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Microsoft Excel for LP, CD, Tape inventory?

Do a lot of people use these spreadsheet type programs that are (or have been in the past) included in software packages that come with home computers for this purpose? What are the downsides to using this type of computer program for a music media database? We recently catalogued a ton of old VHS tapes going into attic storage with this program on my wife's laptop and it seemed like a natural for this application without having to go out and purchase another software pkg. Thought I'd better ask around though as I'm no computer science major and wouldn't want to wind up with something that might delete 20 or 30 hours worth of keyboarding if someone sneezed the wrong way!...
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ssmaudio
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@fmoyer1212, I had the same problem. This is a workaround, not a solution.  I ripped all my CDs and let Roon go at them. Roon’s database is the best I’ve seen, especially for classical.  And it lets you search by composer, artist, label, year and just about anything else. 
This doesn’t work for an LP collection particularly, and I just have up on my LPs. 
You’d think that by 2021 you’d have better databases that allow translation like you want. Unfortunately Roon still doesn’t do that. 
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