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                                                   How I Organize My Filesystem
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EVERYTHING is lower case
 
 
 
 
ONLY use these characters:
  
    Numbers 0,1-9 | Letters A-Z | Full Stop . | Hyphen-Minus - | Plus sign + | Underscore _ | Number sign # | Dollar sign $ | Tilde ~ | Apostrophe ' | Parenthesis ()
 
 
 
 
NO track names !!! ...all tracks are formatted like this:
 
    HAS no discnumber:    01.track.flac; 02.track.flac; 03.track.flac; ...
    HAS discnumber:       1.01.track.flac; 1.02.track.flac; 1.03.track.flac; 2.01.track.flac; 2.02.track.flac; 2.03.track.flac ...
 
 
 
 
ONLY eight (8) Genre classes:
 
    composed | electro | jazz | popular | project | rhythm | rock | world




Word and Character Formatting Rules:

    If is persons name, change to ("LASTNAME DOT FIRSTNAME") ... e.g. Carlos Kleiber == kleiber.carlos

    If is stage name, do not change ... e.g. Muddy Waters == muddy waters

    If name begins with prefix ("THE") then change to ("NAME DOT PREFIX") ... e.g. The Beatles == beatles.the

    If "name and ensemble", then remove prefix ("THE") and change to ("NAME PLUS ENSEMBLE") ... e.g. The Dave Brubeck Quartet == brubeck.dave + quartet ... e.g. Iggy Pop and the Stooges == iggy pop + the stooges

    If Composer name, then prefix Tilde character to name  ...  e.g. BEETHOVEN == ~beethoven

    If Vinyl Ripper name, then prefix Tilde character and append date to name  ...  e.g. PBTHAL == ~pbthal 201202

    If four character string ("$DIV") is present in filename, then change color of Track Title name in foobar2000 playlist viewer display. The "$DIV" file is a blank audio file of 0.1 seconds duration (one tenth of a second) and of same samplerate as the album tracks. The purpose of these files is to create informative separation effects in foobar2000. I create as many "$DIV" files as I think necessary to achieve my display ambitions. (for a visual example, see the screenshot further down).

    If ampersand character ("&") is present in path, then choose:   [A] remove it and use "SPACE DOT SPACE"   [B] change it to plus sign "+"   [C] change it to string "and".

            Note: I reserve the right to break these rules any time I think it is appropriate (except for ampersand character).



  
Path overview (with foobar2000 syntax tokens):
 
    IS lossless audio:
    F:\music\lib\00\%GENRE%\%ALBUM ARTIST%\(%DATE%) %ALBUM%\%PRODUCTID%\[%DISCNUMBER%.]%TRACKNUMBER%.track.$EXT(%PATH%)

    IS lossy audio:
    F:\music\lib\01\%GENRE%\%ALBUM ARTIST%\(%DATE%) %ALBUM%\%PRODUCTID%\[%DISCNUMBER%.]%TRACKNUMBER%.track.$EXT(%PATH%)

    IS multimedia:
    F:\music\lib\media\"derty2 reserves the right to change things here without notice ..."

    IS playlist:
    F:\music\lib\playlists\"derty2 reserves the right to change things here without notice ..."
 
            Note: %PRODUCTID% is a sub-string of the %COMMENT% tag string and I modify it for filesystem display.
 
 
 
 
Examples (Note: I allow the "composed" and "project" and "world" genres to have a looser naming structure):
 
    F:\music\lib\00\composed\munch.charles . orch boston ~berlioz. symphonie fantastique (1954)\vinyl. classic records 'rca living stereo' series (1994) ~garybx 201109\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\electro\times.the\(1992) lundi bleu (mixes of 'blue monday' by new order)\cd (ep). creation #crescd114. uk\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\jazz\brubeck.dave + quartet\(1959) time out\vinyl 200g. columbia_classic records #cs 8192. remaster (2005) ~aksman 200906\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\popular\cohen.leonard\(1967) songs of leonard cohen\vinyl. columbia #cl 2733. us. orig mono ~profstoned 201004\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\project\audio sound\alan parsons. sound check 2. audio test and demo cd (1996)\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\project\film\2001 a space odyssey (1968)\cd. rhino #r2 72562. reissue remaster (1996)\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\project\nature sound\syntonic research - environments 3. dawn and dusk at new hope. pa\cd. atlantic #817662 (1987)\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\rhythm\hound dog taylor and the houserockers\(1974) natural boogie\vinyl. alligator #4704. usa ~86ed 201109\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\rock\pink floyd\(1973) dark side of the moon\vinyl. #q4shvl 804. uk. orig quad mix ~pbthal 201202\01.track.flac

    F:\music\lib\00\world\stavros xarchakos (greece)\(1963) 6+6\vinyl. columbia #33gsx6 ~ljubo44 201111\01.track.flac
 
 
 
 
Filesystem structure is ALWAYS like this example:
 
    ...\ folder \ 01 art back.jpg
    ...\ folder \ 02 art disc-a.jpg --------- //all artwork, created and optimized for display by me from the original sources
    ...\ folder \ 03 art disc-b.jpg
    ...\ folder \ 04 art crop-1.jpg
    ...\ folder \ 05 art crop-2.jpg
    ...\ folder \ 06 photo artist.jpg
    ...\ folder \ archive sources.rar ------- //screenshots; original unmodified artwork and non-audio files.
    ...\ 01.$div1.flac 
    ...\ 01.$div2.flac ---------------------- //special $div" audio files; for description see above; for screenshot see below.
    ...\ 01.$div3.flac
    ...\ 01.track.flac
    ...\ 02.track.flac
    ...\ 03.$div.flac 
    ...\ 03.track.flac
    ...\ folder.jpg ------------------------- //the front cover, created and optimized for display by me from the original sources
    ...\ folder.txt


Screenshot of my foobar2000 audio player (March 2012): [url=http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1544/20120305054602.png]http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1544/20120305054602.png[/url]

    take note of some interesting features: 
    (1) The top right panel is reading the file "folder.txt" and rendering the contents. 
    (2) the top center panel is an auto-cycling artwork viewing panel, here showing a vinyl record label, before changing to the next image with a timer of 8 seconds. It cycles through everything in the root folder and the "folder" sub-folder.
    (3) the bottom panel is my playlist viewer and the green lines in the Track Title column are special ("$DIV") tracks as described above.