how to catalog tons of CDs with mp3 files inside

andrea Molinari · Jan 2, 2006

Hi all
I've a huge collection of MP3 files stored on CDs (1000+), that I want
to catalog in the quickest way. Is there any software that allows me to
do the following:
- insert the CD
- read the files on the cd
- produce an output with file names and ID3 tags
- this output is AUTOMATICALLY saved in a txt/html file with a
progressive number (autoincrement)
- this auto-incremented number will be the number that I'll write on
the CD

So I have 1000+ html files with the full content of my CDs. Winamp do
this, but
- on every CD I have to give the name of the file (234.html, 235.html,
.....)
- I have to select all the files
- I have to manually refresh the list

Any suggestion? Or a freeware library that read ID3 tags, so I can
create a quick&dirty utility for the interested ones?
Thx

Andrea

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jmatt · Jan 2, 2006

Vic Dura · Jan 3, 2006

Check these out.

Wow! That's an impressive list. Do you mind if I ask how you compiled
it? It looks like a work that has been in progress for quite a while.

jmatt · Jan 3, 2006

"Wow! That's an impressive list. Do you mind if I ask how you compiled
it? It looks like a work that has been in progress for quite a while"

Yes Vic, about 4 years, whenever I spot a program that is in a group a
keep a file for, I do a quick search & if it's not there, it's added.
Here is how.

I made my own Database using EditPad Lite because it can handle large
files, WordPad is similar.
Use Karen's Replicator for automatic backup's every 15 mins.
http://download.jgsoft.com/editpad/EditPadLite.zip
EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor that works with Windows
95, NT4, 98, 2000, ME and XP. It is designed to be small and compact,
yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor.
EditPad Lite is free for non-commercial use.
Karen's Replicator
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Karen's
Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another.
Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network.
Files larger than 2 GB are supported. Options include repeated copies
at intervals as short as a few minutes, or as long as several months,
copy only files that have changed, and the replication of file
deletions.

Here is how I do it.

1. Make a Folder any name you like ( lets call it Farm, just for this
demo )

2. Put that folder anywhere you like.

3. Open EditPad & type, or copy & paste your information.

4. Close EditPad & name it a name that is the main theme of your notes
( lets call it Food )
Select the Farm folder you made to put the note in.
If you have more than one main theme, open up the note & copy & paste
it into a new note & name it by the other name. Sometimes I have 3 or 4
names for the same doc.
The reason for this is, that it is hard to remember under what name you
filed it.

5. To find a doc.
Start > Find > Files or Folders & in the top space type Food & press
Enter ( W95/98/ME )

If you can't remember the name Food ( or any of the other names ) but
you remember you had the name Drug in the note.
Type Drug in the 2nd space & press Enter.

Make sure you have the correct folder > Farm, selected in the 3rd space
before you start your search.

For XP, I use this, which has a similar presentation & operation to > (
W95/98/ME )
XP Search replacement > Find.zip
http://www.shellfront.org/utils/

andrea Molinari · Jan 3, 2006

wow, that's great....your choice?

andrea

Check these out.

Advanced Disk Cataloging System
http://pmeindre.free.fr/ADiCS.html
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?cat=79

Cathy
http://rvas.webzdarma.cz/
http://rvas.webzdarma.cz/Cathy.zip

CD Catalog
http://www.freewarehome.com/index.html?/System_Utilities/File_Mana
gement%2FCDs_t.html
http://softwarebybrian.com/index.php?body=Freeware.php

CD Navigator
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/2058/
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=8&cat=02

Disk Catalog
http://www.rob.cybercomm.nl/diskcat/index.html

Disclib
http://www.lyrasoftware.com/disclib/
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=29&cat=005

DiskFinder
http://home.planet.nl/~gaale131/df_home.htm
http://www.freewarehome.com/index.html?/Home_and_Hobby/CDs/Misc_
Tools_t.html

File List Creator
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/coding/934

GWhere
http://www.gwhere.org/home.php3?idLanguage=US
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=62&cat=007

InsideCAT
http://www.vgtsoftware.com/disc_cataloguer/disc_cataloguer.htm
http://www.webattack.com/dlnow/rdir.dll?id=105999

ListMaker
http://www.nwlink.com/~koolguy/home.html

MaxLister
http://www.acc.umu.se/~max/maxlister/

Media Catalog Studio
http://www.maniactools.com/soft/media_catalog_studio/index.shtml

MediaMan
http://www.freeware-guide.com/dir/mmedia/manage.html
http://www.imediaman.com/

MediaMonkey
http://www.alwaysfreeware.co.uk/audio.html
http://www.download.com/3000-2141-10109807.html
http://www.mediamonkey.com/MediaMonkey_Setup.exe
http://www.mediamonkey.com/download.htm

MP3 Cat
http://tellini.info/software/mp3cat/

MP3 Cataloguer
http://users.skynet.be/fa210674/MP3Cataloguer/Index.html
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=66&cat=005

MP3 CDOrganizer
http://www.ranainside.com/software_mp3cdorganizer.html
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=66&cat=005

MP3Utility
http://www.geocities.com/mp3utility/
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=71&cat=005

Music Archive
http://www.publicware.dk/EN/MusicArchive/
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/gmm/fwmusicman.shtml

MusicDB
http://www.ultima-thule.co.uk

MyInfo
http://www.filelibrary.com/Contents/Multi-Platform/105/50.html

NgDiskCat
http://ngdiskcat.nickgeorgakis.cjb.net/
http://www.freewarehome.com/index.html?/System_Utilities/File_Mana
gement%2FOther_File_Managers_t.html

Offline CD Browser
http://www.anderssoftware.com/ocdb/

OrangeCD Player
http://www.firetongue.com/
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=17&cat=016

PlayEX
http://nautrup.com/pex/PlayEX.zip
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=18&cat=016

Ruby
http://www.warpengine.com/

Samba Professional
http://www.zylsoft.com/samba.htm
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=100&cat=014

Simple Disc Cataloger
http://www.aronson.co.il/sdc/SDCHelp.htm
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=89&cat=005

SoftCAT
http://www.fnprg.com/softcat/
http://www.fnprg.com/softcat/softcat.htm

Super AudioArchive
http://www.nonags.com/nonags/mp3man.html
http://www.reg4down.com/cata/index_audio_and_videomusic_management_5.h
tm

VisiTracks
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/MMedia2.html
http://sonofspy3.spymac.com/Sofffffffware2.html
http://www.sover.net/~wysiwygx/Sofffffffware2.html

Visual CD
http://boozet.xepher.net/viscd/index.htm

Zzzbla's CD Catalog
http://zzz.330.ca/progz/zcdc.shtml

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jmatt · Jan 3, 2006

I don't use any andrea, choice is very personel, depends on your
operating system, your skill level & so on, its a long list.

Peter Seiler · Jan 3, 2006

andrea Molinari - 03.01.2006 07:43 :

wow, that's great....your choice?

andrea

why do you unnecessarely quote ~160 quoting lines again?
Please learn to quote. THX.

John Corliss · Jan 3, 2006

andrea said:
Hi all
I've a huge collection of MP3 files stored on CDs (1000+), that I want
to catalog in the quickest way. Is there any software that allows me to
do the following:
- insert the CD
- read the files on the cd
- produce an output with file names and ID3 tags
- this output is AUTOMATICALLY saved in a txt/html file with a
progressive number (autoincrement)
- this auto-incremented number will be the number that I'll write on
the CD

So I have 1000+ html files with the full content of my CDs. Winamp do
this, but
- on every CD I have to give the name of the file (234.html, 235.html,
....)
- I have to select all the files
- I have to manually refresh the list

Any suggestion? Or a freeware library that read ID3 tags, so I can
create a quick&dirty utility for the interested ones?
Thx

I use Catfish16:

http://www.equi4.com/catfish.html

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Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls and other such idiots. No adware, cdware,
commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware,
shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez
please.

Ron May · Jan 3, 2006

Message-ID said:
Hi all
I've a huge collection of MP3 files stored on CDs (1000+), that I want
to catalog in the quickest way. Is there any software that allows me to
do the following:
- insert the CD
- read the files on the cd
- produce an output with file names and ID3 tags
- this output is AUTOMATICALLY saved in a txt/html file with a
progressive number (autoincrement)
- this auto-incremented number will be the number that I'll write on
the CD

This does not read ID3 tags, but if you're looking for a master MP3
database with unbelievably fast search that can catalog both HD and
removable media, you might want to check out Cathy:

http://rvas.webzdarma.cz/
http://rvas.webzdarma.cz/Cathy.zip

Try it out on a handful of CDs to see if it might be close to what you
want.

dansheen · Jan 5, 2006

andrea said:
Hi all
I've a huge collection of MP3 files stored on CDs (1000+), that I want
to catalog in the quickest way. Is there any software that allows me to
do the following:
- insert the CD
- read the files on the cd
- produce an output with file names and ID3 tags
- this output is AUTOMATICALLY saved in a txt/html file with a
progressive number (autoincrement)
- this auto-incremented number will be the number that I'll write on
the CD

So I have 1000+ html files with the full content of my CDs. Winamp do
this, but
- on every CD I have to give the name of the file (234.html, 235.html,
....)
- I have to select all the files
- I have to manually refresh the list

Any suggestion? Or a freeware library that read ID3 tags, so I can
create a quick&dirty utility for the interested ones?
Thx

Andrea

I've been doing the same with mp3s I've stored on dvds. I tried several
recommended programs- catfish, cathy and a couple of others. I've ended
up using directory lister- a couple of the other programs save in
software specific formats. http://freeware.prv.pl/

rdt · Jan 5, 2006

MPeg Audio Collection does all this

http://mac.sourceforge.net/

ITs designed for Music files

Al Klein · Jan 6, 2006

MPeg Audio Collection does all this

ITs designed for Music files

Just what my wife has been asking me to write for her. Thanks for
saving me the work.

rdt · Jan 6, 2006

Damn thats a pushy wife.

Al said:
Just what my wife has been asking me to write for her. Thanks for
saving me the work.

Al Klein · Jan 6, 2006

Damn thats a pushy wife.

Asking is pushy? Does your wife consider you pushy for *expecting*
her to do the laundry?

rdt · Jan 6, 2006

Doing the laundry does not take that much time when compare to writing
the application she was wanted.

rdt · Jan 6, 2006

Why isnt this (probably the best for music files) on your comprehensive
list:

MPeg Audio Collection does all this

http://mac.sourceforge.net/

req: disk catalog program with thumbnails?	1	Oct 15, 2003
Freeware MACCC 0.8 released - creates printable MP3 CD case inserts	6	Sep 16, 2003
MP3 Automagic CD Cover Creator (MACCC) 0.95 released	11	Oct 5, 2003
WMP11 problems with MP3 ID3 tag data	1	Apr 11, 2008
NIYoW - Name It Your Way - File Renamer w/ Wizard plus MP3 Tag Editor	2	Nov 6, 2003
CDBurnerXP v3.0.113 Beta	8	Aug 27, 2004
[Update] CDBurnerXP Pro v3.0.116	1	Nov 1, 2004
[Update] Winamp 5 Lite/Full 5.12	14	Dec 9, 2005

how to catalog tons of CDs with mp3 files inside

andrea Molinari

jmatt

Vic Dura

jmatt

andrea Molinari

jmatt

Peter Seiler

John Corliss

Ron May

dansheen

rdt

Al Klein

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Al Klein

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