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Music File Storage Preference

I'm trying to sort out the last details before setting up a music server. I need to supply several rooms with sound so the Sonos made the most sense for me. I have about 1500 CD's ripped to FLAC files and plan to move them to NAS Drives on my wireless router. Using a Sonos Bridge to send out the signals.

Any thoughts on how the files should be stored on the drives? Right now each CD is in a separate folder with an "Artist - Album Name" label. Does that work best or should I do an Artist folder and then a sub-folder for each Album title? Should multiple disc albums be in one folder or each CD in a separate folder? I really only want to do this once!

I'm trying to get the best combination for the Sonos software, but I'll also keep a separate index in MediaMonkey on my PC.

Thanks for your input!
Paul :)
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pkubica OP
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Thanks for the comments. I'm going to create a folder for each artist and then a sub-folder for each album with the tracks inside. Seems to be the easiest to deal with. I also took Larryski2's advice and called Sonos support... nice people. They felt either approach would work with their software.

The other thought is to not use too many sub-folders. The deeper you go, the longer the path name becomes and it's easy to hit the limit, somewhere around 260 characters.
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