Re: Your Music Directory Structure
Reply #245 – 2016-11-21 14:53:53
I might use the file path as a starting point to tag a large amount of files, but i'd never use it regularly because of all the characters you can't use such as : / ! and even periods in some cases. Here's a sample of how i'm currently organised. Still a work in progress in a couple areas:Music\01 Primary\Arcade Fire\2004-09-14 Funeral\01. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels).flac Music\01 Primary\Various\1996-11-12 Space Jam\01. Fly Like An Eagle.flac Music\02 Secondary\Classical\Erik Satie\1984 3 Gymnopédies And Other Piano Works\01. Gymnopédie No. 1.flac Music\02 Secondary\Classical\Various\2008-09-01 101 Classics - The Best Loved Classical Melodies\Disc 01 - The Great Waltzes\01. An Der Schönen Blauen Donau, Op. 314.flac Music\02 Secondary\Soundtracks\Movie\Gravity\2013-09-17 Gravity\01. Above Earth.flac Music\02 Secondary\Soundtracks\Video Game\Final Fantasy\1997-01-31 Final Fantasy VII\1997-02-10 Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack\Disc 01\01. Prelude.flac Music\02 Secondary\Soundtracks\Video Game\Final Fantasy\1997-01-31 Final Fantasy VII\2007-09-14 Voices Of The Lifestream\Disc 01 - Crisis\01. Deliverance Of The Heart.flac Music\02 Secondary\Soundtracks\Video Game\Final Fantasy\2001-07-19 Final Fantasy X\2002-02-20 Piano Collections - Final Fantasy X\01. To Zanarkand.flac Music\02 Secondary\Soundtracks\Video Game\Various\2011-02-07 Heroes vs. Villains\01. The Bounty Of A Brain.flac I always have the exact date whenever possible, since several of my artists have multiple releases in the same year. I am considering removing the period after track numbers, i've been on the fence with that for a while. I originally had movies with their release dates but found i preferred browsing by name. Also, since movies with several albums are relatively few (and i don't have any at this time anyway), i'm considering removing the album folder altogether and just having:D:\Music\02 Secondary\Soundtracks\Movie\Gravity\01. Above Earth.flac Finally, video games. UGH. Video games. Multiple composers, sometimes unknown composers, theme composed by one person and rearranged by another... To make things worse i also get albums from OCRemix, which are usually from various games, too. Sorting by series/game/album has been working alright, though.