Sending an iTunes song list from a Mac to a PC: How to?

A young friend of mine with a Mac has 160 songs in an iTunes library,
and wants to send me a list of them, i.e., title/artist. I myself use
a Win98 computer and am not familiar with Mac commands, software, etc.
And my Win98 system doesn't allow for iTunes, which requires Win2000
or Windows XP.

Can someone please suggest the easiest method of simply sending me an
iTunes song list? Am guessing that the list can be attached to e-mail
and sent that way, but my friend needs to be informed as to how to do
it, step by step.

Thanks very much in advance.

 

So you're just interested in the data about the songs, not the actual songs?

In that case there are several ways to do this.

COPY & PASTE METHOD
First, in iTunes arrange the view in the manner you want the data to display
and what data you want to show. You can show/copy any combination of:
Album, Artist, Beats per Minute, Bit Rate, Comment, Composer, Date Added,
Date Modified, Disc Number, Equalizer, Genre, Grouping, Kind, Last Played,
My Rating, Play Count, Sample Rate, Size, Time, Track Number and Year.

Once you have your library or playlist displayed in the manner you want,
simply do a Command-A to select all (or go to Edit->Select All) and then do
a Command-C (or go to Edit->Copy).

You can then paste this in any app that you can paste text into. The best
app to paste into is probably Microsoft Excel. This is because it will
automatically paste each field into a proper cell and your spreadsheet will
be nicely organized.

EXPORT
If you go to the file menu in iTunes, you'll see that you can export your
playlist or entire library as XML. You can also export a playlist or entire
library as text (.txt).

The problem with an export is that it exports all the data, not just the
fields you choose and in the order your choose them, but with only 160
songs, it should be very easy to cut fields you don't want or sort
them...Excel should import the .txt file just fine.

Hope this helps.

 

I just found out that my young friend does not have a Mac after all,
but rather, is using Windows XP.

I appreciate very much the suggestions already offered. Can someone
please explain the appropriate procedure for transferring the song
list (not the actual songs) from a Windows XP computer to a Windows 98
computer?

Thank very much for everyone's help.

-fan

P.S. I realize that the query now doesn't involve a Mac at all. If
there is a more appropriate newsgroup into which this should be
posted, please let me know.

 

I appreciate very much the suggestions already offered. Can someone

Go through the menu items. There is an export feature that has some
options. One of them should suit your needs.