I have always been very freaky in organizing my CD's. So I kept everything alphabetically and I had a special drawer for Jazz, one for Classical music etc. Right now I am struggling to find a good way in XBMC to organize it all.
I am not too crazy about using Genres to make seperate lists, there too many albums that can easily fit two or three genres. For instance, take John Zorn's Filmworks VIII. Would I put that under Jazz, Soundtrack or even Klezmer? And what if I always want all John Zorn's albums in one list....?
Basically I have three categories that I want to use. The first I called 'Main'. It holds pop, contemporrary jazz, world music etc. The second is for the more classic Jazz (like Parker, Coltrane etc). Finally I want a seperate list for all my classical music.
On top of that I want every member of my family to have his/her own folder where they can place some stuff that they downloaded or just got from someone. At some point I may decide to add this to the main folder (or not).
Maybe someone has a tip on how this best can be done. Currently I am thinking of using the MAIN categorie in Library Mode and use File Mode for all others. But it's not a pretty solution and they work differently which may be confusion for the wife and kids.
One thing that I am also struggling with are the 'Various Artists' albums. I really want these at the end of my list, not amongst all the other albums between the U and the W. I find that very annoying. Is there a way to put them at the end of the list?
A lot of questions, I know. But I am quite serious about getting this to run my whole media household.
I am not too crazy about using Genres to make seperate lists, there too many albums that can easily fit two or three genres. For instance, take John Zorn's Filmworks VIII. Would I put that under Jazz, Soundtrack or even Klezmer? And what if I always want all John Zorn's albums in one list....?
Basically I have three categories that I want to use. The first I called 'Main'. It holds pop, contemporrary jazz, world music etc. The second is for the more classic Jazz (like Parker, Coltrane etc). Finally I want a seperate list for all my classical music.
On top of that I want every member of my family to have his/her own folder where they can place some stuff that they downloaded or just got from someone. At some point I may decide to add this to the main folder (or not).
Maybe someone has a tip on how this best can be done. Currently I am thinking of using the MAIN categorie in Library Mode and use File Mode for all others. But it's not a pretty solution and they work differently which may be confusion for the wife and kids.
One thing that I am also struggling with are the 'Various Artists' albums. I really want these at the end of my list, not amongst all the other albums between the U and the W. I find that very annoying. Is there a way to put them at the end of the list?
A lot of questions, I know. But I am quite serious about getting this to run my whole media household.
