How do you track your DVDs?

[Doug917]

Hello,

I am getting ready to create a list of all the DVDs I own and want to know what software everyone is using to do this. I have a very outdated Excel file, but would like something much more robust. Has anyone written any database programs for this purpose they are willing to share? I have used DVD Tracker and the likes in the past but have been out of the loop in this matter lately. Something with barcode scanning would be awesome, as I have many titles to enter. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Tom Andry]

I would be happy to build you a customized Access Database for that exact purpose...........for a nominal fee of course

 

[Doug917]

mrnomas,

Thanks for the offer. I could build an Access database as well, but I figure there has to be a program out there many are alreading using or one someone has already built. I honestly don't know if an individual would build something as robust as I would like. They would have to have a lot of free time on their hands. I have somehting such as DVD Profiler in mind as a starting point. Surely, I'm not the only one wanting to catalogue my DVD's. I don't think Access alone could create anything on the scale I am looking for. Once again, thanks for the offer and I'll keep it in mind.

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

I was cataloging mine using Access and my wife came by and asked what I was doing. I said, "Cataloging our DVDs." She said, "Why?"

And I couldn't come up with one good reason, so I stopped.

 

[JohnA]

I was cataloging mine using Access and my wife came by and asked what I was doing. I said, "Cataloging our DVDs." She said, "Why?"

And I couldn't come up with one good reason, so I stopped.

...because I can.

 

[Doug917]

I need to catalog mine as I will go to the store and see something on sale, buy it, and come to find out I already have it at home. I think I have around 1200-1500 DVDs. Knowing if I have a newer title is not much of a problem, but the older movies that have been out for a while are the ones that get me in trouble. I always have to think "I know I wanted to buy that DVD; did I buy it or not." Not to mention, if there was ever a fire or anything, I would have a list for the insurance company.

 

[JohnA]

Something like this?

http://www.readerware.com/refervw1.html?AG2

 

[Doug917]

JohnA,

That's the type of thing I have in mind. Do you have any experience with this product? I'd like to find someone who has used this program or one like it so I can find out about any caveats.

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

I need to catalog mine as I will go to the store and see something on sale, buy it, and come to find out I already have it at home. I think I have around 1200-1500 DVDs. Knowing if I have a newer title is not much of a problem, but the older movies that have been out for a while are the ones that get me in trouble. I always have to think "I know I wanted to buy that DVD; did I buy it or not." Not to mention, if there was ever a fire or anything, I would have a list for the insurance company.

So do you carry this catalog around with you whenever you happen to be at a store?

I guess since I was BC (before computer) we didn't catalog our thousands of albums, we just gave an estimate.

 

[saurabh]

I would definitely like one which can replicate with my pocket pc so that I can carry the list along to the store to aviod duplicate buys. But moreso I think cataloging will help for a person like you in terms of the housekeeping just like a book library so that you know in which shelf exactly the DVD is kept for quick retrieval and to group them under classics, War, Action etc. The real problem that I face is when I lend it to my friends and forget which one I had given to whom.

Any application catering to these issues would be my preference.

 

[ruadmaa]

Tracking DVD's

Hello,

I am getting ready to create a list of all the DVDs I own and want to know what software everyone is using to do this. I have a very outdated Excel file, but would like something much more robust. Has anyone written any database programs for this purpose they are willing to share? I have used DVD Tracker and the likes in the past but have been out of the loop in this matter lately. Something with barcode scanning would be awesome, as I have many titles to enter. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Go to Google and do a search for a program called "Movie Track". It is an excellent database program for all your DVD's and best of all it's free.

 

[Catdaddy]

Holy crap.

1200 - 1500. 8)

Ive got around 600 or so, and that includes about 60 Dragonball Zs, and I feel llike ive got some crappy movies in there, and Ive been collecting DVDs since the late 90s .. after I stopped collecting LDs which I started collecting in the early 90s.

I thought about a movie database as well .. but for some reason at around 600 I seem to know which ones I already have ot not everytime I buy a new one. Probably has to do with the fact I only buy new ones, now.

 

[Doug917]

I found and downloaded this one last night:

http://www.collectorz.com/movie/dvd_catalog.php?from=overture&keyword=dvd_catalog_software

I played with it and the one JohnA listed and prefered this one. It feels smoother and looks a little cleaner. These programs have came a long way since DVD Profiler. I know the one above will export to a palm, html, xml, or a text file. I'm going to play with it a little longer, then may take the plunge at around $30 (one lifetime fee).

 

[JohnA]

JohnA,

That's the type of thing I have in mind. Do you have any experience with this product? I'd like to find someone who has used this program or one like it so I can find out about any caveats.

Sorry, I don't have any experience with it, and I'm also a MAC user. Plus I'll be ripping all my DVD's so a program like that wouldn't do me any good

 

[jrfuda]

I have the collectorz.com product, and have used it for several years. It's probably the best pure-cataloging software there is, but it's limited in that all you can do with it is catalog.

What I REALLY use is DVDLobby, which is part of the MainLobby suite (PC only, available here: http://www.cinemaronline.com ). The beuaty of DVDLobby is that, like Movie Collector, it loads all the movie info via an internet search. The great thing about it is that it can be used to control a DVDChanger, ZoomPlayer, or TheaterTek. I personnally store most of my DVDs on a Sony DVP-CX777ES 400 disc changer, and store shorter ones (kids movies and such that are less than 1 hour in length) on a HDD for playback via ZoomPlayer. With this setup, I can browse my collection and select movies to play seemlessly. For HDD-based playback you can very easily add multiroom capability (can too with the changer, but you'l have to play the same movie in every room). Unforuneately, DVDLObby's cataloging capabilities are not as robust as Movie Collector, but it's still evolving.

If you ONLY want to catalog you movies, get Movie Collector (or DVD Profiler as an alternative)

If you want to catalog your movies so you can play them back via a PC/Touchscreen interface, then get DVDLobby (DVDLobby can also import data from DVD Profiler).

 

[claudermilk]

I've been playing with the Open Media Lending Database. Web, based, free at sourceforge and it uses Amazon, IMDB, etc. to grab most of the information to enter. The coolest thing is it will trach multiple media types and you can define your own and/or modify what's already there if you want.

 

[korgoth]

nevermind...

 

[korgoth]

yeah i used dvd profiler, it has all the dvd info ready, so you only need to =type in the first few letters.

but the free version kind of sucked, so i stopped updating mine.

 

[3beanlimit]

I found and downloaded this one last night:

http://www.collectorz.com/movie/dvd_catalog.php?from=overture&keyword=dvd_catalog_software

I played with it and the one JohnA listed and prefered this one. It feels smoother and looks a little cleaner. These programs have came a long way since DVD Profiler. I know the one above will export to a palm, html, xml, or a text file. I'm going to play with it a little longer, then may take the plunge at around $30 (one lifetime fee).

QFT, this program rocks!

I also use the Music one for CD's and LP's. Killer program.

 

[Doug917]

For those of you that use movie collector... is there a way to enter a large quantity of DVDs at once and then update them all. I really like the program but have over a thousand DVDs to enter and have not found a way to do it as quick as I would like. I have been using the "Add movie by searching info sources" option and while it would be very quick for adding up to about 10 DVDs at a time, I am trying to find a faster way where you can add all the names or barcodes, then pull sown the information for all the titles instead of pulling the info for one title at a time before you can go to the next title. Any advice is greatly appreciated.