Re: Library Software

[andy.powell@xxxxxxx]

Did someone say GPL it??? :-)

A.






"Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>
15/03/2001 14:18
Please respond to ukha_d


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Subject:        Re: [ukha_d] Library Software

Lovely setup!

Looks like a commercial product.  Keith was working on something similar I
think.

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Stevens" <adam@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:52 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Library Software


> I use an Access database (soon to be SQL Server) to catalog MP3 tracks
which
> I've ripped from my CDs.  I also found the CDDB problem with
compilation
> CD's, but there are a few bits of software out there which will rename
the
> ID tag depending on the file name - This works quite well as the files
are
> generally saved as "<artist> - <track>.mp3".  I
found it surprisingly
> pain-less to re-ID tag all my MP3s.
>
> I'm not at home at the moment, and can't remember the name of the
software
I
> use to do this, however it also has a really nice feature which allows
a
CSV
> file to be created of all MP3 files, which can then be imported into a
> database (or Excel).  I'll dig it out this evening if you're
interested.
>
> Take a look at http://zz9.dyndns.org/home/music/mp3search.asp
to see what
it
> looks like (click on "login as guest", and wait a while...
The database
> access is a little slow at the moment, hence the change to SQL Server
> soon! - Mind you, there are over 10,000 MP3s there!).
>
> Cheers,
> Adam.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:11 PM
> > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Library Software
> >
> >
> > Stuart,
> >
> > It's not what you want to hear, but I used Excel for my fiction
library
> > (about 2000 books.)
> >
> > My logic was that
> >
> > - the data is fundamentally a single table so there wasn't
> > particularly any
> > mileage to gain out of normalising the data into anything
relational.
> >
> > - where I've got repetitive data (like Author name) Excel does
the
"copy
> > down" or autofill nicely
> >
> > - I figured up front that I'd want to muck around with the
fields. I
> > subsequently added stuff like "series name" and
"series number" to the
> > original
> >
> > On the CDs, I think the same applies. I've had trouble with CDDB
on
> > compilation CDs, where the "performer/artist" field
_isn't_ at
> > the CD level
> > but the track level...
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
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> > From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 15 March 2001 10:59
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Library Software
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know of any software that will let me catalogue my
> > CD/DVD/Video/MP3/Book collection?
> >
> > I had a cuecat shipped over from the states a while back, so
> > something that
> > can use that would be cool as well.
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