Re: [OT] Downloading song and album information

[Neil Fuller <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian

Get Computer Shopper this month.

There's a C# sample app in the "programmers section" detailing
how to
use the freedb API.. IIRC, there's also pointers on how to use it with
VB and scripts too

HTH

Neil

ian.bird@xxxxxxx wrote:

>Hi all
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>Whilst working away a friend has asked me to build a simple application
>for storing his DJ album/track information so he can find songs on
>request.
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>I am looking at helpful ways he can populate this app from his current
>collection of 4 large boxes of CD's before I write it. Since I am
useless
>with music albums plus don't have any with me I was wondering if you
could
>shed some collective light.
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>All his albums are original and he has dial up access to the Internet.
Any
>ideas how he can download track and album information and then save it
>into say a comma separated file so I can import it. This would give me
the
>control over the data and save him or his daughter probably several
weeks
>of typing.
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>I am probably going to use VB6 as his lappy is very low spec and is
only
>running Office 97 really slowly.
>
>Any help much appreciated
>
>Thanks
>
>Ian
>
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