CD Scanner for Spotify

CD Scanner for Spotify

Easily transfer your CD collection to your Spotify account

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Bram Kanstein (@bramk)
Nifty little app you can use to import your old CDs to Spotify. Just scan the CD barcode and it will be added to your Spotify playlist.
Chris Messina
@bramk or go to a record store (Best Buy?) and scan codes there.
David Martín Suárez
Sorry... but, not is more easy (and free) to type the name of CD on Spotify search bar...? ;)
Vincent Verweij
@miscalzoncillos Cheaper, yes. Easier, no. If it would be easier, why are cashiers at the supermarket no longer typing in the prices of the products, but scanning them?
David Martín Suárez
@vverweij Right! if you have a 5000 CDs collection ;)
Alexandre Vallières-Lagacé
@miscalzoncillos @vverweij Save 30 seconds per album, imagine you have, say 100 albums, thats close to an hour of time saved. If I were a Spotify user I would definitely get that! :)
Vincent Verweij
Thanks for posting, Bram. This iPhone app allows you to transfer your CD collection to your Spotify account. Just scan the compact disc barcode and it will be added to your Spotify playlist. A feature I thought should have been in the Spotify-app to begin with, but it isn't. For all those old people out there who still have a pile of CDs. There's no need to manually search for songs, artist or albums. Save yourself some time, just scan and listen. The integrated barcode scanner allows you to add all your CDs to Spotify with the press of a button. Any questions? I'm here to answer them.
Hans van Gent
@vverweij this works only with albums who are in the Spotify library I guess? What happens when an album is not available via Spotify?
Vincent Verweij
@jcvangent If the exact same album is not available, it will look for a similar album, for example a different edition. If it can't find anything at all, it will throw an error message, saying 'album not found' or 'not available on Spotify'
Hans van Gent
@vverweij would be awesome if it is not on Spotify that it would find a torrent and download it to your dropbox ;-)
Hans van Gent
@vverweij would be awesome if it is not on Spotify that it would find a torrent and download it to your dropbox ;-)
Vincent Verweij
@jcvangent That would most likely be considered illegal by Apple and I would risk being kicked out of the App Store. However, you can take your phone to a record store and start scanning CDs there. Totally legal :-)
Ouriel Ohayon
is there a tool to transfer your itunes library to spotify?
Clemeeent
@ourielohayon I'd use that!
Robert Gourley
Neat idea. I have a huge box of CDs in the garage. I just need to build a scanning robot to do this for me.
Don The Idea Guy
Loving this idea -- will it work with cassettes?
Vincent Verweij
@dontheideaguy Most cassettes didn't have a barcode.
Don The Idea Guy
@vverweij Some do.
Vincent Verweij
@dontheideaguy If it has a barcode, there's a chance the app will find the album. We use an opensource database that also tracks cassette releases.
Taylor Banks
@dontheideaguy excellent choice for an example! :)
Barend
@vverweij - Vincent, what inspired you to build CD Scanner for Spotify? Do you own a lot of CDs yourself?
Vincent Verweij
@grooveplex A couple of hundred, yes. There's a defunct web service that used to offer this feature called Covify. They promised an iPhone app but never delivered. So I decided to build one myself.
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