Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

Vyom

The Power of x480
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Kinda off-topic but what software do u guys use to manage your movie/DVD collection.?
I have a huge collection of movies and i am looking around for a software that i can use to manage it..

With the number of movies, we digitians try to collect, managing them is a must and very substantial problem. So I don't think, it should be off-topic.

For keeping an index of all the movies I have, I use a small and handy tool,
Cathy - an awesome media cataloging tool. Their are numerous advantages of Cathy, like,
  • Creates index of any DVD, in (literally) a blink of an eye.
  • Searching is even faster. Supports filters in search.
  • Completely portable.
  • Able to index even, complete hard drive.
Cathy - Download
 

R2K

In the Zone
^^
the software u suggested seems to be great but its actually and file indexing program
i am looking for software that displays the details abt the movies i have in the collection
 

Vyom

The Power of x480
Staff member
Admin
Well, actually, a file indexing program works for me greatly, since I can always look up the details about abt any movie on IMDB, by a single google search.
But I saw that coming...

I have tried a couple of "Movie Indexing" program myself, and would share their names and review in an hour or so. (cause now I cant seem to recall them).
 

Vyom

The Power of x480
Staff member
Admin
Thanks Rahim for helping me remember it. Yes, Griffith is one such tool.
But you can enter names of the movies manually, or import from a csv file. After that you can press a button to get information from IMDB. It is this process which is most time consuming. After you press the button, it can take upto 25 sec to fetch the list of movies which closely resembles the name you have entered. After selecting the movie which we desire, it can take upto another half a minute to get the info about that movie. Ya, this sucks, cause if you have a lot of movies, it can take many man hours.

Even after the info about the movie is done fetching, I dont know why, but it fails to update the year of the movie, and that too you have to enter manually.

Second tool which I then tried is, Coollector. www.softsea.com/review/Coollector.html
Which was a great software, as it is like having an offline backup of entire IMDB!

You can download Griffith and try other such softwares to manage your collection, from this page: www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-dvd-collection-software.htm, And give us your own verdict about which one is better in managing a large number of collection.

(Links posted inserting <dot> because I was unable to post them otherwise. If anybody can explain why this occurs sometimes, it would be appreciated.)
 
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R2K

In the Zone
Griffith - media collection manager
Griffith - Download

It gets all kind of details from IMDB and other sites.

Thanks Rahim for helping me remember it. Yes, Griffith is one such tool.
But you can enter names of the movies manually, or import from a csv file. After that you can press a button to get information from IMDB. It is this process which is most time consuming. After you press the button, it can take upto 25 sec to fetch the list of movies which closely resembles the name you have entered. After selecting the movie which we desire, it can take upto another half a minute to get the info about that movie. Ya, this sucks, cause if you have a lot of movies, it can take many man hours.

Even after the info about the movie is done fetching, I dont know why, but it fails to update the year of the movie, and that too you have to enter manually.

Second tool which I then tried is, Coollector. www <dot> softsea <dot> com/review/Coollector.html
Which was a great software, as it is like having an offline backup of entire IMDB!

You can download Griffith and try other such softwares to manage your collection, from this page: www <dot> techsupportalert <dot> com/best-free-dvd-collection-software.htm, And give us your own verdict about which one is better in managing a large number of collection.

(Links posted inserting <dot> because I was unable to post them otherwise. If anybody can explain why this occurs sometimes, it would be appreciated.)

Thank u Vineet369 and Rahim for the suggestions...I am gonna try Griffith and Coolector and see how it works out...:)
BTW i came across another software for movie indexing called EMDB..its features are pretty limited but i liked the book shelf view of the indexed dvd covers of movies:)
 

Flake

Linux User
I am using Personal Video Database for last 6 months. I have tried a lot of software earlier but none was perfect. PVD is good enough, better than other atleast. Just my opinion.
PVD Site said:
With Personal Video Database you can catalog your movie collection fast and easy. Thought-out user interface and different database management function make it easy to create and manage big movie databases. Powerful filtering, grouping and sorting help you find movies very fast.

The program is expandable with plugins. There are already plenty of plugins included with the installation that can help you retrieve movie information from different internet movie databases or other database formats.
 

vamsi_krishna

Human Spambot
Zeitgeist Moving Forward - 8.5/10

This needs no introduction. As all the documentaries in Zeitgeist saga, this one will strike the viewer pretty hard. And to make things more interesting.... It is a feature length documentary. It is roughly around 160 Minutes. Anyway, Highly Recommend.
 

sam9s

The High 5 Flyer
^^
the software u suggested seems to be great but its actually and file indexing program
i am looking for software that displays the details abt the movies i have in the collection

I prefer online cataloging rather than any media indexing application that fetches data from NET. Best online cataloging is usually based on IMDB and so all you do is enter the IMDB URL and the application fetches all the data in seconds ...... one such tool I discussed before was icheckmovies , but at that time they did not have the option to add anymovie you like, so searched more and landed with My Movies | The Movie Manager Based on IMDb | Home. Later after couple of months icheckmovies added the facility to add any movie. Now its awsome. All you need to do is rate a movie on IMDB so that it goes in your movie review history, when you have all the movies rated in your movie history, just copy past the URL of the list you have in IMDB and icheckmovies imports ALL the movies (if its already not there). If its already there then all you need to do is check it and it would be added to your database .....

I am almost rated my entire collection on IMDB, have imported 621 movies till now, still far to go ..... but pretty soon all my movies would be on the online database .....

BTW you can see the movies I have added till now here....

sam9s's checked movies - iCheckMovies.com

PS :: For a bit more comprehensive collection *www.tomrunia.nl works better
 
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a_medico

Chillum Baba
^^ The background score of Silent Hill takes the movie to another level.

Started watching The troll hunter, a Norwegian movie at 2am last night. The movie is somewhat like Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield. I guess I was too tired last night. So had to stop it in the middle, which I hate to do. Can't wait to get back to it, probably tonight. 7.7 rating looks a bit high to me. Still, the movie is worth a watch from what I have seen so far.
 

sam9s

The High 5 Flyer
^^ I was thinking to give the movie a try, but mixed comments on IMDB made me confused dispite of it having a very unexpected high 7.7 rating ...... complete and report how it went ........ Compare it with REC if you have to as Cloverfield and BWP both were just ok for me .....
 

abhidev

Human Spambot
^^ I was thinking to give the movie a try, but mixed comments on IMDB made me confused dispite of it having a very unexpected high 7.7 rating ...... complete and report how it went ........ Compare it with REC if you have to as Cloverfield and BWP both were just ok for me .....

I have not seen Rec....but Rec 2 was good too...
 

Vyom

The Power of x480
Staff member
Admin
I prefer online cataloging rather than any media indexing application that fetches data from NET. Best online cataloging is usually based on IMDB and so all you do is enter the IMDB URL and the application fetches all the data in seconds ...... one such tool I discussed before was icheckmovies

icheckmovies.com is awesome dude. Its like a social networking specially built for Movie buffs! :p One can easily keep track of all the movies they have seen or want to. The most fun aspect is to compare oneself with others on the site. And also, the site brags, that it can find my "neighbors", according to movie compatibility, a feature, which I have to test after I check all the movies I have seen. :doogone:

BUT, and this is the most important part, as far as we are talking about keeping track of the movies we have seen, its well and good, but this site, fails to take into account, the differentiation between "seen" and "collected" movie. :-|

In simple words, I can't mark a movie, as "Having this movie in my collection", unless and until, I only watch movie, after it's in my collection. But I may have seen it on a theater, or TV, and may not decide to collect it. For that we must have another catalog, which can keep the list of those.

But sans the above problem, icheckmovies is awesome, and I thank-you heartily to bring this to our notice! :clap2:

OK, My Movies | The Movie Manager Based on IMDb | Home is good, as far as keeping a "simple list of the movies we have in our collection" is concerned. And I can have it backuped, after creating the list which maybe used in any other tools, which I may find later. Thanks SAM9S again, having you here is a boon to this community. :-D
 
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Ethan_Hunt

Aspiring Novelist
^^ The background score of Silent Hill takes the movie to another level.
Not to mention the atmosphere that it creates for the whole spooky back-drop of the story.

Started watching The troll hunter, a Norwegian movie at 2am last night. The movie is somewhat like Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield. I guess I was too tired last night. So had to stop it in the middle, which I hate to do. Can't wait to get back to it, probably tonight. 7.7 rating looks a bit high to me. Still, the movie is worth a watch from what I have seen so far.
I wanted to catch up with it as well. I saw the trailer and it seemed mildly interesting. Let us know the final verdict.
 
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