organizing your music on CPU?

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:19 pm

not sure if this is the right place to ask but here goes anyways...

how do you guys organize your music folders on your computer?
the mac users with iTUNES...do you just keep your music in itunes as well as a folder elsewhere...?

i just got a new computer and am trying to figure out whats the best way to keep everything organized...

The Drunken Poet · Post by **The Drunken Poet** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:29 pm

I just keep all my shit in ITUNES, which keeps everything in the music file on the HD. And then I create files within the playlists for organization by album or artist. Most people I know do it this way. It's pretty straight forward, the computer should be setup for this already.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:37 pm

am I doubling up on my HD space by having shit in iTunes and in a seperate folder on my desktop?

The Drunken Poet · Post by **The Drunken Poet** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:10 pm

Um, not sure. But why you would want both a music file on your desktop and also in Itunes, when you can simply keep it all in Itunes, where you play them anyway. Plus its easy to organize your shit in Itunes with playlists and smartlists.

Cryptic One · Post by **Cryptic One** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:18 pm

just keep them in itunes... if u have em in 2 places u are using twice the space

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:58 pm

roger that!

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:07 am

I don't like using Itunes, I keep my folders organized by genre on 2 different hard drives.

Still gotta reorganize singles by year/decade instead of genre which is a pain in the ass. I'll get drunk one slow weekend and do it then.

theaggravatedjew · Post by **theaggravatedjew** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:59 am

Cryptic One wrote:just keep them in itunes... if u have em in 2 places u are using twice the space

IS this the case for both pc and mac?

TheEnglishProfessorGuy · Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:13 am

yea...but if u wanna make a cd you cant do it with mp4s.

erksortega · Post by **erksortega** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:48 am

I don't like how itunes file heirarchy is set up. I have a folder that has all my mp3s. It goes genre ie Rap/R&b, Pop/Rock, Electronic etc etc. Then from there its artist with multiple folders under that for each album. Then drag those folders into itunes so it creates a playlist for each album. Its a tedious process but thats how I like it. I wish it could be done easier.

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:20 am

erksortega wrote:I don't like how itunes file heirarchy is set up. I have a folder that has all my mp3s. It goes genre ie Rap/R&b, Pop/Rock, Electronic etc etc. Then from there its artist with multiple folders under that for each album. Then drag those folders into itunes so it creates a playlist for each album. Its a tedious process but thats how I like it. I wish it could be done easier.

thats pretty much how I am doing it. Only thing is, I dont wanna take up aditional space by having the same album in itunes and in some folder.

erksortega · Post by **erksortega** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:23 am

darkwingduck wrote:
erksortega wrote:I don't like how itunes file heirarchy is set up. I have a folder that has all my mp3s. It goes genre ie Rap/R&b, Pop/Rock, Electronic etc etc. Then from there its artist with multiple folders under that for each album. Then drag those folders into itunes so it creates a playlist for each album. Its a tedious process but thats how I like it. I wish it could be done easier.
thats pretty much how I am doing it. Only thing is, I dont wanna take up aditional space by having the same album in itunes and in some folder.

if you go into preferences and then advanced you should be able to make it so that itunes won't do that.