Thread: How to catalog your digital music.

In this tutorial I will teach you how to make a list of all your CD's (that you didn't download ;)).

Keep in mind that is before you make it an html file and upload it somewhere.

The result of the entire tutorial should look something like this:
CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

Programs you will need:
Windows (sorry Linux and Mac)
OIDUA: This is the base of Guidua
Guidua: This makes OIDUA graphic and noob friendly


How to:

First of all we need to install OIDUA.
1) Download it from the above link.
2) Open the folder "oidua-0.16.1" inside the ZIP archive. (This can be opened in WinRar, WinZip, or Windows)
3) Extract all files in there to somewhere you will remember. I recommend "C:\Program Files\Oidua\

Now we need to install Guidua.
1) Download Guidua from the link.
2) Open it.
3) Install wherever you want. I recommend "C:\Program Files\Guidua 0.16"

Now we got all that shit installed. Now we must configure Guidua to however the fuck you want it too look.
1) Start > Programs > Guidua 0.16 > Guidua.exe
2) Click "Configure."
3) First of all configure your Output Switches. For mine all I used is "Display Date stamp" because I'm a nerd and keep track of my music lists, you can make whatever you want.
4) If wanted change the colors. You can enter hex codes or just click on the default colors shown which will bring up a screen with colors to choose from.



Now click on the "General" on the top. We are now going to tell Guidua where some shit is.
1) For "Oidua Executable" browse to where you installed Oidua and set it to "oidua.exe" This basically just shows Guidua where Oidua is.
2) For "Output File" specify where you want your list to be saved and what the name of it to be.
3) For "Base Directories" navigate to where all your music is that you want listed.
4) For "Exclude Directories" put whatever directory's you do not want in the list. For mine I put the iTunes folder.
5) Hit Apply and then OK. You now have configured Guidua. Congratulations.



OPTIONAL FOR ADVANCED USERS:
5) After pressing okay go to Tools > Output Designer. This basically makes the list look different. I put it for advanced users only 'cause some noobs would go crazy wondering what "[n,-60] | [f,5] | [s,6,b] | [l,6] | [t,4] | [q,-7]" means.
6) Eh, just mess around, you know what to do.



Okay so you have configured Guidua. Think you're ready to make your list? Just press "Generate list and wait until the gears stop turning.

Congrats. If you have successfully done this you can now be happy. If you haven't successfully done it you just wasted 20 minutes of your life that you will never get back. Good job.



Note: This is not my guide, but I figured I would post it here anyway for people to learn this. All credit to the original maker of this guide. I also removed the profanity.

A much more simple way is to use iTunes' export feature. U can export your whole library to an excel spreadsheet, and from there u can export it to just about any format you would want to use

Originally Posted by TheChief

A much more simple way is to use iTunes' export feature. U can export your whole library to an excel spreadsheet, and from there u can export it to just about any format you would want to use

Yeah I think most media players include this function. iTunes does, MediaMonkey does and I think foobar does too.