musicTree 0.01

musicTree is a java application that allows you to view and play your MP3 files from a tree which sorts albums by artist. It allows you to easily navigate your music collection and play albums at random, to play all the songs by a specific artist etc.

Musictree was born because I needed a way to easily sort the mp3 albums I had on my computer. One of the problems of using the normal filesystem to browse your mp3s is that as soon as you get more than 50 albums it becomes difficult to get an overall idea of what your options are. Musictree groups music albums by Artist, allowing you to have only entry at the top level of the tree for a whole lot of albums by the same artist (for example I have about 30 Beatles albums).

Once you have represented the album in a tree (grouped by artist) it can be selected and played with one click (instead of looking for the playlist inside the directory). Musictree also allows you to play a random album (this is an excellent way to get acquainted with your music collection).