I use Filemaker Pro - Searchable, sortable, and whenever I think of some
other data point I'd like to track, I can just add it.  Though that 78
collectors software looks promising as I would liek to add tiffs, audio,
video easily.

Charlie

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On 31 March 2015 at 07:07, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This is the one I used to use. I agree that it's a nice robust and
> flexible database program. What finally drove me away was that it relied on
> Gracenote and freedb and I didn't want to clean up metadata once for a
> database and once for my digital library of files. I should ask the
> Tag&Rename guy if he can easily write a program that scrapes up all the tag
> info in a defined library folder or drive and grabs it into a database
> separated by filename. That's essentially what iTunes and all the library
> programs spit out.
>
> If I recall correctly, the version of CaTraxx that I used didn't rip CDs,
> that was the downfall. A newer version may. If so, will it save in all the
> formats that dBPowerAmp will, and does it employ Accurip?
>
> Sam B clued me in on what PerfectMeta is, it's the thing in dBPowerAmp
> where it taps in to a whole bunch of metadata sources, and you can select
> one, some or all. It does a little bit better than relying strictly on
> Gracenote and/or freedb, but not much better. I told Sam what it is very
> good for is stuff like artist-released CDs which have CD text and are too
> under-the-radar to show up in Gracenote. Tag&Rename has even more robust
> meta-sourcing, as I described previously. The good thing about its ability
> to look in Amazon.com, .uk. .de and .jp is that it can find more correct
> metadata for some titles (Amazon is usually supplied by the record
> companies themselves, and somethimes they actually copy-edit what they
> submit and make sure it makes more sense and is more accurate than typical
> crowd-sourced jibberish). Also, the ability to search that LP database is
> extremely helpful. Net-net, I find Tag&Rename the most useful meta-editing
> tool in the box. dBPowerAmp is very useful in getting the meta right at the
> time of CD ripping.
>
> Keep in mind I'm very picky about things like artist names, titling of
> classical works and that sort of thing. My main playback device is a
> Logitech Squeezebox Touch, and the Logitech library software is definitely
> science-based, so if an artist isn't named exactly the same across an
> entire library, they will show up under multiple names. Same with classical
> pieces. It's the same in iTunes, by the way. If I want to find George
> Solti's performance of the Mahler 8th, for example, I don't want to wade
> through Georg Solti, George Solti, Solti George, Chicago Symphony/George
> Solti, etc. I assume this sort of thing is equally important to a library
> or institution, because non-uniform naming in metadata messes up database
> searches. The enemy to this kind of order is the hodge-podge crowd-source
> mess that is Gracenote and freedb.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Baron" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Record cataloging tools
>
>
>  I use Catraxx.  It works well, though I created a lot of custom fields and
>> since I work a lot with MS Access, its underyling database, I tend to use
>> it to look things up and export to Excel.  Thanks.
>>
>> Gene
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 7:18 AM, Erik Dix <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>  Collectorz is what I use. Not sure how well it works for vinyl though.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.collectorz.com/
>>>
>>> Erik Dix
>>> Notre Dame Archives
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/30/2015 5:35 PM, Sam Brylawski wrote:
>>>
>>>  Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> I'm taking an informal survey to see what kind of database
>>>> applications any subscribers are using to catalog their personal
>>>> collections. Brian? Beyond Category? An Access app? A Filemaker one?
>>>>
>>>> I know there are a lot of file tag utilities out there. I think Tom F.
>>>> especially recommended PerfectMeta (correct me if I'm wrong). But what
>>>> I'd really like to know of are tools that you use for personal
>>>> cataloging of CDs, LPs, 78s, etc. In particular, tools you really
>>>> like!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Sam Brylawski
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>


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