u/meta_sergio

For years, I tried almost everything: Navidrome, Jellyfin, Symfonium, Picard, foobar2000 and many more.

I heard music mostly all the time, but I have a lot music that is not on streaming o even not digital, I burn a lot vinyls to play them and loop them live.

My biggest frustration was the scattered aspect of the setup. Tagging and genres lived in one app, serving and listening in another, mobile access in another, followed by one final step to move playlists into my DJ software to organise gigs. (all with their limitations and their endless setups) I end up carrying a couple SSDs with me all the time and the laptop as the center of everything. To the point a year ago I started building a full end to end suite for my needs.

• I would love to know what frustrates you most about your music software setup?
• If you could dream of something you do not have, what would it be?

Have you kept one naming convention for years, or has the library collected several generations of filenames?

What information do you always want visible in a file browser, and what do you prefer to leave to metadata?

Show your nitty gritty of naming

Do you keep folders mostly stable and put mood, energy and occasion in tags or playlists? Or does your folder structure reflect how you think about the music?

How id your workflow from folder to play

I sometimes download or buy music faster than I can properly hear it.

How do you decide when to stop adding things and spend time with what is already in the library?

How are your listening rituals?

Every library seems to have music that does not fit the folder structure or genre tags: odd edits, field recordings, unfinished ideas, bootlegs, spoken word, soundtracks or one-off discoveries.

Do you give that music a home, leave it loose, or create a rule just for it?

Have you ever found a track in an old drive, forgotten folder or backup that you thought was gone?

What made it hard to find, and did you change anything in your library after that experience?