At 10:54 AM -0500 3/29/04, Lang Elliott wrote:
>Geoff:
>
>So it appears that DiscTracker allows you to scan/search using file names
>only, but that are stored on discs that are not necessarily mounted and
>accessible. Is this correct.
>
>For instance, you could do a MacOSX search for "robin", and you may come u=
p
>with number of files like robin1.aif, robin2.aif, robin3.aif. And
>DiscTracker would tell you where these files are stored (=3D on what disc =
in
>your collection), allowing you to pull that disc off a shelf, mount it, an=
d
>then access those files.
>
>Right?
>
>Lang
>
Hi Lang
Yes, can show the contents of CD's, DVD's, external drives, zip disks
that are on or off line. I also find it very useful for creating a
"snapshot" of all of the docs in a project to include with the actual
docs as I save them to disk. Has a great search engine. A powerful
shortcut is to include the document type and/or document creator
type. There are free contextual menu apps for getting the
type/creator codes you use like
http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderCreatorsAndTypes/
I also use text notebook entries like Rich and content searches in
Sherlock for correlating complex attributes and then DiskTracker to
find all the storage and on-line disks where the original and
subsequent generations reside.
For simple, finder auditioning, I use instant player which will play
any file in a directory window by clicking on it (mac 0s9)
http://www.soundhack.com/freeware.php. I bet there's a OSX version
that someone has created and posted. Rob D.
=3D =3D =3D
> > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:10:33 -0800
>> From: Dan Dugan <>
>> Subject: Re: Files posted to group web site
>>
>>
>>......
>>
>> I hate the idea of committing all the effort to building a database
>> in some software that may go away. I just checked http://www.fwb.com,
>> and it's no longer listed as a product, so my misgivings are
>> validated. I would much prefer a standardized metadata system that
>> could be accessed by different software.
>>
>> -Dan Dugan
>>
>
>
>Hi Dan
>
>I use disktracker
>http://www.disktracker.com/
>to catalogue all my CDRs and I'm very pleased with it. I'm not sure how
>you'd set it up for auditioning - applescripts? But it's a nice bit of
>software for what it does.
>Geoff.
>
>Geoff Sample
>
>Wildsong Studios
>Northumberland, UK
>http://www.wildsong.co.uk
>
>This month's feature on common frogs:
>http://www.wildsong.co.uk/monthly_feature.html
>.........................
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