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<blockquote data-quote="Peter2" data-source="post: 644625" data-attributes="member: 24945">That is indeed a great thread and very helpful to give an idea where to start. I made 1 comment/suggestion to the author about the way to store music but he believes his way is the best way so I'm giving it to you as well so you decide for yourself.I have gone through the extensive ripping process as well and wondered how to store my music.On my network, I have a linux file server - old pc's can serve very well for this - and on 1 of the disks there is a 'multimedia share' that contains a few folders for pictures, music and video.For music, I have created subfolders by genre first, then by artist (if more then 1 cd, otherwise artist/group_-_name of cd), then by name of cd.The filenames are done this way: trackn°_-_(artist if collection_-_)titleThere is 1 playlist folder (named '0_playlist' as well so it's on top and approachable by various means.Parallel to this cd collection, I have a podcast folder where I put certain automatic downloaded or recorded radioshows.I know that in MP you have various ways to view your media but my goal was to also have an easy/structured way to approach my music through other ways then MP (900+ albums &amp; +-3500 songs)For pictures, that is really up to personal preference but sorting by subject/event/.... and then by date, possibly by reversed date (YYYYMMDD) to be able to sort based on file name or folder and also think carefully about the filenamesMy moviecollection is not that big but you can apply the same way.Oh yeah, I have replaced all the spaces (in files as well folders) by underscores, I don't know if currently this makes that much difference but maybe can comment on that.Hope this gives you some ideas,P²</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Peter2, post: 644625, member: 24945"] That is indeed a great thread and very helpful to give an idea where to start. I made 1 comment/suggestion to the author about the way to store music but he believes his way is the best way so I'm giving it to you as well so you decide for yourself. I have gone through the extensive ripping process as well and wondered how to store my music. On my network, I have a linux file server - old pc's can serve very well for this - and on 1 of the disks there is a 'multimedia share' that contains a few folders for pictures, music and video. For music, I have created subfolders by genre first, then by artist (if more then 1 cd, otherwise artist/group_-_name of cd), then by name of cd. The filenames are done this way: trackn°_-_(artist if collection_-_)title There is 1 playlist folder (named '0_playlist' as well so it's on top and approachable by various means. Parallel to this cd collection, I have a podcast folder where I put certain automatic downloaded or recorded radioshows. I know that in MP you have various ways to view your media but my goal was to also have an easy/structured way to approach my music through other ways then MP (900+ albums & +-3500 songs) For pictures, that is really up to personal preference but sorting by subject/event/.... and then by date, possibly by reversed date (YYYYMMDD) to be able to sort based on file name or folder and also think carefully about the filenames My moviecollection is not that big but you can apply the same way. Oh yeah, I have replaced all the spaces (in files as well folders) by underscores, I don't know if currently this makes that much difference but maybe can comment on that. Hope this gives you some ideas, P² [/QUOTE]

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