Browsing by artists and folders structure
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:51 pmHello,
I just discovered Subsonic while looking for an Audiogalaxy replacement (damn Dropbox). But I'm surprised by the library organization chosen here. Unless I've not well understood how Subsonic works I see that essentially the whole organization of the library is based upon folders structure. If that is true then I think this is an awful way to handle music. The organization should be done by the program using meta-tags, not by the user using folders.
The most (all?) of other media server allows you to browse your library using meta-tags like artist name, genre and other. As far as I see Subsonic doesn't allows you to browse by artist, that is a very basic and important feature, IMHO. It forces you to organize your music by artists using folders, and that is not an efficient way to do this (not for all, for sure).
The second problem I've found is that if you have songs at the first level of your library any of them are shown if you use a mobile app (I've tried 3 different apps). You are forced to move all your songs in a subfolder, but this can create a mess with other media players you're using.
Could anyone tell me if it's me that has not understood how it works or if my notes are correct?
Thank you.
I just discovered Subsonic while looking for an Audiogalaxy replacement (damn Dropbox). But I'm surprised by the library organization chosen here. Unless I've not well understood how Subsonic works I see that essentially the whole organization of the library is based upon folders structure. If that is true then I think this is an awful way to handle music. The organization should be done by the program using meta-tags, not by the user using folders.
The most (all?) of other media server allows you to browse your library using meta-tags like artist name, genre and other. As far as I see Subsonic doesn't allows you to browse by artist, that is a very basic and important feature, IMHO. It forces you to organize your music by artists using folders, and that is not an efficient way to do this (not for all, for sure).
The second problem I've found is that if you have songs at the first level of your library any of them are shown if you use a mobile app (I've tried 3 different apps). You are forced to move all your songs in a subfolder, but this can create a mess with other media players you're using.
Could anyone tell me if it's me that has not understood how it works or if my notes are correct?
Thank you.
but thank you for your reply.