[mythtv-users] MythMusic -how do you organize your music?

[Kevin Kuphal]

Thomas wrote:

> Now that I have got a MythTV box I would like to replace my CD changer 
> with it (keeping the original CDs so this stays legal). But I wonder 
> how to organize the music...
>
> I imagine a structured hierarchy i.e. organizing by genre. Is this 
> possible using MythMusic? The most simple way to me would be to browse 
> harddisk folders with MythMusic. Then I could organize those folders 
> in any way I like. Using links a CD could even appear in several 
> places (like "Popular" and "Party Music").
>
> If this is not possible I would like to know how you create playlists 
> for MythMusic. Using the interface looks to complicated to me. 
> Especially since I have some compilation CDs. As far as I understand I 
> need to look up each song by navigating to the artist to make a 
> matching playlist. This would take quite a while for each compilation 
> CD. Is there any better tool to generate playlists for MythMusic?

You should start by reading the MythMusic section on mythtv.org on how 
to use it:

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-15.html#ss15.6

I think the organization options are in the Music Settings section for 
how you want the hierarchy to go.

Kevin