[latinlover]

I would like to extract the information in the catalog in order to process it with other programs like Excel, Winword, etc. I would also like to get this nice collection of pictures of the CDs. Is there any utility known which can do this for me?

[phobozad]

Originally Posted by latinlover

I would like to extract the information in the catalog in order to process it with other programs like Excel, Winword, etc. I would also like to get this nice collection of pictures of the CDs. Is there any utility known which can do this for me?

I don't know of any way to extract it, but I'm pretty sure that the album art is stored on the servers, not the catalog file.

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by phobozad

I don't know of any way to extract it, but I'm pretty sure that the album art is stored on the servers, not the catalog file.

The only was is to right click on cover and save picture as ..into your
pic file and open it later in your pic program... and copy and paste it to word or excel...the old fashioned way...

Nightfly

[latinlover]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

The only was is to right click on cover and save picture as ..into your
pic file and open it later in your pic program... and copy and paste it to word or excel...the old fashioned way...

Nightfly

May be the pictures are not transmitted... but what do we receive with each update? ...and how to get access to this information without alltunes software?

[timmyp]

Originally Posted by latinlover

May be the pictures are not transmitted... but what do we receive with each update? ...and how to get access to this information without alltunes software?

The music catalog is stored here (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\allTunes\allTunes\atc.db) in a typical installation. If you read the file with a text editor, it reveals that there is order to it. Whipping something together to pull it all out in a useful fashion shouldn't be too challenging for a moderately skilled coder. No attempts are made to obfuscate the data.

Regarding the small CD cover thumbnails: They are cached locally on your computer only when the artist is selected on the left-hand side of the allTunes program. They are not received with the catalogue updates. The location for the locally stored thumbnails on a typical installation is here (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\allTunes\allTunes\Covers). Again, a moderately skilled coder could whip something together to mimic the allTunes program in requesting all thumbnail images using a "formatted version" of the music catalog referenced above.

In regards to what is received with each update, it is basically a listing of newly available music formatted to append the atc.db file.

If you wanted to dig deeper on this, you'll probably want to grab some utilities to watch the HTTP traffic back and forth between your allTunes software & the MediaServices servers, as well as something to monitor/record all read/writes to/from your disk made by the allTunes software. This will give you a very clear idea of how you need to proceed.

[bokr]

Originally Posted by latinlover

I would like to extract the information in the catalog in order to process it with other programs like Excel, Winword, etc. I would also like to get this nice collection of pictures of the CDs. Is there any utility known which can do this for me?

if you want printable covers for your cd´s try this:
http://www.cover-paradies.to/
peace