Eep!
The very thought of it...

On a minor, threadjacking note, does anyone know any programs that will examine the ID3 tags of MP3s and sort them into appropriate directories? I'm fed up of waiting an age to get the list of files in my mp3 folder over the network.
( The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:10, archived)

iTunes for the mac does that
dunno if the new Windows version does it.
(vork and burlap, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:11, archived)

it doesn't really though does it?
I know it will sort the playlists...
( kitty meow meow, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:12, archived)

It sorts mine into folders...
Is mine speshul?
(vork and burlap, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:13, archived)

it sorts mine into Artist/Album
but I don't know how to set it so it would do any of the other tags
( kitty meow meow, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:14, archived)

ah right
thass what i mean

but i'm presuming that's all he wants
(vork and burlap, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:15, archived)

I just want
a separate folder for each Artist, really.
( The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:16, archived)

I tried iTunes,
but it kept crashing on my PC. Don't think it could cope with streaming 2000+ MP3s over a wireless network @ 22Mbps. Either that or I had a dodgy MP3 it couldn't cope with.
( The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:15, archived)

apparently they've fixed the code
and now it crashes less. Version 4.1.1
( rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:19, archived)

yes
but i can't remember its name


oh.. i think mp3 manager can do it
( lemony, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:11, archived)

Dunno, I use Oggs most of the time
this might help.
(Astatine, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:13, archived)

Yes!
I searched high and low for something to do just this, and eventually found The Godfather which does it perfectly :D
( Number_6, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:17, archived)

Excellent!
Ta muchly!
( The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:18, archived)

No probs :)
It does exactly what you want, and does it well :)
I've been using it for a while now and although it's a bit slow to load, once it's loaded it's absolutely great. Just so you don't spend ages digging for how to do what you want, when it's loaded, click the "Organize" tab, then choose the main MP3 folder from the list on the left.
Choose "Physically restructure"
In "Root Folder" put the root of the new directory structure, e.g. "MP3s"
My Subfolder fields go:

Field:   Length:
%A       1
%A
%L

( Number_6, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:28, archived)

Yay!
What does that leave you with, that structure?
( The Duke Of Your Fingers feels like an old man... mmm, tasty!, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:32, archived)

It's good :)
It goes:

C:\mp3

then, say for example, my A-Ha songs (shut up everyone, I know) from the album Headlines and Deadlines:

C:\mp3\A\A-Ha\Headlines and Deadlines

Edit:
If you wanted it to go
C:\mp3\A\A-Ha\H\Headlines and Deadlines

then you could use fields:

Field:     Length:
%A     1
%A
%L     1
%L

I think :)
( Number_6, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 2:34, archived)