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Music Collector (Windows)

v23.1: Simplified Sort Name editing for all pick list entries

August 31st, 2023

Today, a nice update for the Music Collector software, that will make your cataloging life a bit easier again.
In this version, we simplified the editing of Artist Sort Names (and other person entries).

In the past an Artist entry had editable sub-fields First Name, Last Name and “The”, which worked together to automatically generate a SortName.
Now it is much simpler and easier. The First, Last and The fields are gone and have been replaced with a simple directly editable Sort Name.

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v23.0.4: Several improvements

June 1st, 2023

Improved:

  • Adding by Barcode: the last barcode you scanned is now automatically selected in the queue
  • Adding by CDID: the last CD you scanned with your CD-Drive is now automatically selected in the queue (and at the top of the list)
  • Further improvements for sorting text with numbers in it (especially with – symbols)
  • Faster sorting, resulting in overall performance improvements especially for large databases


Fixed:

  • Several small Add Screen stability issues
  • Sorting problems for certain fields
  • Details panel would not show Chorus in specific cases

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v23.0.2: Various fixes

April 6th, 2023

Fixed:

  • Adding Albums by CDID didn’t allow you to select multiple results and add them “as multi-disc album” anymore.
  • The alphabet bar wasn’t working correctly for albums with multiple artists where the name started with a number.
  • Dark Skin: In the Folder panel, we’ve made the barchart color a bit brighter.
  • In the Pre-fill popup you could not select an “empty” item for pick lists.
  • Sorting your list by date wasn’t always working properly.
  • The program will now ask you if you’re sure you want to overwrite an existing file when using “Export to XML” or “Save Database As” (this was already working for other export/save options).

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v23: Now supports our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app

March 30th, 2023

As announced last weekend, here it is, Music Collector version 23 for Windows, with full support for our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app!
And as indicated earlier, support for the old CLZ Barry scanner app has now been removed.

Also new in this version: Improved support for barcodes that were used over multiple series.

What is CLZ Scanner?

The aptly-named “CLZ Scanner” is a barcode scanner app, nothing more, nothing less. It is an app that you use on your phone to scan barcodes and then instantly send those scanned barcodes to the Add Music screen of the Music Collector software running on your computer. From there, you can then easily and comfortably add the scanned albums to your computer software.

CLZ Scanner replaces the old CLZ Barry app.

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v22.0.6: Various bug fixes

May 30th, 2022

In today’s update, no big new features. Instead, we decided to spend some time fixing a lot of outstanding issues. While we were at it, we also implemented some small tweaks requested by users. Here’s what’s tweaked and fixed:

Tweaks:

  • Year folders now sort from most recent year to older
  • Transfer Field Data: It is now possible to transfer artists to the Notes field

Fixes:

  • Link Screen: Fixed various “Access Violation” errors
  • Edit Screen: File paths for missing cover images weren’t showing
  • Main Screen: filtering on Collection Status “Sold” didn’t show correct filter text in the bottom of the screen
  • Images View: Mouse-over text could show wrong album information
  • Pre-fill: Packaging field wasn’t used when adding albums from files
  • Update from Core could clear track artists if they were the same as the album artist
  • Edit in List: Fields could be cleared when modifying the column fields during editing in list
  • Edit in List: Fixed some problems with editing price/value fields
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v22.0.5: Various bug fixes

March 21st, 2022

Fixed:

  • Various “Access Violation” errors fixed in the Link Albums screen
  • User Defined Fields: default values weren’t used when adding albums
  • Pre-fill: User Defined Fields weren’t remembered between sessions
  • Light Skin: Rating stars weren’t visible

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v22.0.4: Various bug fixes

March 14th, 2022

Fixed:

  • Edit screen: Pick list popups for certain fields didn’t remember their sort order
  • Pre-fill wasn’t working after the “move to other collection status” popup

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v22.0.3: Couple of bug fixes

March 3rd, 2022

Fixed:

  • Adding albums from music files or importing a file would cause albums to enter the database without a collection status
  • Fields in the Pre-fill screen could look bad on screens with high DPI
  • “Collection Status: Sold” was missing from various places
  • Setting an item to Collection Status: Sold could cause an access violation

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v22.0.2: Fixed a crash in Manage Pick Lists and a bug

February 24th, 2022

Fixed:

  • Crash when opening the Manage Pick Lists screen
  • Edit Album: Tracks were cleared when (re-)scanning a CD

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v22: Configurable Pre-fill & Update from Core + WebP support

February 23rd, 2022

It’s been a few months since the last Music Collector update, but behind the scenes we have of course been preparing for a big v22 update! And today, it is finally ready for release, with 3 cool new features:

  • User-configurable Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields
  • User-configurable Add / Update from Core
  • Support for WebP images
  • New collection status “Sold” and new collection status icons and colors

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v21.5 Improved Submit to Core system

October 8th, 2021

In this update, we are improving the Submit to Core system.

We have created a completely new site for processing your submitted entries, which is now fully responsive to your browser size and therefore now fully mobile-compatible.

At the same time, we created a new auto-login system, making submitting easier and more seamless.

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v21.4.3: Template updates to the box set area

September 30th, 2021

We’ve added some updates and fixes to the box set area in the details panel:

Updated:

  • Added a “show more” button to the Notes section for very long notes
  • Added a “show more” button to box sets with more than 3 albums
  • You can now click an album title to directly select and show it

Fixed:

  • Current Value was missing its label
  • The Cat. number field was missing

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v21.4.2: Improved box set area in templates and some fixes

September 28th, 2021

Improved box set area in details panel

The box set area now shows all albums inside the box set. It also includes a link to edit the box set directly so you can modify any box set specific details or change the order of albums in the box set quickly.
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v21.4: Bar chart in folder panel background

September 14th, 2021

Version 21.4 is now available for your Music Collector software, with a nice graphical update for your folder panel. The folder panel now show horizontal bars in the background behind the folder entries, representing the “relative size” of the folder, that is, relative to the biggest folder in your collection.

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v21.3.2: Transfer Field Data: fix for Date fields

August 12th, 2021

Fixed:

  • Date fields didn’t always transfer correctly

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v21.3: New “Transfer Field Data” tool

August 6th, 2021

A nice new v21.3 update is available for Music Collector now, in which we introduce a new super useful database management tool, called Transfer Field Data (new in the Tools menu).

In short, this tool lets you copy field values from one field to another, in batch, so for your entire database, or for a selection of albums.

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v21.2.2: A couple of fixes

July 6th, 2021

Fixed:

  • Smarter syncing of musicians and instruments
  • More responsive checkboxes in Add Albums screen
  • The Sort button in the main screen would sometimes not open the Sort Settings screen

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v21.2: More fields now sync to CLZ Cloud / Music Connect

June 16th, 2021

Last week, we added many new fields to the CLZ Cloud storage and the web-based Music Connect software, all based on feedback from our users.

Of course, new fields in the CLZ Cloud won’t help you much if you can’t sync them from Music Collector 🙂 So in today’s v21.2 update, we enhanced the CLZ Cloud syncing system to support all the new fields.

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v21.1: New Link Discs with Core screen

May 6th, 2021

It is important to have your album entries linked to the corresponding disc entries in our Core online music database, especially when syncing to the CLZ Cloud and/or the CLZ Music mobile app. Because a correct Core link is what gives you all automatic album details, like cover images, tracks, labels, genres, formats, etc..

All album entries you added through the Add Albums from Core screen, will of course be linked with a Core entry automatically. However, if you added an album manually, or if you imported a list of albums, e.g. from a CSV file or by adding music files, some of your entries may arrive “unlinked”. In which case you would need to do the linking afterwards.

Previously, linking discs with Core was done in an old and clunky screen, based on a very old version of the Add from Core screen. But not anymore!
As of today, Music Collector has a completely new Link Discs with Core screen.

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v21.0.3 Extra Collection Status dropdown button in Add Screen

March 17th, 2021

Add Screen: Select Collection Status with the extra dropdown button

We’ve added an extra Collection Status dropdown button to the left hand panel in the Add Screen:

Fixed:

  • Options: “Use Field Default” option for Collection Status didn’t work
  • Export to HTML was broken

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v21.0.2 Various improvements and fixes

March 4th, 2021

Instead of jumping on the next big feature update, we decided to take a couple of weeks to work on various small improvements and fixes. Here’s what’s new and fixed in today’s update:

New: Clear your CLZ Cloud right from the Sync screen

No more need to login to the CLZ Cloud site and use “Clear Database” there. It is now possible to clear/reset your CLZ Cloud straight from the Sync screen, using the Clear CLZ Cloud button at the bottom.

BTW: please only use this when strictly necessary, in case of problems. Clearing the cloud and re-syncing all items is a heavy operation and causes seriously load on our servers. Thank you!

New: Find Duplicates results can now be exported to a TEXT file

By popular demand: you can now export the results of the Find Duplicates screen, either to take with you as a text file, or for printing.

New: Use the Statistics screen on a selection

Something that “got lost” when we replaced the old Database Totals screen with the fancy new Statistics screen: being able to see totals for the selected items in the main screen.
So… now that feature is back! Just select items in the main screen, using the checkboxes or Select All, then open Tools / Statistics to see totals and charts for just those items.

New: Filter area in status bar now highlights when a filter is active

A common question in support: “Why don’t I see all my items anymore”. Always turns out that a filter is active, either in the Quick Filter Panel, the Alphabet Bar or the search box.
To make this clearer, the Filter area in the status bar at the bottom now highlights in yellow when a filter is active.

Improved right-mouse click context menus, with sub-headers

Through the years, new commands kept being added to the right click context menus, and to be honest, they became a bit messy. So about time we cleaned them up.
All main screen context menu’s have now been cleaned up, re-ordered and re-grouped with nice sub-headers.

Fixed:

  • Update from Core on multiple albums was not working
  • Add from Core: in some situations album covers were not downloading
  • Import XML: several fixes to importing of credits, musicians and purchase prices
  • Printing, when printing track lists, the Box Set field did not work
  • Card View: mouse wheel scrolling was broken
  • After Select All in list, some action bar button did not show up
  • After editing, the list did not scroll to the edited item anymore
  • Statistics: rare Access Violation while loading the screen
  • Picklist item images are now automatically resolved when folder changes
  • Update File Links: manual mode missing trailing slash by default

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v21.0: New: Pre-fill fields while adding albums

January 18th, 2021

We’re well into 2021, so it’s time for Music Collector 21.
In this update we bring you a great new time-saving tool in the Add Albums screen.

New Pre-fill screen that pops up when adding albums

When adding an album to your database using the Add Album screen, it will now pop-up a new screen called “Pre-fill album details, letting you set various fields right then and there.

Fields available in the Pre-fill screen:

  • Location
  • Owner
  • Purchase Date
  • Purchase Store
  • Purchase Price
  • Quantity
  • Tags

No more need to edit your added albums afterwards!

(BTW: of course, using the new Pre-fill screen is optional. If you don’t want to use it, just uncheck the “Show Pre-fill screen” toggle at the bottom. You can always re-enable it through the program’s Options screen.)


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v20.6.2: Folder panel now closes fully again

August 25th, 2020

Fixed:

  • It wasn’t possible to fully close the folder panel

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v20.6 Easier access to the Manage Pick Lists screen

August 24th, 2020

The Manage Pick Lists screen is one of the most important screens of your Music Collector software. This is the screen you need for:

  • Merging duplicate artist entries
  • Correct an Artist sort name
  • Fixing typos in Genres, Tags, Locations, etc…
  • Removing unused pick list entries
  • etc… etc…

But… judging from daily questions in our support channels, many users don’t even know of its existence. (Hint: it can be opened from the Edit menu). So with today’s update we are aiming to increase the awareness the Manage Pick Lists screen and to make it easier to access from anywhere.

From the main screen folder panel

In the main screen, you can now easily access the Manage Pick Lists screen for the selected folder field. Just click the new button right above the folder panel:

From the Edit Album screen

The Edit Album screen now has a big Manage [..] List button at the bottom, that automatically changes to match the field you are currently at:

From the Add/Edit item screen

Fixed:

  • Cat. Nr for box sets wasn’t showing in some templates.
  • Artist links going to HTTP websites weren’t clickable in some templates.
  • User Defined Yes/No fields are now available as options for the folder panel.
  • Edit Multiple: Updating date fields wasn’t always working correctly if you only filled in a year.
  • Edit in List: Editing the Collection Status field did not work.
  • Folder panel: “Collection Status” folder option has been moved to “Personal” heading.

Recent changes

v23.1: Simplified Sort Name editing for all pick list entries August 31st, 2023 v23.0.4: Several improvements June 1st, 2023 v23.0.3: Improved Add Screen stability and Sorting / Details Panel fixes April 18th, 2023 v23.0.2: Various fixes April 6th, 2023 v23: Now supports our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app March 30th, 2023 v22.0.6: Various bug fixes May 30th, 2022 v22.0.5: Various bug fixes March 21st, 2022 v22.0.4: Various bug fixes March 14th, 2022 v22.0.3: Couple of bug fixes March 3rd, 2022 v22.0.2: Fixed a crash in Manage Pick Lists and a bug February 24th, 2022 v22: Configurable Pre-fill & Update from Core + WebP support February 23rd, 2022 v21.5 Improved Submit to Core system October 8th, 2021 v21.4.3: Template updates to the box set area September 30th, 2021 v21.4.2: Improved box set area in templates and some fixes September 28th, 2021 v21.4: Bar chart in folder panel background September 14th, 2021 v21.3.2: Transfer Field Data: fix for Date fields August 12th, 2021 v21.3: New “Transfer Field Data” tool August 6th, 2021 v21.2.2: A couple of fixes July 6th, 2021 v21.2: More fields now sync to CLZ Cloud / Music Connect June 16th, 2021 v21.1: New Link Discs with Core screen May 6th, 2021 v21.0.3 Extra Collection Status dropdown button in Add Screen March 17th, 2021 v21.0.2 Various improvements and fixes March 4th, 2021 v21.0: New: Pre-fill fields while adding albums January 18th, 2021 v20.6.2: Folder panel now closes fully again August 25th, 2020 v20.6 Easier access to the Manage Pick Lists screen August 24th, 2020