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<blockquote data-quote="BugsBunny" data-source="post: 87963" data-attributes="member: 19983"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I need my files to be compatible on my HTPC, on CD-Rs for my car radio and other MP3 players.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it's a good starting point to think about media types and how the mp3s should be stored there. Something like roosterx uses may be very good for HTPC use but may cause more work if you want to put mp3s/ mp3 CDs on other media.</p><p></p><p>I've a lot of MP3 files (most ripped from my own CDs)</p><p>The naming convention for my MP3s is the following:</p><p>%Track %Artist - %Tracktitle</p><p>The files of a CD I put into a folder %Artist - %CDTitle</p><p>If the CD is a soundtrack/mix/various artists the folder name is %CDTitle only</p><p>I use some misc. folders as well</p><p></p><p>My car mp3 player only reads Id3V1 so all files need useful tags for Id3V1 as well. I don't like the name simply to be cut off on a 'random position' because it doesn't fit into id3v1.</p><p>I use Mp3tag v2.36 and Renatager to tag my files. If one or more tags of a file do not fit into id3v1 it get's a full id3v2 tag as well and the id3v1 is manually edited to something useful then.</p><p></p><p>Because I store the files on CD as well the max. length of the filename + extension must be 64 to not run into problems (filenames that are longer than 60 are cut off on CD). Renatager shows filenames/dirnames that are too long in red - I manually edit them.</p><p></p><p>On my HTPC I made 10 dirs with some kind of genre names (alternative, jazz, world, singles, rock&pop, download ...) where I store the CDs</p><p></p><p>I leave the genre tag empty because the genres of Id3V1 don't meet my needs.</p><p></p><p>I use the comment tag to store info about the origin of the file/quality options of the mp3 encoder.</p><p></p><p>I do not store album art inside an mp3 file. It's a waste of space and often means redundancy. The car mp3 player can't read album art just like other mp3 players.</p><p>So I use a folder.jpg for the album art in each folder. If I need the files on another medium I simply delete the jpg.</p><p></p><p>With my car mp3 player I can access 12 folders that have (01 02 03 ...) in the beginning of the folder name with buttons. If I want eg. certain 8 MP3 CDs on a CD-R I simply copy them to temp folder, put numbers in the front and burn the CD-R.</p><p></p><p>I think the organisation of the mp3 collection should depend on the type of media I want to put the MP3s onto. (HTPC only / other mp3 players).</p><p></p><p>I use almost only the folder view in Media Portal. If this view is used much, then you have to think about a useful organisation. If too much CDs are in one folder, it's not easy to navigate through them and the same happens if you use too much subfolders to store your mp3s.</p><p></p><p>My organisation of my mp3s evolved during time (stated with a RioVolt 100). It adapted to the types of media I use (genre folders). Maybe I will divide some categories in future if they grow too big. But the naming convention (folder/file) I use is the same since the beginning and I am quite happy with it.</p><p></p><p>But for sure there is no 'best way' that fit's everyone's need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BugsBunny, post: 87963, member: 19983"] Hi, I need my files to be compatible on my HTPC, on CD-Rs for my car radio and other MP3 players. Maybe it's a good starting point to think about media types and how the mp3s should be stored there. Something like roosterx uses may be very good for HTPC use but may cause more work if you want to put mp3s/ mp3 CDs on other media. I've a lot of MP3 files (most ripped from my own CDs) The naming convention for my MP3s is the following: %Track %Artist - %Tracktitle The files of a CD I put into a folder %Artist - %CDTitle If the CD is a soundtrack/mix/various artists the folder name is %CDTitle only I use some misc. folders as well My car mp3 player only reads Id3V1 so all files need useful tags for Id3V1 as well. I don't like the name simply to be cut off on a 'random position' because it doesn't fit into id3v1. I use Mp3tag v2.36 and Renatager to tag my files. If one or more tags of a file do not fit into id3v1 it get's a full id3v2 tag as well and the id3v1 is manually edited to something useful then. Because I store the files on CD as well the max. length of the filename + extension must be 64 to not run into problems (filenames that are longer than 60 are cut off on CD). Renatager shows filenames/dirnames that are too long in red - I manually edit them. On my HTPC I made 10 dirs with some kind of genre names (alternative, jazz, world, singles, rock&pop, download ...) where I store the CDs I leave the genre tag empty because the genres of Id3V1 don't meet my needs. I use the comment tag to store info about the origin of the file/quality options of the mp3 encoder. I do not store album art inside an mp3 file. It's a waste of space and often means redundancy. The car mp3 player can't read album art just like other mp3 players. So I use a folder.jpg for the album art in each folder. If I need the files on another medium I simply delete the jpg. With my car mp3 player I can access 12 folders that have (01 02 03 ...) in the beginning of the folder name with buttons. If I want eg. certain 8 MP3 CDs on a CD-R I simply copy them to temp folder, put numbers in the front and burn the CD-R. I think the organisation of the mp3 collection should depend on the type of media I want to put the MP3s onto. (HTPC only / other mp3 players). I use almost only the folder view in Media Portal. If this view is used much, then you have to think about a useful organisation. If too much CDs are in one folder, it's not easy to navigate through them and the same happens if you use too much subfolders to store your mp3s. My organisation of my mp3s evolved during time (stated with a RioVolt 100). It adapted to the types of media I use (genre folders). Maybe I will divide some categories in future if they grow too big. But the naming convention (folder/file) I use is the same since the beginning and I am quite happy with it. But for sure there is no 'best way' that fit's everyone's need. [/QUOTE]
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