Re: Library Software

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

I would have to agree that this looks absolutely brilliant!

Comprehensive
Secure
Clear
Easy to use

I even managed to stream a bit of one of your tracks! (a bit jerky to my
33.6K connection...)

Particularly impressed with the phone log. - What hardware do you use to
monitor the line (esp. for outgoing calls)


All in all, >exactly< the kind of thing I want.... (hint hint...)

Paul G.




>From: "Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Library Software
>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:18:32 -0000
>
>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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