Music Organisation
Monday, 8. June 2009, 07:38:38
Yesterday I blogged about organising photos. That got me thinking about how I organise my music, and I just thought I'd share what I do.
It's very simple. "My Music" folder. Artist sub-folders. Album sub-sub-folders. Tracks in those folders are typically named "NN Track name.ext" where NN is the track number. I usually have a "cover.jpg" as well. I also have a couple of folders with huge random mixes of files. eg "Misc pop" or "Trance", etc.
Almost all my music is tagged. For that I use a Windows Explorer extension called AudioShell. That lets me just right-click on the file, select Properties, then select the tags tab where I can directly edit the tags.
I don't have any music database or management software. Pocket Tunes on my Treo 650 can automatically scan the tags and build a database with grouped artists, albums, etc.
I encode using minimum-quality Ogg Vorbis (~64kbps), which is fine for my typical listening environment - the train on the way to/from work. It's also fine for casual listening at home. If I really need the quality, then I still have the original CDs to listen to
My entire CD collection fits in my phone (~8GB).
For home, I have plans to buy a Squeezebox and install the SlimServer software on my QNAP NAS. That might be a little down the track, though.
It's very simple. "My Music" folder. Artist sub-folders. Album sub-sub-folders. Tracks in those folders are typically named "NN Track name.ext" where NN is the track number. I usually have a "cover.jpg" as well. I also have a couple of folders with huge random mixes of files. eg "Misc pop" or "Trance", etc.
Almost all my music is tagged. For that I use a Windows Explorer extension called AudioShell. That lets me just right-click on the file, select Properties, then select the tags tab where I can directly edit the tags.
I don't have any music database or management software. Pocket Tunes on my Treo 650 can automatically scan the tags and build a database with grouped artists, albums, etc.
I encode using minimum-quality Ogg Vorbis (~64kbps), which is fine for my typical listening environment - the train on the way to/from work. It's also fine for casual listening at home. If I really need the quality, then I still have the original CDs to listen to
My entire CD collection fits in my phone (~8GB).For home, I have plans to buy a Squeezebox and install the SlimServer software on my QNAP NAS. That might be a little down the track, though.
WIDGETIZE
Rijk # 9. June 2009, 08:58
So now most of my music is stored like this:
[%composer%/]%album artist%/[%date% - ]%album%/[%track% - ]%title%[ '('%track artist%')']Except the loose ends that don't belong to an album, which go into:
loose\%album artist%\%title%[ '('%track artist%')'](the parts within square brackets only get added when the %tag% inside is present in the file)
Last December I bought a Squeezebox and a QNAP NAS
Andrew Gregory # 13. June 2009, 17:44
Rijk # 14. June 2009, 18:42
Using the SqueezeCenter interface on your PC can be a bit sluggish.
Andrew Gregory # 15. June 2009, 02:14