Music Collector Manual
for Windows edition
Welcome to Music Collector Download and Install Navigating the Main Screen Cataloging CDs Cataloging Music Files How to search your Collection Adding Albums Automatically Adding Albums Manually Barcode Scanning Adding Multi-Disc Albums Adding Tracks Adding a Box Set Adding Music Files Import from iTunes Importing from text Adding Backdrops Managing your Wish List Search Settings Field Defaults Editing Albums Editing Multiple Albums List Items and more Changing the layout Adding Lyrics Files Find Cover Image Editing List Icons Update File Links Sorting your Collection Custom Field Names Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items Customizing Music Collector Activating Connect Sync & Share Synchronize with Connect Linking your albums for Connect CLZ Music for iPhone/iPod CLZ Music for Android CLZ Music HD for iPad Exporting your collection Managing Loans Printing a Simple List Using Folders Using the Filter screen Updating Music Collector The Options Screen Data Submission Guidelines Field Reference Transfer your collection Validating Music Collector Creating a Backup Keyboard Shortcuts Collection Statistics Print Screen Linking Albums
Importing from text
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Preparing to Import
With Music Collector you can import a .csv or text list. Music Collector's text import is limited to four fields: Artist, title, UPC (barcode) and TOC (Table of Contents). Importing all fields is not necessary but will provide better results.
Your text/csv should look something like this:
Important: It is not possible to import any additional fields. Your text file must contain only these fields, and must also use the same order, i.e. artist followed by title followed by barcode etc. After importing your text list you can update it with additional information from our central database (e.g. cover image, plot, cast, etc).
Importing
Here's how to import:
- Start Music Collector
- Click: File > Import From > Text
- Click 'Browse' and locate your txt/csv file
- Set the text qualifiers and delimiters to match your text file
- Check the preview to ensure everything appears correctly
- Once complete, click OK to import the list
Text Import screen showing a text file ready to be imported.
Updating your data
After importing you can retrieve more information from the Collectorz.com online Music Database such as cover image, plot, cast, format etc. Here's how:
- Click Edit > Select All
- Click Edit > Update Album(s) Automatically
- A message will appear asking you if you'd like to link your albums, click Yes.
- Music Collector will now search our online database
- Results will be shown at the bottom of the screen
- Select a result form our database then click Update
Update Albums screen.
You can also click Search All to search all of your imported albums, then click Update All to update all albums in the list which have an exact match. If an exact match is not found in our central database, a list of results will be provided from which you can select the correct result.
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