While waiting for this Saturday to arrive (empeg installation day), I have been tinkering with how to do my playlists. I have 51 CDs full of MP3s (not all will fit on my 18Gb EMPEG) and their structure is Artist\Album\files.mp3.

I think what I will do is go through all the CDs, pick my favorite albums and then whittle them down to fit into 18GB.

I will then use Dr. Tag to update all the tags to v2 with all possible information filled in (most of it is done already except maybe year, genre, and track number).

I will then make a playlist for each Artist and drag the Album folders into them.

I will then make playlists for the genres and the decades. Now, I have a question. Let us say my MP3s take up 17.5GB. How much space does a playlist take up? I am assuming once all the albums are in the playlist and I copy them to the appropriate decade and genre playlists, that only a pointer to the mp3 is made and not an actual file copy, right?

I figure this way I can listen to a certain band, genre, or decade, or even mix them up (shuffle).

Any suggestions/hints/tips would be appreciated.