the free version of Profiler doesnt limit the number of discs viewed online, but limits the size of the data which is viewed. There is no limit to the number or size on your local PC. The full version has no limit on the online side.

LOL! I also have an up-to-date picture for insurance reasons, but it works too for a catalog!

I would echo the comments made about ReaderWare (if you are not looking for an online cataloging system).

http://www.readerware.com/

DVDAf is the easiest to use IMHO... I also use Profiler, but it's my secondary program, a backup. I find that DVDAf has titles up quicker than Profiler.

shawagg: Most of us have a link in our signatures for our collections. Just go through this thread and click on em', you'll see all of the layouts for the available programs and that might help you to decide on what best suits you. My DVDAf list is linked below.

either Guzzle Fish, or DVD Aficionado, there both free, and work great!

I use DVD Profiler and an Access Database that I created four years ago...

Another vote for Notepad here.

Ok, currently using DVDTracker and more than feed up with the lack of updating of titles. So I'm shopping for a new program to use. I currently with DVDTracker use two different categories for tracking DVD's, Own and For Sale/Trade, to create two seperate databases for the movies I have.

According to posts, DVD Profiler, I see that exporting in *.cvs is available so you can do a backup of your collection. But I am attempting to find a program that will allow Importing of *.cvs data. Is there a way to do this with DVD Profiler, as atm I cannot find any feature like this on the freeprogram.

I have over 1600+ titles already on my DVDTracker account and would like to find a good pay program that I can Import the Title names, purchase date, and purchase price into. Any suggestions?

DVD Af allows you to import the titles from a CSV (or other text) file 300 at a time. DVD Spot allows you to import titles and UPCs (also 300 at a time I think) which made it really easy (via the XML export option in DVD Profiler) to copy my collection from Profiler to Spot. Guzzlefish (which I would not recommend to someone who didn't already have their DVDs in it due to the erratic service) allows you to bulk import via UPCs, so if you can get those into your CSV you're set there too.

As far as I know, DVD Profiler doesn't have a good way to import multiple titles at once (but I still like it the best).

Online: DVD Spot
Offline: Excel

Online:
- DVDProfiler - Most Robust
- DVDAficionado - Easiest to update, very reliable
- Guzzlefish - "Fun" stats

Offline:
- DVDProfiler - Lots of detail
- Excel Spreadsheet - Easiest to manipulate

I just started using DVD Spot - and they just upgraded their site. I'm really diggin' it.

DVDSpot and DVDAf are the only two that can import from a .csv file that I know of. Neither will import purchase date and price that I'm aware of but if you ask Croy on the DVDSpot forums he may be able to help you in that regard or consider adding it in the future.

DVDSpot has quickly become may favorite of the three to the point that I've stopped updating the others.

I'm been using this program also, along with the CD and book versions. The author is updating it consistently, and is quick with responses to problems and questions. The interface is somewhat ugly, but the program is nicely customizable and detailed. Barcode scanning is excellent, especially when you have lots of items (900+ DVDs). You can get a version to keep records on a Palm also, which has saved me from buying duplicates a number of times....

www.dvdaf.com

Excel works great for me.

The add DVD window allows you to add one or more (dont know the limit) DVDs at once by UPC, title or Disc-ID. The only thing you'd want to import into DVDProfiler is the UPCs for your discs, the rest of the information comes from a one time download from the online main database (that way you get the correct, user submitted, online data). Its really quicker than most here are making it sound to enter in your DVDs...

DVD Spot & DVDAf

Movie Collector from www.collectorz.com

To be blunt and brief - DVDSpot.com. For the wherefore and why, see below.

I put my DVD collection online for a couple reasons - First, so people doing birthday or Xmas shopping from afar can quickly ascertain if I have something or not, and second so friends can kill time at work or whatever figuring out what they'd like to watch with me or borrow from me.

My purpose in having an online collection never changed, but the service I use has changed several times. I started logging my collection at DVDtown.com, which I liked because of easy access to reviews and to Easter Eggs. However, the site was extremely clunky, and the reviews were pretty lousy, oftentimes. So I looked around, and found DVDAficionado.com - which was great - it had everything, was pretty easy to use, and let me add a few lines about titles I particularly liked. However, the service quickly became extremely uncomfortable for me. First, I stopped finding DVDs easily and quickly, and second, the site took an overwhelming political tone running banner ads saying "Let's Go to Iraq! Revenge for 9/11!" or some such nonsense. I am too thoughtful and too political to want to send potential gift-givers and others to a site with such ignorance and distaste prominently displayed. So I cancelled out, and have never looked back.

I then went to Guzzlefish.com, which had a number of strong points, particularly its statistics. However, as most here know, the boards over there are extremely juvenile, and they started having numerous problems - only some of which were evere repaired. One complaint I made in February last year has yet to be addressed! So when they began to get too ugly, I looked around, hoping to find something other than Profiler, which I just don't like the look/workings of, and found the new kid - DVDSpot.com.

DVDSpot has nearly everything I was looking for - easy, attractive-looking, I can add individual comments, and the discussion board is normally a fun and interesting place to hang out. And as previously mentioned, the sitemaster is extremely responsive to criticism, problems, suggestions, and new ideas. This week, DVDSpot was upgraded with new statistics, more flexibility in organizing my collection, and new search tools. I don't know that I rely on DVDSpot to be around forever, but I'm certain it's the best available database rightt now, with an easy-export to maintain my collection in case the site goes down (a la Gf). I've been able to catalog things into filtered lists with ease, and can make changes on-the-fly extremely quickly.

I don't usually link to my collection, but if you're curious about DVDSpot - though my collection doesn't use a lot of available bells and whistles at the moment, check out: http://www.dvdspot.com/list.php?memb...eus&list=owned

So in short, don't plan on setting your online collection up in one place and being happy for the rest of your days. But do check out the best service of the moment, DVDSpot.com. From the homepage, it seems new members are coming in at a quick pace. From the message boards, they seem happy.

Toumerane.

Okay . . . so I just added my collection into DVDSpot, too. I like it, but I still think DVD Profiler is my favorite. It is particularly nice when you have a CueCat.

You can do this in Profiler. It has private sort titles.

I've tried dvdaf and guzzlefish. I prefer Profiler by a miles.

get a couple of good Trapper Keepers!!

DVDAF is my favorite, but there are still quite a few things that it cannot do, which is why I still use DVD Profiler as well.

Yes, and I highly recommend DVD Profiler. I dump my collection into Excel (with retail prices) for insurance purposes every 2 months or so -- nice to have as a backup. I've used Profiler for about 3 years now, and it's gets better and more robust with each update.