Music Directory structure help please

by **wadsbrau** on Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:32 am

I store my music (various file formats) in a pure directory based structure. I want to be able to view the music in Xlobby in an unchanged directory "list" so to speak. I have tried using "use directory structure". However, it does not import purely this way.
Not all of the folders contain subfolders: Example: I have a funk folder that contains my favorite funk songs. This folder is contains this list without subfolder (no need). Importing creates a top level with no name. It should be the folder name.

Is this a bug?

How can I import music so that the directory structure is exactly as I created it on my server? Just like myHTPC does.

This is keeping me from using Xlobby

Thank you
Darren

by **wadsbrau** on Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:36 pm

Wow.. no-one knows this? (just a bump anyway)

Thanks

by **lar282** on Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:55 pm

I think u have to tag the mp3:s. This will make life easier for u

by **wadsbrau** on Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:21 pm

Most of my music is not in MP3 format. So no tagging.

by **rembetis** on Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:34 pm

What format then? Many formats can carry tags -- ogg/flac, ape, wma... When I first started using Xlobby, few of my files were tagged and I found creating a useable database to be very frustrating and time consuming, so I got Tag & Rename and life has been a lot easier ever since.

If you're adamant about avoiding tags, you need to look into Meta Masks. It's a tab in the Import section of Xlobby's Setup panel, and it dictates how many folder levels deep a custom import goes, and how to identify the files you want imported. Been a while since I used them so I can't give exact specifics. Do some searches for Meta Mask and you should be able to eventually configure the import correctly.