Decent software for classical LP collection mgmt?
I use Music Collector from http://www.collectorz.com/music/ I'm very happy with it except that old classical albums are hard to find on the search-able data bases. So I enter most of my classical albums manually. Time consuming but worth it in the end. |
I use collectorz, mainly because it can read bar codes. I keep vinyl in a separate data base from cd's, easier to handle. From time to time I merge the bases into a single base for searching only. Entry is done is each base. Yes, many vinyl titles never got an equal cd, so manual entry is needed in most cases. |
I downloaded all 5 programs. Because I was most interested in the ability to download the information from the internet for most of my collection, I compared their ability to download from the internet. I wanted the software that offered the most websites that you can download data from. * Music Library from WenSoftware.com: CDDB only. You can access album information from other sites, but you cannot download it. * Music Catalog Master from KIX Software Solutions: Musicbrainz, Amazon, Freedb * Music Label 2010 16.0.1 www.wensoftware.com: CDDB only * Catraxx: Discogs (a very good data site specifically geared towards vinyl) Amazon Canada, Us, Germany, UK, France. CDDB only if you insert CD into drive. * Wax 1.0: OpenVinyl, a new vinyl site with very little data. I could not get software to work. My favorite was Catraxx. I entered numerous albums including pretty obscure stuff and I was able to download data for every one, though for a few I had to download data for the CD from Amazon. It is odd you can only download from CDDB with a CD, but I never had to worry about that. Note, I do not have much Classical, so I don't know how extensive the classical data is. Also, the program has extensive data fields. You can also import databases from almost every music DB software. HTH |
