[peel] File naming convention?

[Roger Carruthers]

Suits me ­ anything that sorts well and has us all singing from the same
hymn sheet (though being British, of course, I¹m not sure I care for  an
international format that arranges dates arse backwards ;-)
Cheers
Roger


On 7/11/07 20:07, "Domestic Empire" <domesticempire@...> wrote:

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> Yes Phil I entirely agree and for all the reasons you state above plus
> yyymmdd is, I believe, the internationally recognised date format.
> Should such a thing concern one.
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> Cough, did I notice you mention ftp server there at all?  (",)
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> Gary Walsh
> John Peel Torrents: http://johnpeelpages.blogspot.com/
> John Peel Blog:  http://johnpeeleveryday.blogspot.com/
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> On 07/11/2007, Phil Edwards <festive50@...
> <mailto:festive50%40blueyonder.co.uk> > wrote:
>> > I prefer the format John Peel yyyymmdd - featured session - bitrate.wma
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>> > eg. John Peel 20010829 - Lift to Experience Live at Maida Vale - 128K.wma
>> > The advantage being when sorted alphabetically, it will also be sorted
>> > chronologically.
>> > These are how I store all of my Peel and Marcelle shows on my FTP server.
>> > Phil
>> >
>> >   -----Original Message-----
>> >   From: peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com>
>> [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com> ]On Behalf Of
>> ROGER
>> > CARRUTHERS
>> >   Sent: 07 November 2007 09:58
>> >   To: peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com>
>> >   Subject: [peel] File naming convention?
>> >
>> >
>> >   We seem to be on quite a run of sharing atm, so I'd
>> >   just like to drop something into the mix that's been
>> >   on my mind for a while;
>> >   Taking a random selection of Peel related files on my
>> >   hard drive, I have things with names like:
>> >   1979-12-12a.mp3
>> >   BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Party 40 October 1979 - 03 -
>> >   Cassette Two Side A.mp3
>> >   JP 11 July 1990 1A.mp3
>> >   02.08.13 - john peel.mp3
>> >   etc. etc.
>> >   In order to know what I actually have and don't have,
>> >   I've started renaming them all in the following
>> >   format:
>> >   Peel 01-02-03 (session act). mp3
>> >   or for Festive Fifty's:
>> >   FF03(5-32).mp3
>> >
>> >   Perhaps we could agree to adopting some such
>> >   convention for files we share ? The format I'm using
>> >   is simply one that sorts well on a Mac, but I'm open
>> >   to suggestions if anyone has any better ideas...
>> >   Thanks again to all those involved. When I get a
>> >   minute I'll be adding to the pot,
>> >   cheers
>> >   Roger
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