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A big music collection is not easy to manage without special music organizer software. For physical media like Audio CDs, DVDs, vinyl records (LPs, 45RPMs etc.), audio cassettes, it is often difficult to tell where exactly the music album can be found. Maybe it was loaned to your friend or is just lying under your bed? Music files may seem to be easier to organize, as in most cases they are stored locally and are always at hand. However, collections of audio files are typically even more chaotic, with songs from multiple albums stored in a single folder, with several copies of the same songs downloaded from different sites etc.

Musicnizer helps music collectors to sort their files, Audio CDs and other types of media by creating an easy to navigate music catalog with lots of cross links and references. For music albums it will download such details as the complete track list, album cover, artist, label, year, review. For artists, photos, biography, discography can be downloaded. Depending on the media type, the user is able to select the most convenient method of adding music albums to the database. The built-in file scanner of Musicnizer will search selected folders for audio files in all popular formats, including MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, APE, and many others. Information about albums can be read directly from ID3 tags (FLAC tags, APE tags etc.). If there are no usable tags in the music files, Musicnizer will try to extract necessary information from filenames and folder names.

Albums on physical media (Audio CD, LP, DVD etc.) can be added to the music database by scanning their barcodes, reading Audio CD, or simply by entering album titles. Musicnizer supports common USB barcode scanners and additionally offers a unique feature of reading and recognizing barcodes with the help of a webcam. After receiving a barcode or a title (or a group of them), the program will look up and download necessary information from the internet. Then it is possible to enter some information manually, like the disc number, location, comment, price, rating, and other details. Later, if some album is borrowed by a friend, it can be marked as loaned in the built-in loan manager.

After adding music albums to the database the user can enjoy rich sorting and filtering capabilities of the music organizer. A click on the artist’s name will open a page with additional information about the artist: photos, biography, discography, important facts. Another click on the title of some music album from the discography will open a page with details of the album. A click on the label will show all albums from the collection published by the label. The user can create his or her own “views” and easily switch between different sorting methods. The “Search” tab will be helpful if you need to find albums from your music collection that match certain criteria.

Information from the database can be formed into nice looking reports and printed or exported to some popular format, like HTML or PDF. There are a couple of preinstalled report patterns, but the program contains a report builder where the user can create a custom report pattern and adjust layout in a few clicks.

Musicnizer is capable of playing audio files associated with music albums from its database in several ways. There is a built-in player, but the user can also specify a custom player and even startup parameters for it. Less experienced users can simply switch to the default Windows player or use other available choices.

Musicnizer is really helpful when it comes to managing your music collection, but it can also enrich your knowledge about the albums you have by providing album reviews, biographies of artists, discographies, and other details in a form that is fun to work with.

Adding background music to the web page is the latest trend in the Internet world. Many sites, especially meant for teens and the youth, have come out with background music to hold the viewer’s attention for long. Surfing the net becomes exciting when some good music is played in the background. However, the fact is music is not appreciated by all. Before you add music to your website, remember that the music may be disturbing and annoying to some. Hence consider the following facts before you decide to add background music to your web page.

It has been observed that many people click the back button on hearing a sudden bang of music. Adding inappropriate music can also be responsible for this. You should keep in mind that not everybody accesses the Net from home. There are people who access the Net sitting in a cybercaf, or library, or their office. Music can simply restrict such people from viewing your website. Your website may have a large number of viewers, but it doesnt mean they all will still stick with you with the added bang of music.

To be on the safe side, you can always provide the visitors with an option where they can click on a link if they want to listen to music. This will best suit the interests of visitors. When the mouse pointer clicks on the link and you want the music to play, you need to put an HTML code like this Play background music. This code will work for wav and MP3 files extension. However, with embedded music there is a potential problem as every browser has its own method of implementing music. Hence you need to be sure about the software to be used.

When you upload your music file, remember many a time the music wont play automatically and hence you need to test it before you put it up. The browser needs to know how to run the file and hence you need to give the right commands by using the correct code. You need to make sure the server has correctly configured the code. Choose a good web host that supports music download. Make sure your website has enough space to download music and is not going to run out of space. Ideally you may go for a short piece of music, which would not take too much space.

Always make sure you have valid rights for the music file before you upload it. You need to modify the HTML codes to match your server so be aware of the same. You need to give commands for the file as to when it can begin. If you have commanded for the music to play automatically, it will start off as soon as your website page is downloaded. However, if you have a link to click for the music to start, you need to give commands accordingly. You also need to let the file know as to how many times the song should play or should it move on to another piece of music automatically.

Depending upon the browser you need to use softwares that make it easy for the music to play. However, it is always better to let the visitor decide whether or not to play the music. This is because you never know where the visitor may be sitting at the time of visiting your website.