Access Database for Mp3 Catalog?

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I was just wondering if anyone had an idea (or may have done it
already) on how to catalog their Mp3 collection into Access and what
the advantages may be?

I was thinking maybe a switchboard to start or parameter query to
search for artist, song name, date modified, blah blah...

It would be kinda like a glorified search function, but this way it
seems like I could rearrange songs by genre or artist. Even find
duplicates, different versions of the song, etc..

Is this possible, or is it too far-fetched and sound like more work
than it is worth? Advantages?

THANK YOU!!!
 
I have used the DOS Dir command to create a text file containing all of the
MP3 files on my hard-drive. I then imported the file list into an Access
table. You should be able to find code on the internet (can't recall where I
got it) to read the ID3 tags to store the values in fields in your table.

This allows you to create reports of your MP3 library. I didn't use it for
more than reference. I suppose you could select files to copy to an MP3
player or maybe create playlist.

There are other programs that do a fairly good job of this cataloging.
 
MP3-Boss (shareware), an mp3 database/manager with direct links to
Winamp as the player, is based on Access.

Probably the real strength of Access is that it does a great job of
searching/sorting/filtering even when you have thousands of files. A
bunch of people use it to manage 30K-50K files, and one person has 125K
files!

MP3-Boss is at:
http://www.mp3-boss.com

John
http://www.mp3-boss.com
 
MP3-Boss (shareware), an mp3 database/manager with direct links to
Winamp as the player, is based on Access.

Probably the real strength of Access is that it does a great job of
searching/sorting/filtering even when you have thousands of files. A
bunch of people use it to manage 30K-50K files, and one person has 125K
files!

MP3-Boss is at:
http://www.mp3-boss.com

John
http://www.mp3-boss.com
 
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