I exported my DVD Spot collection to .csv and imported it to Libra. It was pretty painless. It imported about 90% of the titles and it didn't take long for me to add the rest manually. The ones it had trouble importing seemed to be non-Region 1 or missing the UPC number for the most part.

Though Libra doesn't appear to be currently supported, it's a mostly mature software product that uses a dynamic database (Amazon), so there's not much active support required. I did have it crash on me once inexplicably, but otherwise it's been a solid application that's easy to use and serves its purpose. I really like how easy it is to customize. Changing the cover art for a given title takes just a few clicks (if you don't like what it pulls from Amazon) and modifying the skins (highly recommended as the included ones are ugly IMO) couldn't be easier. I also really like that you can set up tags for filtering and add custom text data for each title.

I definitely recommend downloading it and at least giving it a try before writing it off.

I've been using DVDAF along with DVD Spot, so I'll continue using that...

Good points kefrank. Will do.

I haven't done anything. I'll probably go back to DVD profiler but just haven't taken the time to upload all the new stuff from the last year.

Just went with Dvd Profiler and it seems to be good for what I want.

Doug

I always used Profiler as my primary program. I'm now using IMDB to track my "watched" list.

I downloaded DVD Profiler, but so far I've only added one title just to see how I like the layout. I really don't feel like adding ~2500 titles to another database after DVD Spot's demise. Once I get past my laziness I'm sure I'll pay up and start using it for real.

I tried it last night, and pretty much agree that it was worth the (minimal) effort. It's obviously no DVDSpot, but it's something I can use to view my collection until a better option comes along.

The only thing sorely lacking is some sort of notification of the unsuccessful imports. It missed about 60 out of 384 of mine. If it just gave a list, it would be easy enough to add them via the search function, or manually if necessary. I think I can just open the webpage that I saved from DVDSpot which lists my entire collection, and then (since they're both arranged alphabetically) just go through them 1 by 1 until I add the rest.

I hate that I'll sound ignorant (since it may be true!), but I had saved my Spot info in the .csv file. When I tried to import it to Libra to see what it would look like, it only brought up about 1/5 or less of my collection. I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong...since obviously it did pull some of the titles. Any possibility you could provide a step-by-step approach as to how you imported your collection there. Thanks in advance!

Okay, I went through it again, just to get the steps, and now it picked up 374 items. :)

Run Libra
Click on Default Library
Click Add
Change to Import Tab
Click on Add Results Automatically
Select Amazon US
*****
Click Import File...
Select Generic Text File
Click Next >
Click DVD
Click Next >
Click Browse button (...)
Locate your CSV file
Click Open
Click Finish
*****
Select Amazon UK and repeat the section between the *****s
Repeat for other Amazon sites.

NOTE: On drawback to using multiple Amazon sites is that DVDs which appear on both sites may show as multiple copies in your list. You could modify the copies item for each one, if it's a concern, although it would be tedious. Personally, I don't care how many copies it says I have, as I know the few titles where I actually do have more than 1 copy.

I'll just add that you can verify the number of titles that were exported by opening your CSV file in a text editor, and noting how many lines there are. I mention this on the off chance the your export was not complete.

Hope this helps!

Thanks andicus for your efforts. The instructions are simple, but not matter what I do, I only get a small percentage of my collection to import/be shown. When I select generic text file, it says it's looking up info on about 60 titles then says none are recognizable. I had saved the csv file as an excel file, so when I tell it to import that a window pops up saying it's looking up info on 124 titles, then it pops up again and goes to 400 or so titles...finally leaving me with about 124 titles added to my library. And that's out of about 771. :shrug:

QFT

I don't have that many titles (I'm around 1500), but the sentiment is the same - I'm not going to waste hours upon hours entering titles into yet another site that could easily disappear. For now I'll just keep a txt file on my home computer, and one in my online journal. I'll also take pictures of my collection every month or every other month for insurance purposes.

Someone mentioned the frog website, I think I am going to try that.

As has been mentioned, one of the advantages of DVDProfiler is that the software is on your computer. Even if the website went again, you could still manually add titles... which I've done when an obscure title hasn't been officially added yet.

same thing happens to me. i get about 150 titles out of 800 when i import through excel and none when i go through text file.


edit to add: i just noticed that in excel any upc starting with zero has the zero taken out which is why its not recognizing the majority of the collection.

i just d/led Libra and like it for the most part except the skins are ugly as hell and i just about lost everything i had imported trying to change the skin,so if there's anyway you can pm me directions to adding new & switching skins i'd greatly appreciate it

Libra is not an option for me because for certain reasons I need online only. I'm playing around with chasingthefrog.com, and though it is nothing compared to DVDSpot, it will have to do.

One thing is bugging me. One of the DVDs I added to my collection does not have a picture and it's bugging the hell out of me. The anal collector side of me won't let me continue adding titles unti that is fixed. The problem is I see absolutely no way to submit a change so the picture can be added. I can't even see how you can submit new titles either.

Anyone with chasingthefrog.com experience know the answer?

http://www.gcstar.org/
I've been playing with this and it's pretty nice.

http://www.collectorz.com/
The main one I've been using. Can export html pages. See my signature link for an example

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I'm probably behind the times, but I just found a new site called dvdcorral.com. It seems pretty good, a lot cleaner looking than chasing the frog.

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Built my own website last year. Right now I'm the process of an overhaul. I'm just changing a few minor things around and adding a comment section for each title. So nothing too big just very time consuming. Here it is: http://www.dkephotography.com/dkedvd.htm

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chasingthefrog.com is working well for me

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I've been playing with my csv export from dvdspot and a google doc, but have decided I'm too lazy to input all the criteria I'd like to track.

So I need to just pick a program/site and get to work.

The collectorz program looks interesting, partly because it apparently has an iphone app. Anyone want to detail their experience with collectorz?

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DVDaf.

gonna try Chasingthefrog

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I have always preferred DVDaf, spot was my backup online collection so I was sad to see it go, mostly just because I had recently spent a ton of time updating my collection.

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I've always had my collection on DVD Aficionado even when DVDSpot was around (had maybe 1/2 of my collection there). Now, I'm thinking about dedicating a section on my website for my collection, sort of like "dkedvd" did. Looking good by the way!