CDpedia 3.3.1 review
DownloadCDpedia is a CD manager software.
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CDpedia is a CD manager software. Its familiar iTunes style interface makes it easy to use. It integrates with iTunes so that you may know what CDs in your collection you have imported.
You can search for information about your CDs through various options in CDpedia. The easiest way is to insert a CD and let freedb.org and/or Amazon retrieve all the info for you. Or you can do a keyword search in amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de or freedb.org to find the album you’re looking for.
If you own a scanner, you can speed up the search even more. Just open the search feature, scan in the UPC and let CDpedia do the rest. (This option only works for amazon.com at the moment.) If you already have a CD (or songs from that CD) in iTunes, CDpedia will mark the album (or the songs) with a little blue note, for your convenience. You can also play those songs directly from inside CDpedia.
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Once you have gathered all the info for your CDs, organize them any which way you want. Create collections for your favourite artist or set up smart collections that automatically update themselves when another CD is added that matches the criteria for that collection.
You can also make a wish list for CDs you don’t own yet and a borrowed list to remember who borrowed what CD and when. You can export your library, or just a collection, using the HTML templates that come with the program. Or, if that is not enough, you can write your own template.
Check out the Help file on how to. Of course, there are also other export formats available, like tab delimited, comma delimited and .cdpedia, a unique format which works very well if you want to make a backup of your library or send a collection to friends.
Here are some key features of "CDpedia":
Search Amazon US, UK, DE and freedb.org for CD info.
Import your collections from iTunes.
Keep a wish list for the future.
'Borrowed' feature, so you never loose a CD again.
Organize your library with collections and smart collections.
Four different export formats, including HTML. You can even write your own HTML templates.
Use a scanner to input your CDs even faster. CueCat support included.
Localizations in French, German and Spanish.
Plug-in support.
CDpedia is 100% Cocoa.
Limitations:
The unregistered version limits you to adding 10 CDs.
What's New:
New print features: flexible list styles and covers
Update .Mac site is now possible, saving time without having to upload the covers again
.Mac site upload can handle templates with details automatically
New FTP export
Add quotes to internal searches to only search for words in that particular order
When search plug-in order is altered it is reflected in pop up menu in search panel without a restart
Address Book name ordering is reflected in the Pedias
Updated the iSight Barcode scanning code
One can interact with application while scanning (remove scans from the add multiple, or change scan site)
Cleaned up the interface for selecting the kind of separation to do during export
iSight scanner removes leading 0 from UPC EAN
Spacing in statistics bar more compact
In the table view number fields and check boxes are aligned to the right
Bug fix: issues with excluded collection not reloading if dragging entries to the library
Bug fix: thumbnails where not being created for some dcards
Bug fix: add multiple window added not being added to the window menu
Bug fix: when creating internal links between entries if ASIN had been deleted link was not created
New Plug-in DiscoGS
New tracks added duration is set to blank instead of 0:00
Bug fix: Date added can be changed when adding a new entry
Bug fix: suggested site name for .Mac upload was Gamepedia's "games"
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