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Say you have a million mp3s and you would like to inventory them, kinda like shown in this MakeUseOf article, perhaps something that takes the iTunes database XML file and makes it into a searchable web based app? Or take the database file and import it into a customizable web app? Ever hear of such a beast?

Thanks,

RC

Ray Ciccarello
2011-05-22 15:33:00
No, I have not tried yet. I did look, but it makes my brain hurt. I'm going to try with my wife's smaller itunes, my xml is 77mb's with 57,000 songs. I know a very little PHP, but that is where I'd like to end up plugging the data base into mySql and having it hosted so anyone can search it. I will read on! Thanks!
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Tina
2011-05-15 08:01:00
Ray,did you try Mike's suggestion? Did it work out for you?
Mike
2011-05-08 21:04:00
If you actually have all million mp3s in iTunes I suggest to use the database XML and transform it into something visual using XSLT.http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/If you don't want people to actually see and/or have access to the XML and XSLT you can use server sided transformation via ASP or PHPhttp://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_server.asphttp://blogs.sitepoint.com/transform-php-xslt/