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Software to easily and quickly browse a sound library (and hear previews)?
Deozaan:
Thanks for the suggestions so far! Keep 'em coming!
Reaper has a Media Explorer. It's enough for most users, though some don't like way it looks/works.
-Dormouse (December 08, 2020, 07:15 PM)
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The standalone version of Daminion (Digital Asset Manager), is still free, (AFAIK), with the restriction of 15000 items per catalogue, (you can have multiple catalogues).
-4wd (December 09, 2020, 04:11 AM)
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These look promising, especially Daminion. I've downloaded them with the intent of checking them out later. But I've got a deadline to meet so I don't feel I have time to really look into these relatively complex potential solutions at the moment. But it's on my to-do list after the next few days. Thanks!
A freeware program named "1by1" might be worth a look:
https://mpesch3.de/1by1.html
-irkregent (December 10, 2020, 09:02 AM)
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This one looked small and simple enough that I gave it a try.
It appears to just be an audio player from the website. And it does not work for my needs.
It doesn't appear to list .wav files, which a large portion of my audio collection is comprised of. Additionally, it doesn't seem to support many free/open formats (OGG, FLAC) out of the box. But it does support the proprietary MP3 format. Strange. Usually it's the other way around. Despite this, I did have some .mp3 files in my library that I attempted to test out, but the app just crashed every time I tried to play a file. :down:
skwire:
It appears to just be an audio player from the website. And it does not work for my needs.
-Deozaan (December 10, 2020, 10:11 AM)
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Deo, it needs bass.dll for more format support. Download this: https://www.un4seen.com/download.php?bass24 and put bass.dll in the same folder as 1by1.exe. Restart 1by1 and you should have much better luck.
skwire:
@Deo, also, if you need support for more formats, you can grab them at the Un4Seen website: https://www.un4seen.com/ (scroll down to the AddOns section).
superboyac:
A freeware program named "1by1" might be worth a look:
https://mpesch3.de/1by1.html
I am not sure it handles tagging, but claims to make it quite easy to scroll through files and listen to them.
-irkregent (December 10, 2020, 09:02 AM)
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this looks great. THanks for the suggestion!!
Deozaan:
Additionally, it doesn't seem to support many free/open formats (OGG, FLAC) out of the box. But it does support the proprietary MP3 format. Strange.
-Deozaan (December 10, 2020, 10:11 AM)
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I discovered yesterday that the last patent(s) for MP3 expired in 2017. So I suppose that may explain why MP3 is now supported out of the box.
Deo, it needs bass.dll for more format support. Download this: https://www.un4seen.com/download.php?bass24 and put bass.dll in the same folder as 1by1.exe. Restart 1by1 and you should have much better luck.
-skwire (December 10, 2020, 01:06 PM)
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@Deo, also, if you need support for more formats, you can grab them at the Un4Seen website: https://www.un4seen.com/ (scroll down to the AddOns section).
-skwire (December 10, 2020, 01:09 PM)
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Thanks! As I said earlier, I was up against a deadline (which was yesterday) so I didn't have time to fully investigate anything. Now that I can relax a bit and fully look into things, I'll give 1by1 another shot.
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