Hyper's CdCatalog

(cdcat)
latest version: 1.01b

The cdcat is graphical (QT based) multiplatform (Linux/Windows/MacOS) catalog program which scans the directories/drives you want and memoryze the filesystem (including the tags of mp3's) and store it in a small file.
The database is stored in a gzipped XML format, so you can hack it, or use it if necessary :-)
Cdcat can store the content of some specified files up to a size limit if you want. (for example: *.nfo)

Features:

- Searching with regex or wildcards in file names/comments/tags/etc...
- Read mp3 tags (if you enable it)
- Autoload database on startup
- Can mount/umount/eject the cd-drive on Linux
- Read file content from the specified files (e.g: *.nfo)
- Platform indepentent Gzipped XML format.
- Import/Export functions for CSV/XML-gtktalog/HTML
- Possibility to add comment for files or directories.

The main window:



Contains the directory browser, the file browser, and the comment frame which shows: name, size(if the element is file), last modification, the owner(of the media) The name and the number of the media, mp3 tags if exists, and a user comment which editable anytime.
The status line (bottom) shows the full path of the actual element.



The searching window:



You can search with regex or windows style wildcards ( ?,*). You can limit the searching to media  or media owners. The program optionally can matching with filenames,directory names, comments and all mp3 tags.
When the resoults of the searching is done, the main window always shows the actual element in the list of resoults.

- Trolltech Qt  graphic library (ver >= 2.3.0)  
      / http://www.trolltech.com /
- expat XML parsing library (ver >= 1.95.2)
     / http://expat.sourceforge.net /
- pcre Perl compatible regular expression library (ver >= 3.9)
    / http://www.pcre.org /
- zlib data compression library (ver >= 1.1.4)
   / http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ /

You can find this libreries as packages in all distributions, but if you want to compile the cdcat you will have to install the devel packages too.

Unpack the source, and check te prerequisites! If it is done, check or set the QTDIR envronment variable (It must point the root directory of Qt.)
then type:
cdcat/src$ make

If you got error messages try to re-generate the Makefile by running qmake (QT tool)
cdcat/src$ qmake cdcat.pro && make

Than you even got error messages try to check dependencies and rights!
(before you send me bug report :-) )

That case you didn't get any error login as root and type:
cdcat/src# make install

This command copy the compiled files to the necessary place.

Author of CdCat


The main program was written by  Péter Deák
(from hungary)

The author is studied computer programming at University of Debrecen, and tried to write many useful programs for everyone on the world who likes its.


E-mail:
hyperr at freemail dot hu

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Additional programmers

Christoph Thielecke (from germany)

He is studying communication computer sience at university for applied sciences of Wernigerode.
He is programming free software (open source), preferred QT/KDE.


E-mail:
crissi99 at gmx dot de

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