tested subs

[jukejohn]

been playing about with sub folders and very impressed BUT when you do the sub
genres say rock and you are looking at 3 or 5 genres theres a empty looking page
is it possible to maybe custum the size or something not sure what the answer to
this problem would be just looks half finnished  or could the sub folders open
up on the genre bar  sorry to be a pain 

[Dj4nrv]

Yeah I thought the same too so Ive considred making some extra subgenres to fill the space.
top artist
Singles
Compilation albums
Hard rock
Soft rock
Metal
Indie rock
Alternative rock
Etc

[Dj4nrv]

I then "copied" tracks from my albums into these subgenres.
This is why I requested a feature to stop duplicate file names from showing in search results.
This way you could double up a track in genres and when you search you would only get the one result?

[jukejohn]

Yeah I thought the same too so Ive considred making some extra subgenres to fill the space.
top artist
Singles
Compilation albums
Hard rock
Soft rock
Metal
Indie rock
Alternative rock
Etc

problem is you can only stretch them so far
i just dont want pages of empty looking selections makes it look crap
 
so maybe some sort of custum art work  maybe this is quite a tricky one dj

[Dj4nrv]

I had the opposite problem on some genres and some that werent full enough. Guess thats more down to the size of 'your' library and how 'you' organise your tracks.
This is what's so good about the update. It opens up lots of options for viewing your tracks.
What I did was divide my music into 3 main type.
1.album CDs
2.compilation CDs
3.other

Then for albums - c:\jbp\Genre\Album Artist\Album\tracks.mp3
For compilations - c:\jbp\Genre\Various Artists\Album\tracks.mp3
Then singles and other odd ripped files go - c:\jbp\Genre\Artist\Other\tracks.mp3

I also have the special categories like "my favourite tracks" and "Top Artist" in each Genre.
 So my hip hop looks like this.
Link http://db.tt/GsrSlpB1
 

[jukejohn]

yes get the idea only i would say 80% of my collection are compilations of various genres

im trying on my laptop to create a genre tree if you like not that easy my collection
is well organised and large so now im finding to use this update at its best im having to reorganise
my organised collection [very deep]  

[Dj4nrv]

What is it your struggling with ?
Is it just moving the files ?
Or just knowing what to put where?
I used this as a guide for which artist goes where .
link http://www.macjams.com/article.php?story=20040427163120889
I have a few handy tools that I use too
File2folder , which does what says really.
Link http://www.mbmods.com/download/4-tools/27-file2folder-batch
Rockbox album art extractor , which extracts embedded album art to folder.jpg
Link http://vcardenasblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/album-art-extracter-for-rockbox.html
And of course media monkey - my fav. Which does both of the above and more.
I use media monkeys to move tracks from folder to folder.
Link http://www.mediamonkey.com/
 

[jukejohn]

thanks for the genres link thats cool

folder to folder-i use winrar for that and tag and rename to create folder from embedded art
but thanks
im not short of software or how to do stuff its the layout of things basicly ideas oh and time
as this is going to be a long haul of a job my main thing dj is to make it look cool not messy
dont expect every page to be filled in far from it i think vjb takes 15 covers for a full page i dont
have a genere with 15 sub genres dont think i know one that that does so thats what were up against