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Originally Posted by pridesticks06
(Post 8972049)
Same here. I may eventually get everything up on DVDAF, but for now I think I'm just going to take that Excel file and add onto it and do offline categorizing as my main for now on. Sucks.
Definitely sucks. I think I am going to do the same thing. |
Bah, was so happy I stumbled upon DVDSpot a few months ago. Fell in-love and was so happy, since nothing else out there comes close.
Now it's closing, and still nothing else comes close. DVDAF blows, and DVD Profiler is an offline Windows app. I want and need full online functionality, OS-agnostic. |
Originally Posted by Salo
(Post 8976195)
Yeah, I have no idea either. I just remember when Ford was going to nix the Mustang, a bunch of people raised a stink and Ford revived the program.
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Originally Posted by kefrank
(Post 8976100)
I downloaded Libra and played around with it last night. It has some quirks, but it's decent.
It uses Amazon as its database, so it pulls in Amazon images, which unfortunately, are not uniform (sometimes it's a 3d view of the case, sometimes the 2d front cover, sometimes there are discs coming out...etc). On the upside, it's easy to manually change the cover art that is displayed for an entry in your library. The import function isn't perfect - I exported my DVDSpot collection to .csv and imported into Libra as plain text and it got about 180 of my ~200 titles. I think most of the ones it missed didn't have a UPC, are pretty rare, or are from region 2. I got started adding each title that the import missed and it went pretty smoothly. The region 2 titles are easy enough to add by selecting the Amazon UK database instead of Amazon US and I haven't run into any titles yet that don't exist in the database. The included skins are all ugly in my opinion. Thankfully, the .xml files that define the skins are well-commented, making it extremely easy to make your own skin and customize the look. I like that a lot. I really like the other modularity that they put into the program too...you can create tags and filter by the tags, you can enter free text custom information for each DVD, zoom the view of your library, etc. I haven't explored every one of the features, but I'm impressed with what I've seen so far. The program crashed on me once, when I added the 300 HD DVD to my library, so stability might be an issue, but that's not too surprising, as I don't think it is even to version 1.0 yet. All-in-all, this is a great application with a lot of potential that will only get better as the kinks get worked out. |
It sucks that the site is going away. But it is. For those interested in the statistics it offered, there is a plug-in available for DVD Profiler that supplies all the same stats and a whole lot more. I also heard rumors that there might be another plug-in soon to import DVD Spot collections so people don't have to start from scratch.
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Yeah, this sucks. I use DVDAF, but I liked all the stats that DVD Spot offered. It also helped me keep track of which DVDs I've watched and which I hadn't.
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Originally Posted by MEJHarrison
(Post 8977221)
I also heard rumors that there might be another plug-in soon to import DVD Spot collections so people don't have to start from scratch.
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I'm not reading through this entire thread for the answer, if the question was asked, so why are they closing down, other than the vague reason on the home page?
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Originally Posted by The Infidel
(Post 8977470)
I'm not reading through this entire thread for the answer, if the question was asked, so why are they closing down, other than the vague reason on the home page?
I think CNET (or CBS their mother company) has more interest in bigger retail sites and couldn't be bothered by the site anymore. |
Originally Posted by DeputyDave
(Post 8975385)
The founder of LibraryThing said in the new bulletpointreview.com forum (basicly the DVDSpot refugee forum) that he was trying to see if he could take DVDSpot over. I don't know how realistic that is or what kind of help he might need, but it could be a (small, dim) ray of hope.
http://http://www.bulletpointreview.....php?f=2&t=136 It appears Google gets their book info from Barnes & Noble, rather than Amazon. It would probably be easier to search DVD info from B&N since they list the UPC of their product. |
Originally Posted by klandersen
(Post 8977785)
Nobody seems to know for sure other than it is some sort of big corporate decision.
I think CNET (or CBS their mother company) has more interest in bigger retail sites and couldn't be bothered by the site anymore. A site like DVDspot with all the bandwidth it used, must have cost thousands of $ per month. There are basically no ads, so the only income was referral links, which must have generated less $ than the monthly fees. I imagine. |
Originally Posted by kefrank
(Post 8976100)
I downloaded Libra and played around with it last night. It has some quirks, but it's decent.
It uses Amazon as its database, so it pulls in Amazon images, which unfortunately, are not uniform (sometimes it's a 3d view of the case, sometimes the 2d front cover, sometimes there are discs coming out...etc). On the upside, it's easy to manually change the cover art that is displayed for an entry in your library. The import function isn't perfect - I exported my DVDSpot collection to .csv and imported into Libra as plain text and it got about 180 of my ~200 titles. I think most of the ones it missed didn't have a UPC, are pretty rare, or are from region 2. I got started adding each title that the import missed and it went pretty smoothly. The region 2 titles are easy enough to add by selecting the Amazon UK database instead of Amazon US and I haven't run into any titles yet that don't exist in the database. The included skins are all ugly in my opinion. Thankfully, the .xml files that define the skins are well-commented, making it extremely easy to make your own skin and customize the look. I like that a lot. I really like the other modularity that they put into the program too...you can create tags and filter by the tags, you can enter free text custom information for each DVD, zoom the view of your library, etc. I haven't explored every one of the features, but I'm impressed with what I've seen so far. The program crashed on me once, when I added the 300 HD DVD to my library, so stability might be an issue, but that's not too surprising, as I don't think it is even to version 1.0 yet. All-in-all, this is a great application with a lot of potential that will only get better as the kinks get worked out. The comment about their forums being dead may change very quickly if a majority of us start using this to replace DVDSpot. |
Im going to stick with the excel format I guess. I left dvdaf for a reason. It would be like going back to an ex-girlfriend.
edit: well after reading the last few pages it looks like www.getlibra.com www.chasingthefrog.com Are 2 options. And the winner is????? |
Originally Posted by NoirFan
(Post 8976927)
I'm not sure that's an apt comparison.
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I've had Collectorz for a few years, and I like it a lot. If anyone is looking for a standalone DVD collector database, I highly recommend it. And I can't get enough of that barcode scanner...
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My webcam apparently isn't good enough for the barcode scanner. :(
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Originally Posted by Kory
(Post 8978705)
My webcam apparently isn't good enough for the barcode scanner. :(
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The Libra program I thought advertised that you could scan the barcodes in, so you wouldn't have to type all that information over and over again, but I tried it and it was too blurry to read my barcode.
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I loved this site too and used it the most, guess its time to update my dvdaf
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Originally Posted by rmick
(Post 8976038)
I updated my DVDAf, but really hate the lack of custom organization that puts things in quite a different order than I have them on the shelf. Two Towers should not be after Return of the King. Damn you alphabet!
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Bye DVDSpot. You've been a good and fun tool. Wish you weren't going away. :(
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I used DVD Tracker for a few years until it went away. Was cheap ($10 year I think) and only showed really what I needed....title, price paid, release date and where I purchased. I didn't (and don't need) color photos of the DVD.
Now that DVD Spot is shutting down, I guess I'll have to update my title list with my Microsoft Works Word Processor. At least it is easily to update and printout. |
Looks like Bulletpointreview.com (DVDSpot Refuge Forum) has been suspended for overusage/non-payment...
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Originally Posted by ParadiseVendors
(Post 8979775)
You can pretty easily overwrite the sort order on dvdaf, just go to one pager mode on a disc, click edit and then type whatever you want into the sort order box. it will alphabetize by whatever you type in there. Throw in the folder management and you can have it set up exactly like your shelves at home.
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I have a friend whose bf is working on the code to create a new site very similar to DVD Spot, only with more of the features members wanted to see. It's still under construction, but check out domodvd.com. Not sure when they'll have it up, but, hey, it's something to possibly look forward to, right?
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