[WEB4LIB] Re: Searchable database of Marc records of CD's and

[Don Hamilton]

Thanks to all who pointed out Gracenote/cddb.

Now the question for the library world, as defined by members of web4lib....
If someone built a (free) program such that inserting a CD would result in a
marc record for said cd, based on what's in the cddb database,  somewhere on
your computer, would such a program be used?

Don (take your time considering an answer, I'm going golfing now and
wouldn't start developing til Monday in any case) Hamilton

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of gary price
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 6:34 PM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Searchable database of Marc records of CD's and


Don:
Might the database be Gracenote?
http://www.gracenote.com

>From the site:
"Gracenote's signature CDDB® Music Recognition Service is the industry
standard. It is the largest online database of audio CD and song titles in
the world and is accessed by over 28,000,000 unique users each month. CDDB
is licensed by over 1,300 developers, including industry leaders such as
AOL/Winamp, MusicMatch, Kenwood, RealNetworks and Creative Labs."


cheers,
gary



Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gprice at gwu.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Ream" <dream at vcu.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Searchable database of Marc records of CD's and


> Don-
>
> This sounds like maybe http://cddb.com which interacts with Winamp
software to
> give playlists when you insert a Cd into your computer.
>
> --Dan Ream
>    Head of Education & Outreach Services
>    Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
>     Richmond, Virginia
>
> Don Hamilton wrote:
>
> > Somewhere (maybe in my dreams?) I have seen a program which could
identify a
> > CD using  some stuff internal to the cd (like maybe contents of the
index
> > track, or something) and a connection to a database somewhere. It runs
in my
> > less than perfect mind that I was working with SGI hardware at the time,
and
> > it came with the IRIX software, but I'll be darned if I can remember any
> > more than that.
> >
> > Anyone have a clue what I'm thinking of?
> >
> > I'd like to be able to grab cataloguing copy for CD's just by inserting
the
> > CD... what have I been smoking????
> >
> > Don Hamilton: Systems by Training; Cybrarian by Osmosis
> > Wilfrid Laurier University Library
> > 75 University Ave, West, Waterloo, Ontario
>
>