity tapes now, might be expensive though.
Gonna have to give this "Everything" search a try. I've a number of external HDDs that may or may not be connected at the time of fapping and sometimes this causes the Windows search index to get corrupted as files I know I have often fail to show up in the results. Hopefully this search engine works better.Well now I just put each JAV in their own folder with the title code and then the actresses that are in it that I like, plus the movie cover in the folder, and then I use the Everything search to find what I'm looking for.. It's so fast, I've been using it for years and I can't believe Microsoft hasn't bought them out yet since it's like 100x better than the Windows search. Other than that, I just watch what I've downloaded recently, I have all my JAV folders sorted by date. I think this is the most efficient way, I mean for regular movies a media manager works great but managing a 4TB JAV collection with so many different studio and actresses and everything.. I think the system I have now works pretty well. Eventually I might split them up by studio, but with Everything it's not really necessary.
For large music collections I would recommend Google Play Music. It lets you upload up to 50,000 of your own songs that can then be accessed from anywhere and they have support for Android, iOS, and web. Oh and its freeYeah backup is one thing I need to look into, I have a large music collection as well that took quite a long time to build up and there's some very rare stuff in there that I don't know I could find again or would take some doing. I really wish I had the bandwidth to do a cloud backup or something. I'd hate to back it all up to another mechanical drive only to have that one fail as well. What's the shelf like on those blu ray discs? I was thinking of looking into tape backup solutions as well, I know they have some massive capacity tapes now, might be expensive though.
Just MP3. Anything not MP3 will be automatically converted to MP3 320kbps as you uploadEverything is great, it's like the first thing I install on a new computer besides Firefox.. I think it has an option to auto index removable volumes too, it's very fast too no annoyingly slow progress bar in explorer anymore ahaha. Hmm I'll have to look into Google Play Music, I know I have a lot more than 50k songs but it would be nice to have a bunch on there.. Do they support FLAC too or just MP3?
Had...not...thought of that.Yeah but those are pressed CD's vs burnt CD's.. "Pressed media have a longer lifespan because the reflective layer is aluminum, which doesn't degrade as rapidly as the organic dyes used for a writable DVD." I have some CD's and DVD's that I burned only a few years ago that are no longer readable..
Just want to say that I've been using Everything search for about 2 days now and it is fantastic. It is light-years better than the built-in Windows search and a must have if you have a well indexed porn library like I do. I really love the "run count" column, it's basically a "play count" like in iTunes and lets me see which videos I watch the most often. I only wish I started using this earlier.Everything is great, it's like the first thing I install on a new computer besides Firefox.. I think it has an option to auto index removable volumes too, it's very fast too no annoyingly slow progress bar in explorer anymore ahaha. Hmm I'll have to look into Google Play Music, I know I have a lot more than 50k songs but it would be nice to have a bunch on there.. Do they support FLAC too or just MP3?
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i'm starting to organize all my files in folders but here's the thing... do I have to choose between sorting them by actress, genre, and label ? I mean it's a shame having to sacrifice one for the other... :/
I find myself facing the problem while trying to sort my music albums... artist , musical , genre , mood... there's so many categories i'd like to sort them with
any solutions?
Can't wait!I'll be uploading soon enough how I organize mine now.
It's becoming amazing.
Exactly, yes. I like to organize my folders, it's pretty important for me, I must have a visual clue owing to my shitty memory haha, I forget everytime the type of video.
And it's quiet exciting to see a sexy cover picture, it give me envy to click and watch
Woooooow! I've been using Personal Video Database for ages, but I've been doing all the data on the movie by myself. Could you explain me some things? Does it have a section where you can customize the profile for each actress (like, put a biography you want) and stuff like that? I'm gonna try that.Has no one heard of JAVMovieScraper? I use it to organize a 12TB+ collection. It does all the hard work for you as it pulls in data from sites like R18 and Javlibrary, creating metadata and images for use in programs like Media Companion (recommended). It can also automatically rename the files and folders based on criteria you specify, so you can get a clean file/folder structure.
JAVMovieScraper uses Java, so it's a little slow/buggy, especially when you're working with big collections, so you have to be patient and play around with it to make it work the best for you.
I highly recommend using Media Companion as the tool to browse through your collection when the scraper is through doing its work. As you can see from the images below, you can really easily find what you're looking for, whether it's a particular actress, fetish, keyword, or brand. Of course, you can simply load up the wall and look at the posters and see what catches your eye.