ΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΤΕ ΤΑ CD'S ΣΑΣ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΟ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΠΟΥ ΥΠΑΡΧΕΙ
Music Collector is a program that helps you catalog your
collection of CDs, LPs, Minidiscs, etc... This organizer software
runs on Windows 95, 98, NT4, ME, XP and 2000. An Apple Mac OS X
edition is in development (ETA Q3 2005).
Catalog your music collection
Adding items to the music database is quick and easy, adding CDs
can even be done without any typing. Just insert a CD in your
CD-ROM drive or scan its barcode with your barcode scanner.
Adding LPs is easy too, only type the artist and title. Music
Collector will automatically download all data (artist, title,
track titles, genre, label, etc... including the cover images).
The information is retrieved from various music database sites on
the internet (like the freedb CD database and the Amazon music
catalog). It can also read CDTEXT information from the CD itself,
if available.
View and search the music database
Once you have added a number of CDs to the inventory, you can
view it on the main screen. It is possible to show a simple list
of all albums or of all tracks, but you can also organize your
collection by artist or by genre, using the automatic folder
feature. All lists can be sorted instantly, just by clicking the
column headers or by using the Sort Order screen. You can sort on
any field, e.g. alphabetically on artist, title or label, or
sorted on release date or purchase date. Use the Quick Search
feature to find all albums that contain the word you type, or use
the Advanced Filter command to search in specific fields, even
multiple fields at once.
Print lists
Lists of your albums and tracks can be printed in any way you
want. The Print feature lets you choose which albums or tracks to
print, which fields to show and in what order to list them.
Printed lists are ideal for insurance purposes, or to take with
you to the store. The Pro edition of Music Collector also
includes a number of templates for other nicely formatted
print-outs. The flexible XML/XSL-based template system lets you
create your own layouts too (requires XSL programming skills).
Visit our Templates page to download templates created by other
Music Collector users.
Export your music catalog (Pro edition only)
Using the Export to HTML feature you can generate HTML pages of
your CD inventory, for use on your homepage or website. You can
create one index page listing all albums (with one row per
album), optionally linked to detail pages with one page per CD.
If you want to be able to use your music data in other programs,
use the Export to XML or Export to Text functions. A special
export feature is included to export your database for use in the
ListPro software on your PDA (PocketPC or Palm).
Integrated Loan Manager (Pro edition only)
The built-in Loan Management system allows you to keep track of
CDs you loan to friends, family, etc... Just log which CD you
loaned and to whom and you will always know where your missing
CDs are.
Use Music Collector to:
• Catalog CDs without typing
All data is downloaded to your cd database automatically
• Instantly sort your lists
On any field, e.g. alphabetically by artist, title or genre, or
by year
• View CD cover thumbnails
Download cover images or use the built-in TWAIN scanner support
• Search your music database
E.g. find which CD a song is on, or find CDs on a particular
label
• Print CD or track lists
Ideal for insurance purposes. Print any field selection and in
any order
• Export database to HTML
Place your music database on a website, including cover images
• Track your loans
Track who borrowed your CDs, loan dates and due dates
Whats New In v8.1 Build 1?:
New:
- Support for Centurion CD carousel devices
- Use Storage fields in Edit Disc screen to link your
movies to Centurion CD volumes
- Music Collector handles Centurion CD disc inserts
- Templates:
- New MuC8 Compact template, for previewing in Add
Automatically screens, in Blue and Black styles
- New Full Covers templates in Blue and Black styles
- New "Gray" style for Music Collector 8 template
- Improved CueCat support:
- Improved CueCat handling in main screen
- Improved CueCat handling in Add Automatically screens
- CueCat can now also be used in the Edit Album screen
(automatically fills barcode field then)
- In Collection Status:
- New value "On Order"
- Filter status is now shown in bottom of main screen
- Edit Album screen, Tracks tab:
- now allows Edit Multiple Tracks when multiple tracks
are selected
- now allows removing multiple tracks at once
- Export HTML, Paged by Artist First Letter option now allows
choosing the Sort Order of items within pages.
- new Format icons for SACD and DVD Audio
- Add Automatically: Downloading price data from Amazon is now
optional (through Search Settings)
- Submit to Collectorz.com: now remembers Last Submission Date
for each album
- Tools / Options: new setting "User Files Folder", for choosing
the folder where column, sort and filter settings are saved
(defaults to My Documents\Music Collector)
Fixed:
- Add Automatically:
- Sort Title was always filled in, even when exactly the
same as the Title
- Wizard Mode: after adding then editing the main screen
did not correctly select the added item
- Filter screen:
- Filtering on Album.Instrument field caused Access
Violation
- Filtering on Price and Current Value fields did not
work correctly ("value is invalid" errors)
- Filtering on Date fields did not work correctly
- Filtering on empty values on picklist fields did not work
correctly.
- When saving a filter, leading or trailing spaces in
values got lost
- Several user interface issues in the filter screen
- Edit Album/Track screens:
- Credits lists didn't display scrollbar when column
sizes exceeded list width
- Price fields now only accept valid price values
- Edit Track screen showed Index value in its title,
instead of Position
- Edit Album screen, Tracks tab:
- Fixed: it was possible in some occasions to
drag and drop a disc on a header or in between
tracks
- Fixed: dragging multiple items sometimes
reversed their order
- Fixed: Header items didn't display all columns
- Main screen:
- Reassign Index values had no effect while in folder
view
- Original Release Year could not be used as a Folder
field
- Changing the sort order sometimes required two column
header clicks
- Closing application from Windows taskbar while
customizing toolbar caused an Access Violation
- MuC 8 details view template: when both composer and
artist were specified the artist wasn't always showing
in the musicians section
- Export to iPod: when exporting including status indicator, the
lists were not split correctly.
- Export to Text: Minimum screen size was too small
- Sort title generation of person names could result in leading
space in first name field
- Loans screen: filter text was cleared when pressing the filter
button
- Printing:
- Some pictures like rating stars were not showing in print out
- Owner and location fields were missing
- MP3 database import: caused lock file issues in some cases
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