Topic: JB3 file renaming question

[KC5]

i got a question for those who use the jb3 for playback, or know alot about it.  i've transferred a lot of albums to my jb3.  about half way through the transfers i realized i could change some of the album/artist info prior to the final transfer to the jb3.  does anyone know how i can recognize the files in "my documents" under the jb3 as an external harddrive?  can i change the album/artist info?

[F.O.Bean]

im a lil confused, but you CANNOT change file names once its on the jb3, it MUST be done externally!!

[KC5]

i just asked this question at nomadness.  a guy said you need to use either creative's playcenter ( which i looked everywhere and couldn't find a way ), or notmad, or some other software.  notmad does the trick just fine.  what i had done originally was transfer an album ( cd ) with artist name too, and artist name with album name too!  and genre.  follow me?!  all i wanted to see under artist in the jb3 was the artist name, not the name of the album too, and same for album  so if i "browse" artist i'll see only the name of the artist!  and if i browse the albums all i'll see is the name of the albums.  ok--anywhey, notmad allows you to see all the audio files on the jb3 and allows you to rename but doesn't mess with the tunes themselves.  hehe...

[dklein]

In playcenter, you just click on the file, then click again  to rename it - just like in windows (not a double-click, two single clicks)

[KC5]

the way i do this is in playcenter:

rip a cd
find it in "my computers" ( in the playcenter--left side )
choose the whole cd
and click transfer
i'm prompted for album/artist ( usually written already ) and genre before the transfer happens--this is where i should've made my decision about what i wanted on the jb3 regarding naming.  


the problem is/was renaming the cd ( folder ), not the tunes themselves.  in notmad i was able to rename the cds ( folders--while they were on the jb3 ), thus really creating a "jukebox".  i hook my jb3 to my stereo, find a genre ( jazz ) and it plays jazz tunes at random.  if i prefer to playback a cd i choose that particular cd and play it.  i transferred over 20cds in the last couple of days, stuff ranging from jazz, new wave, rock to classical.  pretty cool device--wish i had gotten one with a larger hd  

[F.O.Bean]

def a neat lil box

[KC5]

yep,
and i'm more intrigued about using one for recording.  seems alot of you are feeling confident that you don't need a dat backup.  i've read a lot of the threads, subscribe to the jb3tapers group, and read the nomadness forum.  i'm about ready to give it a try.  i think i'll sell one of my d8s and get another jb3 for recording.  

so bean, you don't use a dat anymore?  

 

[F.O.Bean]

yep,
and i'm more intrigued about using one for recording.  seems alot of you are feeling confident that you don't need a dat backup.  i've read a lot of the threads, subscribe to the jb3tapers group, and read the nomadness forum.  i'm about ready to give it a try.  i think i'll sell one of my d8s and get another jb3 for recording.  

so bean, you don't use a dat anymore?  

 

no more, long live dat!!

ive been very secure w/ it so far, but i did run dat backup for a couple shows!!

[rowjimmytour]

With the playcenter left side source: ie CD right side JB3 when you rip tracks to your JB3 you can input info. I put artist-date-set info here to save me time later. Then after I rip my tracks to my JB3 I right click the track on the right side of the screen(JB3) side and select all. Then I edit album/artist/genre all at once but make sure to leave track 01, track 02, etc before each track if you want the show to play in the right order. When I rip a show to my JB3 it looks like this:

Track:                                Artist:     Album:               Genre:
Track 01-gd-08-27-72-I     GD       gd-08-27-72       Pschedelic  
I hope this helps because I learned the hard way after tranferin' hours and hours of shows.
Peace