But the problem is that I have over 1400 cd's and there are 726 diffrent artists. what happens when I want to listen based on my mood to artist who in slot number 458. This is why I broke them up into group,solo and then into [abcd] [efgh],etc

Hm, I don't quite get this. You are not listening to the artist in slot # 458, you are listening to Pete Seeger. Your scheme just adds unneccesary levels of playlists which make navigation slower. I use simple Artist/Album structure, so to come to, say, Seeger's Link in a Chain album, it would be 'Playlists, P (8, I think), couple of FFs, enter, and finally choice of Pete's album. Your structure would just add two additional levels, without simplifying existing ones.

Of course, I also have several mood and genre lists, but they are just copies of other lists and change quite frequently. When I want to listen to a specific artist or album, I either use search or 'base' list structure.

Cheers!

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
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