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my folder structure is like:
└── genres
├── Acapellas
├── Afrobeat
├── Ambient
├── BASSSSSSSSSSSSSS
├── Bollywood
├── Breakbeat
├── Chutney
├── Country
├── Dancehall
├── DUBSTEP
and people download my files just fine, sometimes they just download entire folders since I organize by genre, not artist.
I'm curious about your Bollywood folder. How big is it? I want to build a structured collection of old songs, and new ones too in as high quality as possible. I have nicotine+ installed but so far I couldn't find anyone with an authoritative collection.
Artist name, album name and track name should exist in file name or parent folder/s. Does not use metadata. You should open soulseeks port in your router. Maybe your router has upnp enabled, if so, you can enable upnp in your soulseek client and you are good to go. If you do not open the port, only users with open port can download from you. Remember to share the music you download too. Welcome to slsk :)
You probably have to set somewhere which folder(s) you want to be discoverable.
Regarding directory structure, Soulseek search only uses file names as far as I as know. So having a consistent naming structure certainly helps. Some tools like the fantastic MusicBrainz Picard might help!
The search uses filenames and parent folders.
Structured folders also helps since you can download whatever folder a specific song is in so typically the folder would be the album title with the artist one level higher.
I use Nicotine+ as my client. You nailed it on the file structure. I also run all my files through Picard to make sure everything is all good.
As far as ensuring that your files are available for download, you'll have to check/set the permissions for the drive/folder where they're stored.
As far as being a good neighbour - make your files available and communicate. (I honestly don't understand why folks make tracks "private.")
A friend of mine kept all his music in the same folder, including music he created. Prevention of theft might be a reason to mark as music, although this is a very niche use case.
Prevention of theft might be a reason to mark as private, although this is a very niche use case.
What a hilarious point of view considering the circumstances
I only have slskd, so I'm not sure if it's different, but folder structure should have artist > album, but outside of that it doesn't matter much. My folder names all contain musicbrainz ids for use in jellyfin, but I've had plenty of uploads.
I think a VPN with port forwarding helps make your library discoverable on soulseek, but I don't know enough to answer beyond that
I use nicotine+, and you have to set the port you're using, and either make sure it's forwarded, or turn your router's uPNP setting on so that nicotine will handle the port for you.