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article published on 16 November, 2009
The emergence of the DVD as a primary source of home entertainment coupled with the introduction of analog video capture and digital TV has made it common for consumers to own hundreds (or even more than a thousand) movies.
That, in turn, has created a market for software to catalog those collections with. Many people want a convenient way to keep track of what they own. Some are also ... [ read the full article ]
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16. November 2009 @ 12:02 |
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This is real cool article.
but nowadays people don't just own movies they "OWN" em! ;)
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emugamer
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16. November 2009 @ 12:23 |
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Thanks! Very helpful!
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domie
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16. November 2009 @ 14:53 |
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DVDs ? weren't they kind of popular about 9 or 10 years ago ? :P
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16. November 2009 @ 15:13 |
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i still like EMDB i have over 700 movies listed in it and never a problem .. it is Freeware but i gave $10 :)
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emugamer
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16. November 2009 @ 16:14 |
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I really want to see Ant Movie Catolog go to work on my mkv hard drives!
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16. November 2009 @ 21:20 |
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I've used Ant movie catalog before moving over to Dvd Profiler, which I find much better for me for what I use it for.
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17. November 2009 @ 07:37 |
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Originally posted by domie:
DVDs ? weren't they kind of popular about 9 or 10 years ago ? :P
They still are. And most of these programs allow you to catalog not just DVD's but also HDDVD and Blu-rays.
I used to use Movie Collector all the time and in its own right, it's a good cataloging software.
Now I moved over to DVD Profiler and haven't looked back. It has more features (including actor & crew cross-linking) and I feel the online portion is better too. The only thing lacking for now is an iPhone app but that's on the way.
Currently testing out version 3.6 Beta and it adds a lot of user-requested features, including the split between audio codec & number of channels, as well as improved actor/crew features.
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emugamer
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17. November 2009 @ 10:22 |
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Originally posted by domie:
DVDs ? weren't they kind of popular about 9 or 10 years ago ? :P
They still are. And most of these programs allow you to catalog not just DVD's but also HDDVD and Blu-rays.
I used to use Movie Collector all the time and in its own right, it's a good cataloging software.
Now I moved over to DVD Profiler and haven't looked back. It has more features (including actor & crew cross-linking) and I feel the online portion is better too. The only thing lacking for now is an iPhone app but that's on the way.
Currently testing out version 3.6 Beta and it adds a lot of user-requested features, including the split between audio codec & number of channels, as well as improved actor/crew features.
Does DVD profiler catalog video files? - AVI, MP4, and MKV?
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17. November 2009 @ 13:18 |
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Does DVD profiler catalog video files? - AVI, MP4, and MKV?
Only if you're okay with listing them as DVDs (or Blu-ray discs or HD DVDs).
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The most glaring issue is its emphasis on disc-based formats like DVD and Blu-ray. DVD Profiler isn't intended for cataloging your AVI, MP4, or other standard video files.
Although you can certainly add movies as though they were a DVD release, the software can't read and recognize video files to add them automatically. Nor does it have some of the information, like file format, hard drive location, and container/codec, you might want for such files.
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17. November 2009 @ 14:59 |
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Does DVD profiler catalog video files? - AVI, MP4, and MKV?
Only if you're okay with listing them as DVDs (or Blu-ray discs or HD DVDs).
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The most glaring issue is its emphasis on disc-based formats like DVD and Blu-ray. DVD Profiler isn't intended for cataloging your AVI, MP4, or other standard video files.
Although you can certainly add movies as though they were a DVD release, the software can't read and recognize video files to add them automatically. Nor does it have some of the information, like file format, hard drive location, and container/codec, you might want for such files.
Ahh....missed that. Thanks!
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17. November 2009 @ 17:41 |
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No problem :)
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19. November 2009 @ 08:18 |
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Very informative article.
Great job vurbal!
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19. November 2009 @ 08:26 |
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Thank you.
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Rafter242
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19. November 2009 @ 09:42 |
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I have been using DVD Profiler for years with thousands of DVDs and it works great.
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19. November 2009 @ 10:48 |
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Hmmmmmmmm. . . .I started collecting/copying/recording/ripping films/TV programmes/DVD's/AVI/wmv/Torrents about 3 years ago and now have about 3000 items to boast of. My DIY solution was to use the Works database prog to list every entry and this has been OK to date. Each "Genre" has its own database. I dont feel the need to list all the minutiae of every entry - just:
Title/Stars/Genre/year/Certificate/duration and this will fit on a line.
I keep an "Additions" file of course and use this to update the main Genre Records every 3 months, otherwise the fag of printing gets too much. The people who use my catalogue are OAP's like me, or under 20, being grandchildren/young relatives. If someone at the pub is anxious for the latest motorcycling DVD or anything else it helps to be able to bring along a couple of sheets of A4 to show them what are the options. I now find this a most excellent time consuming hobby as for >14 years I have been confined to a wheelchair - double leg amputation. I stay happy and occupied Brian
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19. November 2009 @ 10:58 |
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Originally posted by domie:
DVDs ? weren't they kind of popular about 9 or 10 years ago ? :P
They still are. And most of these programs allow you to catalog not just DVD's but also HDDVD and Blu-rays.
I used to use Movie Collector all the time and in its own right, it's a good cataloging software.
Now I moved over to DVD Profiler and haven't looked back. It has more features (including actor & crew cross-linking) and I feel the online portion is better too. The only thing lacking for now is an iPhone app but that's on the way.
Currently testing out version 3.6 Beta and it adds a lot of user-requested features, including the split between audio codec & number of channels, as well as improved actor/crew features.
I use Movie Collector and haven't upgraded to version 6 as I didn't like the lack of database search sites in that version. Maybe it is time to look at DVD Profiler instead.
Once again Rich you did a very good job and took a lot of time laying this out for us all, GREAT WORK!!!
Most people may not relize the time one has to invest to do such a good job but I do.
Thanks....
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sharee100
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19. November 2009 @ 13:20 |
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Years ago I created my own spreadsheet, but stopped because it was too time consuming. After reading this article, I downloaded Ant Movie Catalog. I created 2 files: one for movies and one for TV series, all AVI. I am using IMDB for my info. If I can't find the series/episode info using the search, I go to IMDB, do a manual search, and copy and paste. I've only used the AMC software for about 2 hours and it seems to do what I need: create a list and a way to view/print the list. I am copying my DVDs to my computer and haven't figured out if there is a way to automatically add the DVD info to AMC when I copy the DVD to my computer. Is there? Before I do too much work on AMC, would one of the other programs be better (I am converting my DVDs to AVI)?
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19. November 2009 @ 17:25 |
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Originally posted by sharee100:
Years ago I created my own spreadsheet, but stopped because it was too time consuming. After reading this article, I downloaded Ant Movie Catalog. I created 2 files: one for movies and one for TV series, all AVI. I am using IMDB for my info. If I can't find the series/episode info using the search, I go to IMDB, do a manual search, and copy and paste. I've only used the AMC software for about 2 hours and it seems to do what I need: create a list and a way to view/print the list. I am copying my DVDs to my computer and haven't figured out if there is a way to automatically add the DVD info to AMC when I copy the DVD to my computer. Is there? Before I do too much work on AMC, would one of the other programs be better (I am converting my DVDs to AVI)?
If you want something similar to AMC but with better search capabilities you should give All My Movies a try. I personally prefer Movie Collector Pro because of the level of detail. The standard version is also nice but if you want the reports and exports it won't do the job.
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19. November 2009 @ 20:14 |
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Great article. Man, the time I could spend keeping track of my movies that I bought with software that was described in the article.
Something I'll have to look at after the New Year.
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pmshah
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23. November 2009 @ 11:12 |
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I don't know about all these fancy gui software but I am VERY happy with an old timer called Cathy. I can find absolutely any movie in what ever container it may be within a few seconds.
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24. November 2009 @ 04:15 |
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Oh man! I wish i had thought to look for something like this years ago - before my excel sheet got so big. Can anyone recommend which one would import from excel? I really don't want to enter over 1000 records - and thats just the movies...Does Ant Movies import from excel?
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24. November 2009 @ 04:29 |
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Originally posted by vickys:
Oh man! I wish i had thought to look for something like this years ago - before my excel sheet got so big. Can anyone recommend which one would import from excel? I really don't want to enter over 1000 records - and thats just the movies...Does Ant Movies import from excel?
It doesn't read XLS files, but it can import from CSV files, which Excel can save to.
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