<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:01 AM, nospam312 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nospam312@gmail.com">nospam312@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am looking for comments on the best folder / filename structure for<br>
music when stored on your hard drive?<br>
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Can anyone with a huge music collection comment on what they think is<br>
the best directory structure / filename so everything works well?<br>
<br></blockquote><div>DELETIA<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Should I just use something like:<br>
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ARTIST - ALBUMNAME \ TRACKNUMBER.MP3<br>
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TIA<br></blockquote></div><br><br>I asked this question several months ago, and got many different answers. My solution is as follows.<br><br>Artist<br> YEAR - Album Name<br> Track Number - Artist Name - Track Name.extension<br>
<br>For soundtracks, I'd do:<br><br>Soundtracks (this is the folder name at the root of my music directory)<br> YEAR - Movie<br> Track # - Artist Name - Track Name.extension<br><br>For albums with various artists:<br>
<br>Various (this is the folder name at the root of my music directory)<br> YEAR - Album Name<br> Track # - Artist Name - Track Name.extension<br><br>This can get complicated, but I've found that it's great for artists that release the same song on more than one album. I've also downloaded the high quality (large sized) album art and embedded it in all the songs _and_ put a copy (called cover.jpg) in the album's folder. I like my method so that you can see the progression of an artists work by year. You also have the tracks organized by track number on the album. I'm sure some would say it's overkill, but I have the space, and I like the high quality art when I'm playing a song in MythMusic.<br>
<br>Jim<br><br><br>