Re: [OT] Downloading song and album information

["brougham Baker" <bro-yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://musicbrainz.org/

tends to be much higher quality entry than the freedb db. have libraries so
you can add it to your own program if you wish
----- Original Message -----
From: <ian.bird@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 18 September 2005 22:20
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Downloading song and album information


> Hi all
>
> 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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