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Re: [LUG] Barcode scanners

 

On 31/07/11 09:03, Neil Winchurst wrote:
Simon Waters wrote:
On 30/07/11 18:13, Neil Winchurst wrote:

Also, having Googled around, there seems to be a scarcity of software
for storing the data from classical music on CD's. Any help there
please?
,
Depends on the goal of the database is, if you just want a quick way to
access the details I'd go with ripping the CDs into a good music player.
Sound Juicer will look the data up on each track from MusicBrainz, so
very little to do but put a CD in the drive and click each time.

If you need it to keep track of who you've lent them to, or some other
esoteric need, speak up.

No I don't lend them out. And I don't want to download them to the
computer. I am looking for a database to store the details of the
contents of each CD so that I can easily find, for example, which
particular CD has track XYZ on it. Then I can quickly go to the cabinet
holding the CD's and find the one I want quickly.

The idea of the bar code reader was to save a lot of typing!

Thanks

Neil


You'll probably find the barcode just contains a couple of numbers, chances are you'll need to populate the database with some information, either from an online CD database (as Simon mentioned) or entering the information manually.

You could create a database and use the barcode as a reference, then scan the barcode for the information but I guess this isn't what you want?

Rob

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