9/25/2023 0 Comments Jriver media center 22 searchBut putting in the right Decade tag for each track was a pain. Years ago, desiring a Decades view of my music, I stored a Decades value tag for each track, AND I also tagged each track with its Year of original release. Thanks to MC's expression language, tag manipulation can lead to more ways to organize. I use Rename to put files into this arrangement, AND to give each file a consistent name derived from certain tags, so they all live happily together. After many years I haven't found a need to make the physical storage more complex. My physical files are in a folder called Music, then subfolders based on Artist name first letter, A, B, C, etc. Again, no right or wrong, so I do mine simply. In each database record, MC stores a link to the physical media file (or files, because it can link to the main media, plus a related image/cover art, plus related extra files). Contrast with relying on physical folders\files, where only ONE organization is possible. The above are not alternative ways to organize files, they all exist at the same time as virtual structures. I can view my files as if they are organized into folders and subfolders by Artist, or Album, or Year, or Type (of music or whatever), and many more, all without ever touching the files.įor instance, my Artists view lets me wander through my tracks something like this:Įtc, etc, etc, almost anything is possible, with the right tags in place. The cool thing is, you can have several views of exactly the same collection of files (tens of thousands in my case), each looking at your files in a different way, as if you had many copies of your files, each in a distinct arrangement. You can use views (standard and custom) to see your files organized any way you wish, including in views that look very much like folders and subfolders and files, if you desire. Yes, the database is for you, to tag and organize and use your files any way you wish. Change your mind later, just change the Rules and run it again. When used with appropriate Rules (which can be complex), MC will do the work of organizing folders and files based on the meta data (tags). Second key is to get to know the tool known as Rename, Move & Copy files. no structure at all would even work if the tags are correct. This can be done regardless of folder\file structure. Whatever you might need, someday, get it tagged appropriately up-front and you'll forever thank yourself. And even this situation could be handled in other ways using other aspects of MC.īest advice (after using MC for more than 15 years) is to think carefully about the Tags that will help you, not just to identify files, but to organize, categorize, retrieve, play, etc. I have mostly music, and I give each song a Grade (I avoid the built-in Rating system), then I have MC store music files based on their Grade so I can easily copy the highly-Graded songs to the laptop I use for music in my vehicle. However, it is smart to do some degree of organization of folders and files, something logical that will help you at the rare times when you need to dive in (when setting up a backup system, for instance). You rarely if-ever have to go directly to a file, just click in Media Center. If you provide suitable metadata (tags) for every file/track, the database keeps track of where it is. It is a powerful, flexible database manager that understands media. Long answer: There are almost as many file and folder schemes as there are users.īecause, JR Media Center does the heavy-lifting. Then the music folders - Artist | Album, with the Album folder containing the individual song files? It would not be a problem redoing the file name scheme to be Artist - Album - Track # - Song Name if that's the best scheme. Is that good?įor music, I had been using file (song) names as Artist - Track # - Song Name with meta data having Album Name associated with each song. each episode in its own folder? I do already have the episode files named, for example, Series Name - S01E01 - Episode Name. It is for TV series and music library that I am at square one with populating my library and want to proceed with the best scheme for JRiver.įor TV Series, what is the recommended folder structure? Series | Year | Episode folders, i.e. Concerts/live performances are simliarly treated. They are all in individual folders with the same names. My movies are named as per the IMDB name, i.e. I am coming to JRiver from Popcorn Hour, and hopefully what I already have in place will work.
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