It's a big question and one that's been discussed a few times before in the past (I'll see if I can find a link to the threads I'm thinking of).
IMO, there is a lot more scope for different views about how best to use GENRE tags than (say) the ARTIST tag, where the info tends to be right / wrong. Speaking for myself, I rarely use the GENRE information supplied by most electronic databases, but set it myself manually when ripping / tagging. To me, GENRE is an alternative way to browse your music that makes sense to you. So it can be MusicType/Category/SubCategory or a mix of all of these. If "70sPornSoundTrack" (one of my favourite ever "automatic" genres added to my music) doesn't mean anything to me (and believe me, it doesn't!) then it's a useless way for me to tag my music. However, "Ambient" and "Music to drift off to sleep to" are, so those are the Genres I use. A couple of practical points. If you have 1000 albums, you are looking at a bit of work to retag. A number of tagging programs will semi-automate the process (EasyTag will batch tag I think), but you'll be doing a fair bit of the work. The simpler your structure, the easier it will be to retag. Slimserver supports multiple genres which is handy where music falls into more than one category. Also, if you think you will want to include or exclude Genres (useful for things like the Random Mix) you may want to include Genres such as Podcasts / Kid's Music / Mixes over 10 mins etc. -- Siduhe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36729 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
