Software for Classical CD Collection

[berapard]

Hello,

Does anybody could advice me a software suitable for managing my CD collection specifically designed for classical music (Composeur, Soloists, Orchestra ...) with "cherry on the cake" possibilty to export data to XL on desktop ?

Thnaks for your help

Regards

Philippe

[Nurhisham Hussein]

I tend to use ListPro (http://software.pocketpcthoughts.com/product.asp?id=455) for stuff like this, even if it's not directly made for music collections. I believe Ilium (the developer) even makes available some templates (http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/lp/lp_lists.php) for collections and stuff. I use it to keep track of my DVDs and audible.com programs, among other things.

[Sven Johannsen]

Another option for a configurable database is HanDBase. ( http://www.ddhsoftware.com/) They have a gob of user designed database templates on their site, so there may be something already partially built.

[Brad Adrian]

If you really want something that's customized and that's fun to create, you might try GrandaSoft's XSForms.

http://www.grandasoft.com/

It's a nice drag-n-drop application tool that lets you create custom databases, even if you can't write code (like me). It's even got a gallery of ready-made databases, like this one for CDs:

http://www.grandasoft.com/Community/Gallery/ShowForm.aspx?ID=139

[berapard]

Hello,

Tanks all of three for your advices.

For the while I've tried ListPro. I will test soon the other softs.

Best regards

Philippe

[iant54]

You mentioned that you were going to use Excel on your desktop, but there's a program which will give you the sort of thing you're wanting - Music Collector (http://www.collectorz.com/music/), with the bonus that it has a template for ListPro.

[ironguy]

I use collectorz for my CD collection. Careful when you export to ListPro. First time I did I exported ALL the fields. The file was something like 50+ MBs! That was for about 200 CDs. I laughed then pared the fields to make it much more reasonable.