id3scan could make artist directories

[cjcodeproj]

The id3scan tool creates files like this:

garth_brooks_no_fences-1990-album.xml
garth_brooks_no_fences-1990-audiocd.xml
garth_brooks_no_fences-1990-cd01-index.xml

With a little work, it could create files and directories like this:

garth_brooks/no_fences-1990-album.xml
garth_brooks/no_fences-1990-audiocd.xml
garth_brooks/no_fences-1990-cd01-index.xml

Or maybe like this:

garth_brooks/garth_brooks_no_fences-1990-album.xml
garth_brooks/garth_brooks_no_fences-1990-audiocd.xml
garth_brooks/garth_brooks_no_fences-1990-cd01-index.xml

The idea is to reduce the clutter in the outdir path where all the XML files get written.

Right now my workflow is this:

• Keep a persistent outdir lines data tied to an iTunes library.
• For new iTunes imports, re-run the id3scan using the same path for the output files.
  • The id3tool will only generate new files because it will detect the existing files already in the path.
• Copy the new files to another host with an actual git repository

So the outdir path is kind of a dumping ground with about 4000 files. If the id3scan tool can make directories, it could make it more manageable.

It should be available as an option, so users can choose which method to lay out the files. Also, the code should still be able to identify existing files and not overwrite anything that doesn't need it.

In the case the --split-xml option is used, the code needs to generate xi:include elements that make sense to reference the proper files.

Finally, everything still needs to be readable from tools like the XML validator, or the medialibrary tools.