Any way to file music files by genre?

[Kelemvor]

OK, I have a decent size music collection and the folders are based on the artist. I'm using a Media Player for the Wii that can only play by folder. I can't specify to play by genre.

So, what I want to do is to have something redistribute the media I have into folders by genre.

So it's take all the songs labeled as Rock, and move them into the "Rock" folder, but would keep the rest of the folder structure in tact.

So if right now I have C:\Music\Metallica\album and c:\Music\ACDC\album
After I'd want to have C:\Music\Rock\Metallica\Album and C:\Music\Rock\ACDC\album

This way all the rock albums would be in the same place so I could more easily play the songs by just choosing the one folder.

I don't know if there's any software that can do this but if you know of something please let me know.


Or if anyone knows of a better media player for the Wii, let me know that too.
Thanks.

 

[lxskllr]

Why is that a problem? It's quick enough to drag/drop to get them in place. That's how I organize my collection. Here's my structure...

Root - rock, and unspecified
Ambient
Blues
DooWop
Jazz
Post rock

Outside of my main directory, I have another one called "special music". That has stuff I don't want to hear come up on random play; radio shows, spoken word, and other specialty pieces.

 

[Kelemvor]

I know I can do it by hand but I have hundreds of folders to go through and some bands have albums from multiple genres and things. Was just looking for a way to automate it somehow.

Guess I'll start dragging and dropping...

 

[lxskllr]

I wouldn't get too caught up in specific genre. That's an artificial distinction people put on music. If you're uncertain, place it according to mood. I have stuff in ambient that could go under a couple different categories, but is best when I'm in the mood for "ambient". I wouldn't split bands up either. Put it in the closest category.

 

[JEDIYoda]

I know I can do it by hand but I have hundreds of folders to go through and some bands have albums from multiple genres and things. Was just looking for a way to automate it somehow.

Guess I'll start dragging and dropping...

I have over 5,000 cd`s that I just catalogued according to genre and according to the name of the song on the CD.......took me a while but finally I am finished...so I thought...lol....I found 800 more cd`s stashed away......lolol

 

[Kelemvor]

Well I mean when a group has a Christmas Album or something...

I can just use my WMP to sort the music out since that can at least show me the current genre and then I can move things around.

 

[Malak]

Isn't that what playlists are for?

 

[lxskllr]

Well I mean when a group has a Christmas Album or something...

I can just use my WMP to sort the music out since that can at least show me the current genre and then I can move things around.

Christmas goes in "special music'. I have a directory called "christmas time" :^D

 

[Aluvus]

Yes, Media Monkey can do this with its "Auto-Organize Files" tool.