The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/WinnerWinds on 2024-09-17 10:32:16.
Hi there!
I have been hoarding movies and TV shows for a long time, got a 8TB SSD and filled 3TB of it already full of movies. On that SSD, the directory structure I used was language first, then it's just a dump of any movie or TV show I find (foldered in case of multiple episodes or subtitle files)
Now I'm hoarding my songs, which are just a duplicate of my Spotify account's most important stuff. Here is the directory structure (Actual directory structure) (Ignore sync-file, that's just there for spotdl to download properly)
├── 1 - Saved Songs
│ └── sync-file
├── Albums
│ ├── SPD GAR
│ ├── SPD GAR 2
│ ├── SPD GAR 3
│ └── ULTRAPANIC
├── Artists
│ ├── BIN
│ ├── Gen Hoshino
│ ├── INABAKUMORI
│ └── natori
└── Playlists
├── daylist・Spotify
├── My Lofiz
├── Racing Mix
└── Safe Songs
However, here is the trouble I am facing
- Some playlists like daylist, Racing Mix and Safe songs have the same songs (so Song A is in both daylist and Racing mix, as an example)
- Many songs in all of the playlists exist in Saved Songs
- Artists too have duplicate songs literally everywhere
Right now my solution is to boot up Oto music (it scans all the files) and sort by alphabet, then go one by one checking for each and every song and seeing if it has a duplicate. If it does, then delete either one and add the other to a playlist. The problem with this method is that if I ever add songs to any playlist, the deleted ones also get re-downloaded and I have to sort though several hundreds of music files again, which can take ages.
So, what is the best way to solve this duplication problem? What kind of directory structure works best? What's the best long term solution that doesn't cause headaches down the line? (Sorting through 600+ songs is not easy!)