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<blockquote data-quote="druid9" data-source="post: 516972" data-attributes="member: 28347">+1 for the use of database.The reason why TV Series looks and works os well is BECUASE it is by nature a database view. Same for Moving Pictures, and I guess My Films, though I have never used that one.For an rxample setup a folder in my videos for your TV episoded and see how that looks.MPTagthat makes tagging the music files a breeze.As for reverting to iTunes, the only way iTunes works and looks well is if the the files are&nbsp; tagged, and the album art has been obtained. Try doing that across 10000 poorly tagged .mp3s, not in albums, that your kids have put on the system - no thanks. But having done all of that, what do you have? A database.Oh, and has anyone tried using iTunes with a remote, not a mouse - try it you won't like it.This whole database thing is why we have so many threads on &quot;How do you arrange your files?&quot;, with a database yit is largely irrelevant as the database does the sorting and the collating.For the record, I like Spragleknas remove the annoying grouping. Is use AlbumArtist view because that deals with multiple artist compilations best, and for speed of browsing I also tend to go for list view. Might be how I like to listen to music, but pick an artist, pick an album press play is not that tedious. I do have playlists set up for times when I just want background music with various tracks, and these work pretty well with autoscrobbler adding tracks like the ones I orginally set up. I can do some further notes if needed</blockquote>

[QUOTE="druid9, post: 516972, member: 28347"] +1 for the use of database. The reason why TV Series looks and works os well is BECUASE it is by nature a database view. Same for Moving Pictures, and I guess My Films, though I have never used that one. For an rxample setup a folder in my videos for your TV episoded and see how that looks. MPTagthat makes tagging the music files a breeze. As for reverting to iTunes, the only way iTunes works and looks well is if the the files are tagged, and the album art has been obtained. Try doing that across 10000 poorly tagged .mp3s, not in albums, that your kids have put on the system - no thanks. But having done all of that, what do you have? A database. Oh, and has anyone tried using iTunes with a remote, not a mouse - try it you won't like it. This whole database thing is why we have so many threads on "How do you arrange your files?", with a database yit is largely irrelevant as the database does the sorting and the collating. For the record, I like Spragleknas remove the annoying grouping. Is use AlbumArtist view because that deals with multiple artist compilations best, and for speed of browsing I also tend to go for list view. Might be how I like to listen to music, but pick an artist, pick an album press play is not that tedious. I do have playlists set up for times when I just want background music with various tracks, and these work pretty well with autoscrobbler adding tracks like the ones I orginally set up. I can do some further notes if needed [/QUOTE]

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