Using File Directories

[Noah]

Hi, I have read the 'How Should I Arrange The Files On My Player' article in the FAQ section. Although it offered good advice on how to organise your collection without resorting to the sluggish DB, there was a point made that I don't quite get.
The article mentions that you can exclude files that you may not want selected in shuffle mode by placing them one directory deeper than the others. I tried this and may have got it wrong because all my directories still play.
The file structure at present is something like :
Tunes>Genre>Artist.. .

I kept some mp3's i play a lot in the Genre folder but it still plays tracks from the Artists folder in shuffle mode which to my reckoning IS one file deeper and therefore shouldn't play....what have i done wrong?

by the way this is a great forum!!

[Exo]

Welcome Noah,

I avoid using the DB as I have so many tracks and don't have the patience to wait for it to start up!, I simply use the same file structure as on my PC copies, and I've found I prefer it anyway.

I use this: \Audio\Artist\Album\ 99 - trackname.ogg

That works perfectly on the H series, but as for exclusion of playback, that's impossible. If you can find it - then the iRiver will and that includes a shuffle.

Get yourself familiar with playlists, WinAmp is good for this.
What I've done is to make a lot of playlists into a folder called \playlists.
I also have some "Complete" lists which contains all my tracks, but also some that exclude many tracks I don't want to hear all the time (like audio books).

I used the same idea for getting the H series to play TRUE random...
Shuffle play isnt that random