This is particularly useful when you have a collection as large as mine (over 1200 DVDs) and have friends who tend to "borrow" things and 'forget' to return them. You can manage the loans at any time with the click of a button and the database entry for the title will now display who has loaned it, when it was loaned and when it is due to be returned, all of which becomes another searchable field. When an item is loaned the return date can be set and the title is associated to the person who loaned it. Just like a video store, everyone that borrows DVDs from your collection can be given a card in the program which is associated to any titles they loan.
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In saying this, it isn't too big a problem and may well be eliminated on a high-end PC.Īnother great feature of this software is the loan management. We found that this view runs well but when you have more than 1000 titles in your collection it does tend to slow down a little while attempting to load all the images. The default view is a list of everything in your current collection on the left and the database entry on the right including all the information and images associated with it - however the left pane can be changed to display the thumbnail images and titles of every film in your collection. The interface is rather attractive and simple to use with large icons, each clearly stating their function. However, like any database, it only works as well as the information that is entered into it, so if Spielberg is entered as "Speilberg", (a very common error), not all of these films will be displayed. This is extremely useful and works perfectly. If you want to find out how many Spielberg films you have in your collection it will return not only films directed by Spielberg like E.T or Saving Private Ryan but will also list films that Spielberg was involved with like Land Before Time (Producer) or The Blues Brothers (Actor). Once your collection is all entered you can search it via any field, sort via any field including actor and director searches.
On average, it takes about 30 seconds to make an entry but this can be extended depending on the ping times to the source sites. All this information is then collated and entered into an attractive form and saved in the database. Even Images are downloaded for the front and back cover of the movie.
Then you simply choose which ones match the title you are attempting to enter and product information will be downloaded from those sites such as cast, director, synopsis, DVD features, imdb rating and many other fields. Once you choose how many of these sites for the program to search, it searches the product information for all of the sites and displays possible hits. Then you simply click next and the program gives you an option of about 15 information sources to choose from including websites like Internet Movie Database, Amazon and DVD Empire. To enter a DVD or movie into the collection all you have to do is either enter the name or barcode of the film into the GUI either via the keyboard or with a barcode scanner. While that isn't anything new or intuitive, the automated entries that make it something unique and incredibly useful. Movie Collector is essentially a database of movie collection information. The days of wondering who you lent what DVD and whether they gave it back are over - thanks to and their Movie Collector 4.8 software. Film geeks of the world rejoice, your 1000+ DVD collection is about to finally become manageable.
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