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How do you catalog your DVD collection?
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23. October 2005 @ 08:29 |
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Right now I am at a stand still...... I have over 700 backups that need to be cataloged and sorted out and put in some kind of order and be able to retrieve a disk at will! So I was wondering how others are doing with their collections? http://www.isellsurplus.com/product.asp?ID=15604&C=10&S=-1
this is a carousel library type of collection keeper! does anyone else have something better than this? or do we just keep them alphabetically on shelves or in draws?
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23. October 2005 @ 12:33 |
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i keep my discs in 240-capacity binders which are fantastic but useless for finding stuff to watch. if i had the room i'd do what bbmayo did and either build a cabinet or use a cabinet with strong drawers and just keep the discs in cardboard sleeves with alphabetical dividers so the worst i'd have to to is search thru an alphabet letter for a film..
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23. October 2005 @ 13:52 |
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did you check out my thread on that carousel library..... you can string 127 of them each holding 150=19,050 DVDs in a library with instant access. what do you think about that?
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JaguarGod
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23. October 2005 @ 14:08 |
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If you are using those jewel cases, you can find small cd holders. I have one that must be about 1' x 1' that can hold about 250 of those.
You can also buy a shelf from a store and that will hold a lot of them too. It will cost a lot less than $375 dollars too.
Another method would be to build your own shelf. It will be better than anything you find at a store (other than high priced quality furniture) and will cost you a lot less.
All the experience you need you already have from eating. Just combine that knowledge with some common sense and you will be fine.
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23. October 2005 @ 15:00 |
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yeah i think bbmayos method is the way to go a chest of draws ,what you listed is just to much money but are nice there IHoe .i put mine in 256 count binders as i back them up in NO certain order so you have to have a good memory to remember where there are at
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sytyguy
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24. October 2005 @ 05:30 |
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I also keep mine in a 240 DVD/CD binders, and I keep them in chronological order of burning (only I know where certain movies are), but the main reason for the binders is we travel to our other homes, so these binders make it very easy to transport them.
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24. October 2005 @ 10:26 |
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I have sort of done what BBmayos has done:
I went to walmart and bought Plastic clear shoebox'es which where like $1 each. Perfect fit for DVD's. They came with lids to but well i cant rememeber what i did with them cause they dont fit ontop.
I have bought 6 of them and place the DVD's in paper sleeves and then in the Shoebox'es. I have over 700 DVD's and still only ussing 4 of the Shoebox'es. I soon will expand to the 6 I bought.
I use mailing labels and print out the names of each DVD onto the label and placed that on the paper sleeve's.
I then bought a role of kitchen cabnet/drawer cloth type stuff to lay in the bottem of the Shoe box contaners so the DVDs wont slide around.
I then alphibitized them and store the shoebox'es on a bookshelf. Cheap way to do it. I spent probably less then $30 to $40 bucks to do it.
Got everything at Wal-mart.
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S2K
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24. October 2005 @ 19:13 |
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I use cd binders (240 per) and dvd profiler. I simply place them in the numberical order of dvd profiler which is chronlogical from my adding to the database and corresponds to buring order. dvd profiler, whcih is free, can filter bygenre, apha, or anythign I want.
In addition to being free dvd profiler can update to a private web accessed front end so you can see your collection from any pc.
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S2K
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24. October 2005 @ 19:16 |
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I would add that a put kids dvd in slim dvd cases with cover rt since my kids watch dvd's over and over, while I watch a film maybe once or twice and kep them for guests.
DVD on hdd is now about $1.60 per film (4.5g average at $0.35 gb) when it gets down below a buck I am going to just keep them on hdd.
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olo_2003
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24. October 2005 @ 20:01 |
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..... I have over 700 backups that need to be cataloged.......
I've been using AntMovieCatalog for a long time & it works well.
It's free too. Read & DL from here: http://www.antp.be/software/moviecatalog
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24. October 2005 @ 21:51 |
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There's this thing, it's like a CD/DVD wall. You can see all your disc at once and it can fold up. I think you can fit something like 100 disc per sheet.
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olo_2003
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25. October 2005 @ 07:52 |
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wOw, I like that !,,, but what is it called, "this thing,... (that's) like a CD/DVD wall"
It'd look good hanging there with 100 well arranged, store-bought CDs/DVDs
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gear79
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25. October 2005 @ 12:07 |
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get you massive storage amounts by adding big hard drives, then load them all into them, then pull up when you want, and what you want, byt one of those media center networking drives.. saves space and time looking for it. but 700 movies is quite a lot, figure a few terabytes of space will do !
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26. October 2005 @ 08:46 |
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i use black metal racks. they each hold 240 full size dvds. i use full size cases i get delivered 100 for $25 bucks. then dload the covers to print out. as i add movie i use ms works and list by movie title main actor and year. i also do a sort on that list to put by actor listed a to z. our spare room is our storage area for movies,it's kinda like going to blockbuster. just my way of doing it. see ya
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26. October 2005 @ 13:05 |
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interested in "movie wall" as well
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26. October 2005 @ 14:12 |
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I've been trying to find this "Wall". The prob is that I'm pretty sure that's not the real name, so it's been a real b**** trying to google it.
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26. October 2005 @ 16:22 |
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26. October 2005 @ 16:37 |
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What I was talking about was a peice of fabric that could be folded up for storage, and was about 20 bucks a peice.
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olo_2003
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27. October 2005 @ 23:08 |
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Well now U got me going!. I was happy, and still am, with AMC but I'm gonna have to DL a slew other progs that also CATALOG the movie files. I already looked at DVD Profiler and am impressed! I really like the ~10MB database of 26 thousand movies. Since I only have a lil under 6000, that leaves 20,000 more to Rip/DL, or whatever. Getting other software titles soon & will get back if anything worthwile is in these offerings.
Also, mixed in with the cataloging question here and in another thread "DVD Collection Software" <---> http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/181089 , there seems to be some discussion of how to STORE the disks. Price is important to me. The 200+-capacity binders may be slightly more damaging to disks than the jewel cases but they consume much less space and are therefore cheaper to own. If the binders are handled gently, the disks won't suffer much. ~200 blank 4.3GB DVDs cost $80-100, a good binder is ~$25. The wear & tear on your PC is also worth something. Your time is worth what it is worth, and burning 200 DVDs takes a good amount of time! About 40 hours if u hurry!, more @ only 4x. You can store ~850GB in a binder. Spindles are a pain.
But!, RAID5 is the next step for me. WinXP can be easily hacked to enable software RAID5 just like Win2k3 Server and is easy to use (or you can just use W2k3). It works with PATA, SATA & SCSI Hard Drives, and i think it also works with 1394 & USB2 Hard Drives - but I have not tried these. (Search Toms Hardware for instructions) HDs in the 250-300GB range are going here for =>US$100.
4 300GB HDs currently cost ~$450. In a RAID5 array they will store ~850GB, depending on HD brand. A PCI or SATA HD controller will add a few more dollars if you need one.
This is almost ideal because the movie catalog software can handle direct links to the media files on HD.
RAID is essential !!! The though of losing a HD with 300GB of hard ripped media is horrifying!
These arrays can also be housed in otherwise obsolete PCs like your old PIII or Duron and be made available on a home LAN. with a decent PSU & PCI HD controller these old warhorses can handle 7 HDs each in RAID5 + one small BOOT/SYS HD. I have an old Asus P2B with 6 HDs that works just fine serving up media files. But this is only a lil over 1TB storage & i have 5TB+ files so i'll still be using DVDs for a long time.
Of course when "Star Wars" & "Raiders of the Lost Ark" are Re-Issued on 25GB+ HDVD or blue ray then the whole thing starts over.
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8. November 2005 @ 10:12 |
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Quote:
I already looked at DVD Profiler and am impressed! I really like the ~10MB database of 26 thousand movies. Since I only have a lil under 6000, that leaves 20,000 more to Rip/DL, or whatever.
Of course, you realize that you won't download movies with DVD Profiler (you can download information about the movies, not the movies themselves).
Well... I prefered to make it clear ;-)
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pkoontz
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8. November 2005 @ 11:01 |
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Okay, this is what I do for my 800+ DVD movies. I also made an excel spreadsheet with movie title, year the movie was made, rating, type (comedy, drama, sci-fi, animation and such). Very easy to update with the sort feature. I copy and paste into my word doc with 2 colums, print on both sides (86 movies to a page). I only update after every 86 movies, meanwhile I have a separate list containing up to the 86 movies and attach to our main list (I run a sort on this separate sheet as well). Sounds very confusing I know, but truly it?s not. That way hubby can find what he wants to watch without too much of a hassle and I can save on printing and ink.
I purchased the one that holds 510 total (hanging sleeves hold 2 movies each, one on the front and one on the back. I file them all in alpha order, use 2 cases for that and my 3rd case has TV seasons like Alias, Roots and such.
Of course I also have me 32, 64, 120, and 240 portable folders to take camping and/or visiting. Oh, one more thing, these cases have lids that lock and the movies do not slide around when you want to transport them.
Link for the cases I purchased
http://www.meritline.com/cd-wallet-storage-holder-500-dvds-above.html
Not as cost effective as a few of the above suggestions but portable and convenient, not to mention looks attractive as well. I chose the black one. Not to bad for a great-granny huh?
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sdifox
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8. November 2005 @ 18:52 |
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I went to Home Depot, picked up 2 4"x6'x1" and 14 1"x2"x4' and built me a 7 shelve rack. I had build another one since I ran out of room. I separated the stupid MGM paper case away from the plastic ones since I do not want to crush them. Other than that, it's alphabetical.
And my 1100+ DVDs are all LEGIT.
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olo_2003
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8. November 2005 @ 23:09 |
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re post by pkoontz & others about cataloging & storing movie disks.
I have a real problem with labeling disks with movie name.
Regardless of how one catalogs the disks in a PC,
Physically storing them in Alpha order is a bad solution. Disks should be labeled by number and indexed by the cataloging software.
The physical disk Alpha store works well for a while, but sometime around 1000 movies it gets difficult. By the time u have 2000 disks, it's out of hand and when u reach 3000 it's impossible. Several things go wrong.
One thing is that you run out of empty spaces to insert disks between other disks in order to maintain Alpha order. To fix this u need to move enough disks forward or back to make some space. Ppl who store disks in 200+ disk binders will feel the most pain here, but even spindle lovers will get pissed.
It's simply impossible to store DVDs with 4 to 6 Divx or Xvid movies each, by Alpha. ... unless it's something like Rocky 1,2,3,ad nausium.
Also, It's easy to misfile with the physical Alpha store. How do u store movies that begin with - the, a, an, le, el, etc,etc. Where do u store movies that begin with ordinals?..cardinals? or tricky homonyms?
... & will u remember all the little rules u must invent to accomodate all the tricky titles.
Once a disk is lost in a large Alpha store, u can usually kiss it good bye.
On the other hand, if u number the disks & let the software do the Alpha sorting & cataloging, all the above probs are lessened or eliminated.
First: U never need to create space between saved disks and binders. Just use the next number regardless of the name(s) of the new movie(s) on the new DVD-r.
Next: even if u can't remember a movie name u want to find in the collection, the catalog supports searches on any info in it's database! U can search by Title, actor, director, genre, etc. If u can't find something with all that power, then u prolly don't have it. Once u find what u want, just pull out the numbered disk ! Simple - & ur not fingering all the disks trying to locate a lost one..
Finally; - How to handle Data DVDs with several files should, by now be obvious, so i'll pass on insulting anyone by droning out that explanationm.
BTW, there's no reason why some writing cannot also be done on the disk, after it is given a number.
Movies are like legs, they're meant to be spread.
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10. November 2005 @ 10:24 |
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My 2 cents ....
After years of collecting dvd movies - started running out of space ... used to keep each one in its box and bought a new shelf as needed.
NOW - I box the original cases in the basement and store all my dvd's in the cd/dvd wallet cases - each holds about 200.
I dont bother trying to alphabetize ... I, (just as pkoontz) simply use an excel sheet to keep up with anything. Its the next best thing to using a real database (like Access - which I will be importing my info to sooner or later when I get a chance - only because Access has a better QUERY).
I just set up a formula for the first cell and copy and paste - it numbers itself. I have over 1000 dvd easily - so I cant always remember what I have when I am about to buy an older movie. I get on my Excel spreadsheet - Go to search function and ask it do I have ABC MOVIE.
If I want to look for some movies in alpha order its a simple click of a button.
Its just too easy this way.
PS - this makes it REAL EASY when you take the kids on a road trip and all we have to do is get the list - put them in some smaller dvd wallets - and leave!
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14. November 2005 @ 17:10 |
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AntMovieCatalog is great FREE cataloguing software. It is also open-source. If anyone is adept at scripting, I'd love to be able to get info from Movixo.com and SugarDVD.com...
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