How do you guys organize 2CD albums?

[eli2k]

I used to put them into separate CD1/CD2 folders, but then this showed up twice in subsonic home screen. So I switched naming them as 101, 102... for CD1 and 201, 202, etc for CD 2. But in subsonic this ends up order the songs as 101, 201, 102, 202, etc, so it doesn't separate the CDs but groups all the track 1/2/3/etc together. Is anyone doing this in a different way?

Thanks,
- Eli

[supra92]

I leave them as separate directories -- the naming conventions I use involve putting a (Disc 1) and (Disc 2) after the album name, which I think is pretty similar to what lots of people do.

I agree that having two folders, and thus two album covers in the Subsonic main screen, is a bit annoying. I thought about trying to find some way around this, but.... in the end I kept it as-is, because my music collection is ripped to FLAC first, and then I use a perl script to automate the transcoding from FLAC to mp3. The reason I want separate folders for Disc 1 and Disc 2 of a multidisc set is because, with FLAC, you can use a cue sheet to literally recreate the original CDs. If i lumped everything together into a single folder, I'd lose the ability to recreate the original CDs with ease.

In the end, it was a "what's your priorities?" type of thing, and I value FLAC archiving and CD-recreating-ability over most all else.

Supra92

[eli2k]

Good points. I'm used to just dragging my music files into whatever music player I'm using, which is usually pretty simple because I just need it to play a list of songs. I'll have to rethink this. One idea I have is to put the songs in separate directories, but only put cover art for the root directory of the album, so only that displays it, but not sure if that actually works or not.

[flacflac]

My 2 cents:

Albums consisting of 2 or more CDs are archived like this around here:

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<Artist>
   <Album>
      <Artwork>
      <CD1>
            Tracks + Folder.jpg
            CD1-playlist.m3u
      <CD2>
            Tracks + Folder.jpg
            CD2-playlist.m3u

      Folder.jpg
      Album-Playlist.m3u


When clicking on the "Newest" tab this results in the album listed TWICE, which is correct as my whole naming convention is based on ripping CDs. not albums - if an album has 2 CDs, so be it. Having a playlist for the whole album as well as one for each CD makes it easy to listen to the files locally with subsonic not running or for copying it to my ipod with rockbox.

Subsonic is a folder based program, and that comes with a lot of benefits, but also with the need for a clean layout.

One idea I have is to put the songs in separate directories, but only put cover art for the root directory of the album, so only that displays it, but not sure if that actually works or not.

This will not work in the way you're intending it, if I am not mistaken: if you just browse the file system with subsonic (i.e. clicking all the way down the directory tree to the album of your desire using the links on the very left) you will actually see ONE folder with album art, but the 2 subfolders, those containing the music, won't have any artwork.

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[phynias]

i don't like digging up old posts, but does any one know if there is a way to group the album now?
i still do the CD1 CD2 directories but like everyone says it makes 2 cds on the recent screen it also makes it so when you click on an artist and it is supposed to show there albums as icons on the right it does not show an image for the album with the multi cds.

[KBanause]

I used to put them into separate CD1/CD2 folders, but then this showed up twice in subsonic home screen. So I switched naming them as 101, 102... for CD1 and 201, 202, etc for CD 2. But in subsonic this ends up order the songs as 101, 201, 102, 202, etc, so it doesn't separate the CDs but groups all the track 1/2/3/etc together. Is anyone doing this in a different way?



Thanks,

- Eli

I use the DISCNUMBER and TOTALDISCS tag of flac and TPOS in mp3 id3v2 tags. Additionally I renamed all files to have "CD1", "CD2" and so on in the filename (maybe that is not necessary but I have it to be able to seperate them in a filemanager). No need for seperate directories.

[SpudSong]

I re-number & re-tag them as 1 album.
The main reason I did this was to allow seamless playback from start to finish with out having to queue up the 2nd album or creating a special playlist to include both albums.

Original:
Led Zeppelin (directory)

Physical Graffiti CD 1 (sub-directory of Led Zeppelin)
01 - Custard Pie.mp3
02 - The Rover.mp3
03 - In My Time of Dying.mp3
04 - Houses of the Holy.mp3
05 - Trampled Under Foot.mp3
06 - Kashmir.mp3
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti CD 1.m3u

Physical Graffiti CD 2 (sub-directory of Led Zeppelin)
01 - In the Light.mp3
02 - Bron-Yr-Aur.mp3
03 - Down by the Seaside.mp3
04 - Ten Years Gone.mp3
05 - Night Flight.mp3
06 - The Wanton Song.mp3
07 - Boogie with Stu.mp3
08 - Black Country Woman.mp3
09 - Sick Again.mp3
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti CD 2.m3u

New:
Led Zeppelin (directory)

Physical Graffiti (sub-directory of Led Zeppelin)
01 - Custard Pie.mp3
02 - The Rover.mp3
03 - In My Time of Dying.mp3
04 - Houses of the Holy.mp3
05 - Trampled Under Foot.mp3
06 - Kashmir.mp3
07 - In the Light.mp3
08 - Bron-Yr-Aur.mp3
09 - Down by the Seaside.mp3
10 - Ten Years Gone.mp3
11 - Night Flight.mp3
12 - The Wanton Song.mp3
13 - Boogie with Stu.mp3
14 - Black Country Woman.mp3
15 - Sick Again.mp3
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti.m3u

[Schnip]

Hey Guys,


not sure if this issue is still relevant but I made a little workaround to deal with the 2+ CD Problem with folder structure.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14997&p=65448

[IdiotProof]

Artist Name > years - Album Title_CDn > tracks + cover