The_Manipulator Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 space permitting or lack of funds you can never have too many records. I'm doing my best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 just thought of a way you could add loads fairly quickly maybe, if there was an add button next to every release if you say went to a label or artist on the search then you could add loads instead of having to do them individually.that is of course if it is at all possible to be done that way as making or running a website is no doubt a complete nightmare and I haven't a clue myself (I feel sorry for the one who has to do all the corrections). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Hawk Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 I'm keen to get my collection on here, as I think there will be more to learn about the artists, labels and D&B history than on Discogs. I also like the sound of the stats that could be produced. One major let down of Discogs is that if I want to order any of my collection I have to do it via Excel in a cube, or other reporting tool. It would be really good to have that kind of functionality direct on the website. Otherwise I am presented with a massive list of records to scroll through. It also makes seeing what records other people have a very time consuming task. I would like to be able to view my collection grouped by Label, Artist or Year, and then sorted AZ or equivalent. So for example, MyRDB would show a list of all the labels that I have records in, then I could double click on one and drill down into a particular label to show more. Then click on a particular release to bring up the usual detail. If grouped by Label, could there be drop-downs alongside the label name field showing the usual "related labels" drop-downs and "url links"? If grouped by Artist, then a list of related labels and aliases? If grouped by Year, then a list of all labels and artists releasing in that year? If that doesn't make sense, I don't mind drawing up a spec to better explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorie Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Pretty sure this has been said, but the ability to search your own and, more imporatntly, other people's collections would be really handy. :nosey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Hawk Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Pretty sure this has been said, but the ability to search your own and, more imporatntly, other people's collections would be really handy. :nosey: I saw that you'd mentionned sorting, but don't think you said about grouping. I think we're on the same wavelength though! I don't believe it... a record collector being called nosey?! Never!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornette Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 I'm with blah on this one Ooo I dunno. My 2000+ is certainly enough to be able to have a good long mix and not get bored. And the day after. And the day after that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Hawk Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Just had another couple of ideas (I don't think anyone else has mentionned them). As well as saying whether a record is in someone's collection, or wantlist - could you show a record as having once been in your possession? There's loads of records that I had and traded for one reason or another, but the only way I have of knowing that I once had it is by memory. I think it would be interesting to know which records people used to have and parted with, you can read into the reasons for getting rid of records how you like (e.g. it was rubbish, or worth enough money to make someone want to part with it). It will also show up which records are changing hands the most, and which records people hold onto. Also, it would be good to indicate whether you own the promo or w/l copy of a particular record. [EDIT] Just noticed that Haste added this point on page 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 if you did lists on what you've owned or swapped that could be as big as your existing collection, well it would be in my case but was thinking maybe next to any of the tunes in what you have you could have say a number next to it - of copys you have in your collection of that record as that might solve what you have avalable as trade . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Hawk Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 if you did lists on what you've owned or swapped that could be as big as your existing collection, well it would be in my case but was thinking maybe next to any of the tunes in what you have you could have say a number next to it - of copys you have in your collection of that record as that might solve what you have avalable as trade . Having 2 copies of record X is different to saying that you used to have 1 copy of record Y. Example: If you had 200 people saying that they used to have record Y, and only a few people currently owning it - I think you would see that people bought it, decided they didn't like it and got rid of it. Or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Sorry I dont get this... I seen "this is not in your collection" at the side of the database results but how do I add stuff to my collection? when I go to my collection I just get no results show ... please use the forum to add a release that is missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorie Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 I seen "this is not in your collection" at the side of the database results but how do I add stuff to my collection? below this are 'add' and 'remove' buttons... use 'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 four pages long this topic now, not many topics have got that long before but I bet it will get much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Okay, I've had another idea How about "My Trades"? It can be a subset of My Collection (i.e. you flag items in My Collection to be added to My Trades). Having something like My Trades could allow us to create a feature that could compare a person's My Trades with other users' trades/wants pages. If we simply compared My Wants with people's collections, there would be problems with people being hassled to sell tunes they want to keep. What you guys reckon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Manipulator Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Maybe an option to keep your collection private, but your wants and trades list public... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thijs Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 if you go to the index, does it tell you that you are logged in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol skee Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 How much longer till this becomes official? I def like this as well as a possible trades/wants feature ala discogs, but minus the discogs.. heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVXP Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Hi there, just registered for this function. Just one question (maybe answered already): Are ther plans for a export function? I mean to HTML, XML, TXT or even better OpenDocument Format (for OOo.org or other apps). And an import function for that too, that would (temporarliy) eliminate the fear of losing all entries already made! (As long as you are not a lazy *unt! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Manipulator Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 I think an import fuction will be difficult... You can only do it with actual database record ID's. Otherwise the catalogue would have to be identical and since they are sometimes different from what people think that's not really a good option (different numbers for promo's and picture discs and just records with different catalogue numbers on the sleeve and in the runout groove or just the number of zeroes used). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorie Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Okay, I've had another idea How about "My Trades"? It can be a subset of My Collection (i.e. you flag items in My Collection to be added to My Trades). Having something like My Trades could allow us to create a feature that could compare a person's My Trades with other users' trades/wants pages. If we simply compared My Wants with people's collections, there would be problems with people being hassled to sell tunes they want to keep. What you guys reckon? That's a great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoox Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I think an import fuction will be difficult... You can only do it with actual database record ID's. Otherwise the catalogue would have to be identical and since they are sometimes different from what people think that's not really a good option (different numbers for promo's and picture discs and just records with different catalogue numbers on the sleeve and in the runout groove or just the number of zeroes used). difficult does not neccessarily mean impossible .. i've been doing a few ninja tricks indexing my own mp3s and trying to link stuff up against tarzan in the past.. if you were able to, say - paste a bunch of catalog numbers into a text area and have a fuzzy search done against that list, it would be possible to atleast by some sort of easy preview interface add those that match and or refine and adjust/normalize the catno searches... i'll see how bored i get.. gonna try to finish off the xmlrpc/xml/json query interface first but at any rate: an .xls export would definitely be handy in case you want to have a local list for your own offline abuse/print/whatever.. but first on my wishlist would be a set of checkboxes next to each search result with a "add selected" button below.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haste Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 A few more ideas...mainly coming from the design that I have been working on and will show you lot soon... - Contribute links: Quick links bring up lists of releases in your collection that have no label scans, release years etc.- as menitoned by spoox - export option in .xls for both wants and my collection- choice of how many releases shown per page (50/100/250/200?)- possibilty to add a note to each record in your collection/wants list - short descriptive field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cob Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Here's a long shot for an idea: Whenever i make a mix it always takes ages to type out the tracklist and i invariably end up losing it when i come back to listen to the mix months or years later on my PC. How about you can construct mix tracklistings by selecting tracks in your collection. So i record a mix onto my pc, then go to my rdb collection and construct the tracklisting by selecting those tracks. Then save it off either to your computer as a list and/or to rdb under a section called My Mixes with a name for that mix. So many people who will be using the service who record online mixes, i can't fail to see how this would be useful. But as i said a real random long shot - Contribute links: Quick links bring up lists of releases in your collection that have no label scans, release years etc. That's a great idea. Would definitely help with site contributions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Here's a long shot for an idea: Whenever i make a mix it always takes ages to type out the tracklist and i invariably end up losing it when i come back to listen to the mix months or years later on my PC. How about you can construct mix tracklistings by selecting tracks in your collection. So i record a mix onto my pc, then go to my rdb collection and construct the tracklisting by selecting those tracks. Then save it off either to your computer as a list and/or to rdb under a section called My Mixes with a name for that mix. So many people who will be using the service who record online mixes, i can't fail to see how this would be useful. Yes Cob, nice one. I like that idea. Would be especially nice if there were an optional field for each track you add to the Tracklisting allowing you to enter the timestamp of the track (in other words, the time it occurs in the mix -- i.e. [11:28]). What if you could hit a button and it would randomly generate a tracklist for you that you'd have to go try to mix up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 below this are 'add' and 'remove' buttons... use 'em it werent there before i posted this honest i'm not that blooming stupid! or blind difficult does not neccessarily mean impossible .. i've been doing a few ninja tricks indexing my own mp3s and trying to link stuff up against tarzan in the past.. if you were able to, say - paste a bunch of catalog numbers into a text area and have a fuzzy search done against that list, it would be possible to atleast by some sort of easy preview interface add those that match and or refine and adjust/normalize the catno searches... i'll see how bored i get.. gonna try to finish off the xmlrpc/xml/json query interface first but at any rate: an .xls export would definitely be handy in case you want to have a local list for your own offline abuse/print/whatever.. but first on my wishlist would be a set of checkboxes next to each search result with a "add selected" button below.. to be honest this talk of cat numbers having to be identical i have entered cat numbers from run out grooves many times into rdb search and theyre wrong in the database .. not as they appear on the vinyl some have 001 some are 1 etc always end up having to type different combinations of possible entries til the database returns a hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haste Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 to be honest this talk of cat numbers having to be identical i have entered cat numbers from run out grooves many times into rdb search and theyre wrong in the database .. not as they appear on the vinyl some have 001 some are 1 etc always end up having to type different combinations of possible entries til the database returns a hit If they're wrong then post the correct cat nos here. We're trying to get all cat nos in the db to be exactly the same as what is in the runout groove of the vinyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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