submitted 3 months ago by oeuf@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I've just started using Soulseek and it's great. I want to make sure that I'm being a good neighbour on it - do I need to do anything to ensure that my files are available for others to download? And do I need to structure directories e.g Artist name > Album name or does it work off metadata?

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[-] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You probably have to set somewhere which folder(s) you want to be discoverable.

Regarding directory structure, Soulseek search only uses file names as far as I as know. So having a consistent naming structure certainly helps. Some tools like the fantastic MusicBrainz Picard might help!

https://picard.musicbrainz.org/

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Structured folders also helps since you can download whatever folder a specific song is in so typically the folder would be the album title with the artist one level higher.