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Music File Storage Preference

I'm trying to sort out the last details before setting up a music server. I need to supply several rooms with sound so the Sonos made the most sense for me. I have about 1500 CD's ripped to FLAC files and plan to move them to NAS Drives on my wireless router. Using a Sonos Bridge to send out the signals.

Any thoughts on how the files should be stored on the drives? Right now each CD is in a separate folder with an "Artist - Album Name" label. Does that work best or should I do an Artist folder and then a sub-folder for each Album title? Should multiple disc albums be in one folder or each CD in a separate folder? I really only want to do this once!

I'm trying to get the best combination for the Sonos software, but I'll also keep a separate index in MediaMonkey on my PC.

Thanks for your input!
Paul :)
pkubica
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bigbucks5
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I'm in the middle of that right now. Separate folder for each artist with subfolders for each album (at least for now). I may decide to combine the multidisc albums into a common folder, but that's easy to do later (I don't have that many multidisc sets).
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kgturner
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i have my music files stored on a 1TB hard drive in a folder named "ALBUMS". They are arranged by "artist - album name". i only have about 500 albums though, but i like it this way. for multi-disc sets, i just save them as (Disc 1) and (Disc 2). e.g. "The Beatles - White Album (Disc 1)".

each folder has it's own album cover saved as "folder.jpg" and i have my view set to "thumbnail" so when i open the music folder each folder displays the album cover.
larryski2
37 posts
 
You might also call Sonos support at 800-680-2345 and ask for their recommendations....
Sonos customer support is excellent and I'm sure they would be glad to help.
pkubica OP
134 posts
 
Thanks for the comments. I'm going to create a folder for each artist and then a sub-folder for each album with the tracks inside. Seems to be the easiest to deal with. I also took Larryski2's advice and called Sonos support... nice people. They felt either approach would work with their software.

The other thought is to not use too many sub-folders. The deeper you go, the longer the path name becomes and it's easy to hit the limit, somewhere around 260 characters.
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