creating a music database


I need help to catalog over 400 cds. Are there any readers available that could read the bar codes on the back of all cd's? and place them in a file system? thanks
zevbear

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I use Music Collector (Collectorz.com). They have a barcode function but I have not tried it with an actual barcode reader. This program, like most of the others will archive the album info, track names, track times, etc and will find album cover art (if connected to Internet). Everything can be sorted, searched, and even logged as loaned out or checked in. There are also dozens of custom templates available on their site for changing the look and feel of the program and the print outputs. One thing to be aware of though, if album cover art is important to you, I only found about a 75% success rate through the available searches (and there were many, including barcode). I had to search the internet (mostly Amazon and BMG) to find the remainder of the cover art. Good luck with your project.