Noris, Please see my entry on the folder structure thread you referred me to. Also, in addition to those comments I made, I would offer the following thoughts. It seems that Roon has developed an internal bias against folder structures on the grounds that it is not the best way to discover music. I agree with that. But folders are really good at one thing: allowing you to quickly store and find things that you want to find—as opposed to “discover”. Having to meticulously create complicated tags makes no sense for my workflow. I create playlists all the time for specific projects I’m working on, and I just want the fastest way to store music in them and quickly find it later without having to sit back on the couch and casually discover it after spending 10 minutes trying to remember what tags I may have used. A simple folder hierarchy is the fastest way I’ve ever seen with the least number of clicks/typed keys.
Another simple way to understand why folders are better for me is this: with a logical hierarchy of folders you don’t have to remember anything. You just quickly scan the list and find what you need. Otherwise, you have to actually remember what tags you put things under—even with your current system where you can theoretically get one level of the hierarchy via Roon Tags. But this is killed by #2 and #3. You can’t quickly scan the list because there are meaningless graphics in your way that take up most of the screen.
Please see a portion of my current iTunes folder structure. How could I replicate this in Roon?
And don’t get me wrong, Roon’s music discovery system is fantastic. It just needs to be augmented by folders and subfolders for playlists (not songs).
Lastly, see attached screenshot showing why #2 and #3 are a problem for me. Note that I had to include the highest level of the folder structure in the name of the tag, making it too long to fit (I even renamed the folder called Projects of Mine too JW Projects trying to make space, but to no avail). Also, what you see in Roon is just the beginning of me trying to implement my folder structure in Roon. I haven’t created tags for everything yet, just a handful.
