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Folders in Media Library

Hi,

This is either a feature request or a question about a possible workaround for an "issue" I'm experiencing.

I create tutorials that usually consist of many video parts. Each tutorial has its own title (which would become the name of the playlist), but some video parts across different tutorials have the same titles. For example:

  • 001 – Introduction
  • 002 – Painting Plan

These sections are included in almost every tutorial. I use this naming system for my videos and host them on Vimeo.

The problem arises when I add all the videos to the Media Library. Many videos end up having identical names, such as "001 – Introduction." When creating a playlist, I can't easily tell which "001 – Introduction" belongs to which tutorial and, therefore, which playlist.

The only workaround I can think of at the moment would be to keep a separate note for myself, for example:

Media ID #19233 – "001 – Introduction" β†’ Lighthouse tutorial

This way, when creating the Lighthouse playlist, I would know which specific video to select. However, this would become quite difficult to manage when I have over 100 tutorials.

Another option: I could use tags for each media fileβ€”that's fineβ€”but when adding media to a playlist, we can't search by tags :/

It would be great if we could create folders in the Media Library. This way, I could organize videos by tutorial, and even videos with identical titles would have their own clear location and would be much easier to identify.

For example:

Lighthouse

  • 001 – Introduction
  • 002 – Painting Plan
  • 003 – ...

Sunflower

  • 001 – Introduction
  • 002 – Painting Plan
  • 003 – ...

I think this would make organizing a large video library much easier.

Thank you!

Jeremy Hammond

Indeed, a way to better organize media files belonging to each other would be great. I have a similar issue where I have audio chapters that belong together as a whole, and I actually don't want/need to add them to the media library at all; I just want to create a playlist and add the URLs directly to the player. I want to create the playlist WITHOUT having to first add each individual file to the library. In other cases, it would make sense to organize library files into folders and create the playlist from the folder.