PS3 for storing music question.

[Xerios]

Dear OP,

i have 187,000 songs and it approx takes up 576gig...

[ZedsDead]

Originally Posted by Xerios

Dear OP,

i have 187,000 songs and it approx takes up 576gig...

impressive collection, I thought my 125 gigs was getting to be cumbersome.

[king_patrick_7]

wow you guys have ALOT of songs!

The only thing I don't like about storing songs on the PS3 is that not all the song info always transfers and I'll have a hard time sorting everything out

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by king_patrick_7

wow you guys have ALOT of songs!

The only thing I don't like about storing songs on the PS3 is that not all the song info always transfers and I'll have a hard time sorting everything out

I haven't had a problem with that. After I put in a CD, hit stop when it starts playing, hit Triangle button, then hit obtain CD information, wait for that to pop up and pick the one you want. It's usuall the title of the album. Then hit triangle again and go down and click "information", then you can add whatever you want. Piece of cake. Then you can sort by Album, artist, genre, date or all. I use all then play and shuffle.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by Xerios

Dear OP,

i have 187,000 songs and it approx takes up 576gig...

Are you doing the songs in MP3 format? so far I have over 20,000 songs and have only used about 11gig give or take. Seems like that's a lot for the number of songs. I could be wrong though.

[SoCalTiger]

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

Are you doing the songs in MP3 format? so far I have over 20,000 songs and have only used about 11gig give or take. Seems like that's a lot for the number of songs. I could be wrong though.

You can sample a few songs and view the file information to get an estimate of how much space each file is using then multiply by 20,000.

BTW I think all you guys are crazy I have like 20 songs on my PS3 =P

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by funsocaltiger

You can sample a few songs and view the file information to get an estimate of how much space each file is using then multiply by 20,000.

BTW I think all you guys are crazy I have like 20 songs on my PS3 =P

Yeah, I'm a little crazy for doing this because it's taking quite a bit of time. The thing is when I'm done I can box up my CD's and have more shelf space, then whenever I get a new CD I just rip it. I like having all the music on the hard drive. It's easier finding an album then looking through all the discs.

[king_patrick_7]

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

Yeah, I'm a little crazy for doing this because it's taking quite a bit of time. The thing is when I'm done I can box up my CD's and have more shelf space, then whenever I get a new CD I just rip it. I like having all the music on the hard drive. It's easier finding an album then looking through all the discs.

to be honest, i wouldve backed them up onto another external hard drive and streamed the music over the ps3... for me it just takes forever to copy to and from the ps3.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by king_patrick_7

to be honest, i wouldve backed them up onto another external hard drive and streamed the music over the ps3... for me it just takes forever to copy to and from the ps3.

It only takes a few minutes per CD. I actually find it easier than doing it on our computer. Plus the wife has a little Sony MP3 player so she can pick whatever she wants off the PS3 and download to her hearts content.

[king_patrick_7]

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

It only takes a few minutes per CD. I actually find it easier than doing it on our computer. Plus the wife has a little Sony MP3 player so she can pick whatever she wants off the PS3 and download to her hearts content.

thats true... i just uploaded my collection into itunes and like the way it sorts everything out... but it sounds like you have it set up pretty well too!