Any other software/labeling systems recommendations?
I use Sure Thing Deluxe v4. I bought it because I got sick of being tied to various software for various manufacturers label stock with the free software you get in the packet, and I was too lazy to mess around creating custom templates.
Its pretty full featured, although I use very few of them. I dont bother too much with multicoloured designs for my labels.
Its pretty flexible as far as getting playlist data onto the label. It will read playlist info from CD-TEXT, CDDB (or somesuch internet lookup service), a playlist m3u file, mp3 files on a CD, or seemingly pick playlists straight from Windows Media Player (not tried this cos of course I dont use WMP
). For a data CD it'll pick up playlists from a directory file list. Of course you can just type stuff in.
However the playlist fields are limited to name, artist, album, playtime, filename, track # - basic stuff. I dont think it will read any other mp3 tag data, or other MC library fields. Cover art, if not stored within files, can obviously be used in the label design.
Oh yeah, STv4 came in a nice box with a little plastic gizmo to help you apply the label to the CD. It seems to work OK.
Overall, I reckon its pretty good, and suits my purposes, although a lot of its design features are overkill for my use. Id recommend it, but Ive not tried anything else in detail. Interestingly though, looking at the MC labeller it too doesnt seem to allow you to use all MC library fields, which might be a killer feature. MC labeller
is basic compared to Sure Thing, but I reckon it probably does the job if you dont want fancy features.
Hope this helps.