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DVD Cataloging Software

Posted by on Mar 5, 2006 | 13 Comments

A topic I see frequently is the subject of movie cataloging. How can catalog my movies? What’s the best application for cataloging my movies? Where can I find movie cataloging software? The list goes on and on.

There’s no perfect answer to this problem because everyone’s needs are slightly different. There are a number of apps with a solid feature set capable of address this problem without too much difficulty. Mac users are already familiar with the particularly wonderful app Delicious Library.

Windows users get more choices, but none quite lives up to Delicious, although a few come close. I’m partial to Movie Collector because it does the best job at handling foreign language titles I enjoy and inputs movie info via barcode. The closest thing to Delicious Library for Windows users is MediaMan, which handles barcode data elegantly and just plain looks good. EMDB is probably your best bet if you are simply looking for a free tool to catalog movies. It’s feature set isn’t on par with Movie Collector or MediaMan, but it is free. A less elegant solution, Media Catalog Studio handles both audio and video files, with more emphasis on digital media rather than shiny disks.

  • http://www.antp.be/software/moviecatalog/ John

    Another tip for windows users is Ant Movie catalog, recently updated for vista.
    http://www.antp.be/software/moviecatalog/

  • http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/File-CD-DVD-Catalog/The-Vintage-Collector-s-Catalogue.shtml JBob

    The Vintage Collector’s Catalogue is more versatile and also free:

    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/File-CD-DVD-Catalog/The-Vintage-Collector-s-Catalogue.shtml

  • Maxic

    I prefer to use All My Movies for PC and Delicious Library for Mac.
    http://www.bolidesoft.com/allmymovies.html

  • oddsbodkins

    I have been using Ant for a considerable time now, and have always found it to be excellent. There was a problem with scripting for on-line info at one stage but that seems to have been cured (I suspect an Idmn change in format was responsible)!

  • http://www.hqvideo.biz Tobeus

    I recommend Camel Disc Catalog – http://www.cameldisc.com
    It is not just for movies, but for disks at all. It handles many media formats like avi, mkv, mp3, mp4, ogg and others. And also suitable for books, photos, manuals (almost all formats from jpeg and tiff to pdf and dejavu).

  • Tobias

    I prefer Camel Disc Catalog – as I have not only DVD movies, but many disks in MKV format.

    http://www.cameldisc.com

  • http://www.waxey.com bbhank

    Looking for a program that can catalog non-commercial DVDs, those that do not have DVDDB entries and/or are home made.

  • http://www.DVDCorral.com DVD Catalog

    With a good Online Catalog, PC and Mac users can all use it. Checkout this Online DVD Catalog which allows you to organize an entire collection online for free.

    DVDCorral.com features a free public user page and the ability to track who has borrowed a disc. It also has a handy import feature so you don’t have to re-enter all your movies if you’re already using another cataloging system.

  • Mike

    The products from Collectorz.com just get better and better. They offer for books, CDs, DVDs, MP3s, comics, games. and work in a consistent way. You can use a scanner to read in bar-codes.

    An added advantage for movie colector is that it is hypertext linked to the relevant IMDB record.

  • Eline

    I use Movienizer – it’s easy to use, has many interesting and useful features and is free!

    http://movienizer.com/

  • John

    Well everything considered there is really no program that does the job completely. It would seem after all these years someone would have come out with a decent program that covers all the bases but in truth that is not the case. While ant is good to start with it is sorely lacking in many needed features and has not been updates since 2/2009, and collector only allows the use of it’s database which makes it useless. Extreme is good but can be buggy and its gui needs work on simplicity. If anyone should come across a compete program that does the job please post.

  • Nikkoss

    I think that Movienizer can do the job completely. It’s really a decent full-featured movie organizer. This program automatically downloads information about movies and artists from databases like IMDb.com., Amazon.com and others.Recently, new version of this program have been released. Now it has even more useful functions.

    http://www.movienizer.com

  • Mike

    I agree with John. There is not one program free or commercial that has got it completely right yet. Some are very buggy and unreliable, some lack the needed features for a complete database. And the ones that only allow you to use their online database are in my opinion a joke! I hope someday someone will come out with one that truly does the job. Oh and I really love the programs that force you to update to a newer version or else you cannot continue to use the program you paid for.