I was looking last year for software to organize my extensive collection of movies (over 1,300) and most of the stuff I found was either old, not supported, or nothing more than a spreadsheet I could have done myself in Excel. I found some decent ones, but it took forever to add descriptions, pictures, etc or they were expensive. I read a review of All My Movies after Googling for a while and they had a free 30 day trial, so I downloaded it. I was surprised at how nice looked, and how easy it was to add movies from my media server. For example, you click add movie from file, find the movie you want to add, and it gets info from IMDB, Amazon.com, and DVDEmpire.com including MPAA ratings, descriptions, actors, directors, studios, the year it was made, the genre, and alot of other info. If you add a movie from your PC like I do, it also shows the resolution, length, audio and video stream information, the date you added it to your collection, etc. You can add them from barcodes, but I've never used that function.
I've only found one movie so far that it didn't get the info for automatically, and it was a foreign film, so I can't really blame them. When that happens, you can add info and screenshots manually from stuff on the web like I did, and it's easy to do.
Here's a screenshot from my collection
(I thought you all would like to see Stewie and Brian in real life.)
You can actually play videos from the program too, so it's kind of a good front end for my media server too. It's good for when you want to watch all of the movies in your collection starring Paris Hilton, just do a search for her name, and all of her blockbusters that you own will appear before your eyes. (All of the ones she's not 100% naked in at least.)
It has a feature for people that loan their movies so you can tell what's out and to whom, and you can print out your list in alot of different formats. (I have all of mine printed out in a binder so people can look through it and see what they want to borrow. :thumbsup:
Aside from the software, the guys at the company are great too. They answer emails directly (no Indian support techs you can't understand named Mike or Julie!) and are always willing to help with any problems. That's hard to get these days and I've appreciated it, that's one of the reasons I'm writing this review!
They also make a software organizer and a book organizer, I haven't tried those out, so I can't comment on them, but if they are as good as All My Movies and if I could read, I'd get it...
All My Movies is good in XP and Vista, and is updated for bugfixes and other features regularly.
Check out bolidesoft.com to get the trial and let me know what you think!
Other programs I recommend for movie lovers-
DVDFab
ConvertXToDVD
Cliffs: Read the whole post dummies.
I've only found one movie so far that it didn't get the info for automatically, and it was a foreign film, so I can't really blame them. When that happens, you can add info and screenshots manually from stuff on the web like I did, and it's easy to do.
Here's a screenshot from my collection
(I thought you all would like to see Stewie and Brian in real life.)
You can actually play videos from the program too, so it's kind of a good front end for my media server too. It's good for when you want to watch all of the movies in your collection starring Paris Hilton, just do a search for her name, and all of her blockbusters that you own will appear before your eyes. (All of the ones she's not 100% naked in at least.)
It has a feature for people that loan their movies so you can tell what's out and to whom, and you can print out your list in alot of different formats. (I have all of mine printed out in a binder so people can look through it and see what they want to borrow. :thumbsup:
Aside from the software, the guys at the company are great too. They answer emails directly (no Indian support techs you can't understand named Mike or Julie!) and are always willing to help with any problems. That's hard to get these days and I've appreciated it, that's one of the reasons I'm writing this review!
They also make a software organizer and a book organizer, I haven't tried those out, so I can't comment on them, but if they are as good as All My Movies and if I could read, I'd get it...
All My Movies is good in XP and Vista, and is updated for bugfixes and other features regularly.
Check out bolidesoft.com to get the trial and let me know what you think!
Other programs I recommend for movie lovers-
DVDFab
ConvertXToDVD
Cliffs: Read the whole post dummies.
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