Hello experts, i need to make or download software or purchase software that will help me to catalogue all of my mp3s/wmas which i have stored in folders.
I have the music in a folder called music and each cd is divided into another folder for band, and then cd, which contains all of the songs from that specific cd.
What i need is to have a program that will collect all of this information and dtore it in a database for easy printing and reading.
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
daggoth_666
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Sure, just create a text file such as "ListMusic.bat" and put the following lines in it... Then, at the C:\Music folder, run it by typing ListMusic and pressing ENTER.
:: This batch file will produce a file containing all the files in all
:: the subdirectories where it is run. The first 9 characters of the
:: path will be removed from the list as will the last 4 characters of
:: each filename (its extension).
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
del music.txt
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%V in ('dir /a-d /s /b') do (
set Line=%%V
set Line=!Line:~9!
set Line=!Line:~0,-4!
echo !Line!>> music.txt
)
endlocal
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by: JesterTooPosted on 2005-02-07 at 21:12:32ID: 13251560
The simplest solution, and I mean REALLY SIMPLE, QUICK N' DIRTY would be to just execute the DIR /S /B command from the command prompt. First, make the "music" directory your current directory like this: CD \music this assumes that "music" is located in the root folder of the C drive. Then enter DIR /S /B >music.txt and press ENTER. This will create a file named "music.lst" which has all your songs listed alphabetically by cd and band. You can view it in any text file viewer such as notepad and you can print to hardcopy if you like.
If that's too crude for your tastes here are some links to more polished software (NOTE: I have NOT used any of these!).
http://www.soft32.com/down
http://www.tucows.com/prev
http://www.collectorz.com/
http://www.mp3towav.org/au
HTH,
Lynn