This is how you can export Smart Playlists from iTunes into Plex using an intermediate program called Postman . This guide based on Windows operating system. You could replace the iTunes part with creating your own m3u files (through scripting or other music programs) and then submitting them to Ple...

Tried to rip some discs that were burned on CD-R. Both of my Pioneer Bluray drives got a lot of errors. My Pioneer drives are my drives of choice when ripping CD's. But neither drive could handle these CD-R's. Put the discs in my slower LG GH24NS90 DVD drive and they read with zero issue. Some examp...

Here is a way to change folder name of an album in Foobar2000 using the song tags. foobar2000 rename folder.jpg You will need to save a template for each drive letter, since the Destination Folder can't using formatting variables. You have to at least hard code the drive letter. Enable "Move En...

You can quickly remove scratches and other blemishes using a paintbrush motion using the Inpainting Brush Tool (Affinity Photo) or Healing Brush Tool (Photoshop) "Paint" the area you want to be cleaned up and then the program will analyze the surrounding area and fill in the scratch with a...

I learned this watching a basic tips & tricks video on YouTube, wish I would have known about this earlier. In the crop mode of both Adobe Photoshop and Affinity Photo there is a "Straighten" tool that lets you easily straighten an image based using a a path on the image. Affinity Phot...

These are ICC profiles made by me using IT8 targets from Wolf Faust (www.coloraid.de) for use with VueScan. May work with other programs, but these were created for VueScan. it8_target.jpg Epson V600 ICC Profile Epson V600 ICC Profile.zip Epson V330 / V33 ICC Profile Epson V330 ICC Profile.zip Plust...

Comparing the picture quality of these two scanners, I see very little difference. I used an IT8 calibration chart to calibrate them. Without calibration, they might look different out of the box, but when calibrated, they are extremely close in picture quality. If you load the following images into...

Had another rare disk that was a little scuffed up, but I wasn't expecting any issues with it. Ended up getting some read errors on track 06. I tried a 2nd optical drive and got similar read errors on track 06. I put in on the JFJ Easy Pro with 2x 20 seconds of 1200 grit (with water misted on the sa...

Link: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/?lang=en Overall Impressions: Mandarake is a chain of stores in Japan that sells new & used mixed media, including CD's and Vinyl. The prices are good and they have some less common items that dont show up on Yahoo Auction or Mercari. The webpage is aver...

Store Link: https://www.otokichi.com/main/newotokichien/engtop.htm Overall Impressions: Otokichi is a store in Japan that sells used CD's and Vinyl. The prices are good and they have some less common items that dont show up on Yahoo Auction or Mercari. The interface is very primitive, so expect the ...