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How Do You Store Your CDs?

Posted by Cliff on from the minimizing-storage-space-yet-still-convenient dept.

lxs asks: "Let's face it, CDs are a pain. They are a great way to store your data, but when you have hundreds, or even thousands of CDRs and not much physical space, storage becomes a problem. With the advent of DVD+/-Rs DVD-RAM and Blu-ray this problem will not go away, since we all will collect thousends of those in the coming years. Jewel cases take up too much space; CD folders are better, but still wasteful (and expensive); and spindles are great, but you can't find anything. I've toyed with the idea of buying paper CD envelopes, and fill up a couple of old-fashioned 5 1/4" floppy cases with CDs (those were efficient: 200+ floppies in a plastic shoebox!), but there may be a better solution out there. So, Slashdot: how do you store your CDs?"

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  1. What I Do . by jantheman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    1. Number CDs in YYMMDD-char(base 36) format (I'm unlikely to burn > 36 a day)
    2. Get an empty CD can
    3. put in the oldest 10/20 CDs in chron' order.
    4. put a bit on platic sheet - size of a cd + a 1/2" x 1" tab - threaded onto the spindle, and write on the tab the number of the cd it's sitting on.
    5. repeat steps 4 & 5 till can is full.
    6. lock it up & label the can case.

    when you open the can, the tabs spring out.

    (Do I need to explain the rest?)
    job done

    (oh yes - a little spreadsheet too : cd number,subject type (e.g mp3,pdf,app),extra info (e.g. for albums- artist,album,#tracks,bps,vbr/cbr....))

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  2. Re:VCDJ by jpsst34 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Though this doessn't solve the issue of physical CD storage, it is an elegant solution to gain access to all of your CD data at any time without needing to locate the CD.

    Build a Virtual CD Jukebox.

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  3. Dewey Decimal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This is going to sound quite a bit weird, but where i have them in jewel cases in boxes, or where i have them loose separated by sleeves, I tab them by dewey decimal. (i used to be a library aide.) So when i'm looking for my literature it's under literature by type, fiction by author, and when i want pictures of friends they are under biography.

    I doubt that this would be at all simple for anyone who hadn't been in libraries putting books away for fifteen years of their life, but there you go. I also try to keep a relavent catalogue with cross-indexing, but... didn't i mention i'm crazy?