V V V (Virtual Volumes View)

Welcome to VVV. VVV is an application that catalogs the content of removable volumes like CD and DVD disks for off-line searching. Folders and files can also be arranged in a single, virtual file system. Each folder of this virtual file system can contain files from many disks so you can arrange your data in a simple and logical way.

VVV also stores metadata information from MP3 files: author, title, album and so on.

It is possible to share the same catalog, stored in a network server, among Windows and Linux computers. The network server is simply a computer running a database server program. More info in the help file.

You can download VVV from Sourceforge.net.

VVV is available for Windows and for Linux. You can exchange catalogs between Windows and Linux computers, and you can connect Windows and Linux computer to the same (Windows or Linux) server. It should also be simple to create a Mac OSX version, but I do not have access to those computers. If anybody is interested in creating an OSX version I will be glad to help him.

VVV is very fast, even with very large catalogs. Data are stored in a relational database, designed to handle millions of rows, so retrieving your information will always be a quick task.

VVV can show the content of your disks in three different views.

• The first is the physical view, click here for a Windows screenshot. This view shows the content of each disk, you can navigate in the folders structure and see the files contained in each folder.
• The second is the virtual view, click here for a Linux screenshot. In this view everything is organized as a single virtual file system. You can create folders and you can assign physical volumes or folders to each virtual folder. You can assign the same file to more than one virtual folder, and each virtual folder can contain files that are stored in different disks. The virtual view is a powerful tool that will let you organize your data in a logical way: it will save you a lot of searches.
• The third is the search view, click here for a Windows screenshot. In this view you can search the catalog looking for files that meet your specification.

VVV does not change your operating system in any way: everything is contained in the installation folder so you can be sure that it will not cause problems to other applications or to the operating system itself.

You can click here to go to the VVV project pages at sourceforge.net.

Additional information:

• TODO list
• Version history
• How to build VVV

You can contact me at fsenore@ica-net.it