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telekinetic · 08-24-2008, 07:05 PM

So, my music collection is getting out of hand, and I'm trying to get it in order before my friend dumps another 200 gigs into it this week. Right now, I have about 2000 albums from every possible genre just dumped in a big "Albums By Artist" folder, with only subfolders for Techno, Country, Classical, and Christmas music....I've also got five or six unsorted directories of one-offs, one hit wonders, and singles.

How do other people handle their collections? I'm almost thinking at this point that setting up any further file structure is just going to make life miserable, and it may be time to start using a program with some built in smart databasing. All the ID3 tags are pretty much intact, and almost everything has album art.

My question is, what do you suggest as a media library manager? I mainly use Windows Media Player or Winamp, but am willing to play exclusively through some other player with database functionality, rather than subdivide the collection any further.

I don't really like WMP, and haven't used iTunes enough to know if I like it or not. Any ideas where to start?

08-24-2008, 07:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
telekinetic zomgomgomgomgomgomg Location: Fauxenix, Azerona	Help me organize my music! So, my music collection is getting out of hand, and I'm trying to get it in order before my friend dumps another 200 gigs into it this week. Right now, I have about 2000 albums from every possible genre just dumped in a big "Albums By Artist" folder, with only subfolders for Techno, Country, Classical, and Christmas music....I've also got five or six unsorted directories of one-offs, one hit wonders, and singles. How do other people handle their collections? I'm almost thinking at this point that setting up any further file structure is just going to make life miserable, and it may be time to start using a program with some built in smart databasing. All the ID3 tags are pretty much intact, and almost everything has album art. My question is, what do you suggest as a media library manager? I mainly use Windows Media Player or Winamp, but am willing to play exclusively through some other player with database functionality, rather than subdivide the collection any further. I don't really like WMP, and haven't used iTunes enough to know if I like it or not. Any ideas where to start?