Organize music files: Difference between revisions
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== Settings == | == Settings == | ||
=== General === | |||
[[Image:Musicbrainz.general.jpg|General options|left|200px]] Do '''NOT''' tell MusicBraniz to "Automatically scan all new files" since I had problems with the program crashing when this option was set. | |||
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=== File Naming === | |||
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One of the important settings in MusicBrainz is to allow it to "Move Files" and to set a parent directory (e.g. ~/Music) for your collection so that music that is tagged becomes organized in your collection rather than in subdirectories nested below your existing (incongruent) directory structure. | One of the important settings in MusicBrainz is to allow it to "Move Files" and to set a parent directory (e.g. ~/Music) for your collection so that music that is tagged becomes organized in your collection rather than in subdirectories nested below your existing (incongruent) directory structure. | ||
In other words, if you have something like | In other words, if you have something like | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
-Music | -Music | ||
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You don't want to end up potentially having a "Beatles" directory under each folder, you just want a Beatles folder in "Music", so set "Move tagged files to this directory:" like depicted in the screenshot. (Hint: Click on the screenshot for a larger view) | You don't want to end up potentially having a "Beatles" directory under each folder, you just want a Beatles folder in "Music", so set "Move tagged files to this directory:" like depicted in the screenshot. (Hint: Click on the screenshot for a larger view) | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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One of the file system artifacts that come from using Windows is "desktop.ini" files in your music directories. You can get rid of these with a simple | One of the file system artifacts that come from using Windows is "desktop.ini" files in your music directories. You can get rid of these with a simple | ||
<source lang="bash"> | <source lang="bash"> | ||
find ~/Music -name desktop.ini -exec rm {} \; | find ~/Music -name desktop.ini -exec rm {} \; | ||