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For those of us who don't want to interface with a computer...
Imagine a bin of cards that have the front and back album artwork of all your recordings along with a bar code that you pass under a scanner that triggers that album to play from a server. Old school analog-like interface with current digital server convenience. One could make the cards whatever size they wanted, just print that bar code on it...Would still need a remote to advance tracks with, though perfect for those who tend play albums in their entirety.
I know the tech is there to do it, but haven't a clue about how to program the scanner to trigger playback of a compute file. Thoughts on idea in general and any on how to perhaps make it a reality? TIA.
marc g. - audiophile by day, music lover by night
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I only think this would work if the barcodes were tattooed onto your skin.
If you don't want to deal with the computer, just use your phone...
Marc g. -
any other high-end shops in the NOLA area, besides Wilson Audio ?
None that I am aware of, but I don't keep track since I buy only used gear and don't have the need for a dealer. Agon is my dealer!
marc g. - audiophile by day, music lover by night
Aside from the novelty, I don't see any practical advantage from doing this..... Looking up the barcode and scanning it is no more convenient than looking up a CD and slapping it in the player. And with the CD player, you don't need to pre-load hundreds of files ahead of time.
... I'm not sure what others do who mainly listen to music stored on hard drive but I still have my CD players and also have all my CDs. I don't buy downloaded music.
I occasionally still spin discs and play SACD. However my main method is to listen to music stored on hard drive. Best of both worlds eh?
Oh, I still have lots of vinyl but I just don't listen to it any more.
Smile
Sox
I should have prefaced with the fact I dig vinyl and don't mind handling it, hence the similarity to my idea of dealing with my digital media in a similar fashion. I have a computer, phone, or a tablet in front of my face all day long as it is. I find them a distraction, hence my hesitance to use them for my music. That aside, here's what bothered me about PC audio (I used dbPoweramp to rip to FLAC and a SB2 to play it back through my DAC):
Screwy tagging during ripping had artists show up where sometimes, for example, albums from The Cure wind up under the C's, and some under the T's. Some I could fix, others I could not.
Once artists were together, I generally wanted to sort by release date but sometimes I might want to file a new (re)release of old music where it belongs - next to the original copy or by some other related work (a decision a program can't make and my main complaint). A release of previously unavailable from an earlier time period would be placed early in that artists chronological order. Simple drag and drop doesn't seen to be an option when sorting music on a PC!
Compilations & Soundtracks. I don't want the system to create an artist entry for each artist on the compilation/soundtrack as seems to be the norm. This makes my artist list too long and odd if I search by artist. I've always seen the title of the compilation/soundtrack as the artist name and "soundtrack" as the title of that album. That's how my physical library works and how identify with things.
Can ALL of these issues all be addressed?
marc g. - audiophile by day, music lover by night
... My music is stored on hard drive in AIFF format and streamed to any one of my 5 systems set-up throughout the house.
Any music stored on the hard drive can be played on the any of the systems either concurrently or autonomously.
Music selection for any system can be controlled by any of a dozen devices we have configured. iPads/Phones/laptops/desktops.
All controllers have access to over 15K songs to be played on any system in the house by several people simultaneously.
A barcode? I have no idea how that system would benefit anybody.
Smile
Sox
when I first started the computer thingie, there was a software program that used a bar code reader to read CD & vinyl bar codes and automatically would enter the metadata.
I do not recall any more nowadays...
I wish I had used it for the vinyl...
Takes me back to elementary school in the 70s using the Dewey Decimal System catalog.
I'm with Abe. I prefer using a phone/pad to control my systems right out of the box.
I was thinking Dewey Decimal System too. Do they still use it in public libraries?
I thought we were trying to escape the clutter of more paper. Why not use a tablet to control your entire entertainment library?
You don't really browse your library sorted by album title, do you? That's pretty damned close to being shuffled randomly, IMO.
If that's how you use your computer, I think I'd prefer the other guy's idea of using bar codes and a bin full of CD inserts.
You don't really browse your library sorted by album title, do you?I can just as easily browse by Artist or other parameter. Notice the buttons toward the bottom of the screen shot. Album just happened to be pressed when I took the screen shot.
Edits: 06/15/15
indexed everything!
Or, nothing at all via random play.
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there are those who discuss the sonic advantages of "pure" disk playback vs server playback and the many variables involved with each ad nauseum. Along with myriads of hardware and OS tweaks. For me, the best part about server based music is rediscovering content I had forgotten that I had and making it easier to enjoy all of it!
My Touch players (along with external DACs and linear power supplies) also don't require endless configuration changes nor does the remotely located server. The end result sounds better than the player it replaced and is good enough. I'll leave worrying about WASABI for my sushi. ;)
but even with the scanner you *are* interfacing with a computer, and maintenance of your deck of cards might get to be a PITA. Why not just use a tablet to display and select library contents? A whole lot easier than a card deck.
Couple of ways to go about this-
1: use the UPC code - you would probably need to buy a database- or develop it- however, it won't work for older recordings - pre bar-code use
2: develop a database and assign barcodes (numbers/ alpha-numeric code)- you get to decide if it is by 'album' or track..
A bit of programming required-
Could be more work than you think...
Happy Listening
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