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I am still using Delicious Library 1. Tried 2 but hated that I couldn't resize the movies on a slider anymore (have they fixed that yet btw?)

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Does DVDAf have any plans to offer a quick import method?

I know they did years ago but removed it. Thought they might after DVDSpot was abandoned as it would be extremely time consuming to enter titles one by one for anyone having to enter en masse.

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Using DVD Profiler Premium version and want to export my collection as a CSV file. The latest versions of DVD Profiler only seem to have the capability to export as XML, and for some reason the file will not open in Excel correctly (MS-Excel 2003). Any ideas???

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1. Open Excel
2. Open your .xml file. Choose "Use the XML Source task pane" when you open it.
3. From the source pane, drag the attributes that you want to show up into the spreadsheet. They will each show up as columns.
4. Once you have all the columns you want, right click->XML->Refresh XML Data
5. Sort, autofilter, etc... as you want.

The best part is that now this spreadsheet will always be linked to your XML file, so if you re-export, all you have to do is step 4 (refresh) and that's it! This is exactly why I can't imagine anyone actually manually keeping track of their DVDs in a spreadsheet when you can link everything from DVDProfiler as you see fit.

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Last I heard they had no plans to add it any time soon, but it was on their radar or some nonsense.

Frankly that should have become a top priority when thousands of people were abandoned by DVDSpot. They had a prime opportunity to pick up lots of new users and lost it. I have no idea how they expect someone with a large collection to start using their site.

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Cool, I'll have to try that.
There's also a free plug-in, "Export to CSV" that I have used. But I'll try the XML method, it might be faster.

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Numes: Thank you very much - that worked out very slick. The only thing that I was doing wrong before was not refreshing the XML Data after I dragged the columns I wanted into the spreadsheet! Amazingly easy and nice - yeah - why have I been keeping a separate Excel spreadsheet when it's so simple to have it linked like that!!

Thanks again!
danwiz

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Not to start a PC vs Mac war, but I sure do wish that Delicious Library was available for PC... The big reason is that it seems to have the same / similar interface and look of DVD Profiler and Collectorz programs... yet it does Books, CDs, and DVDs in one program for one price (don't have to have 3 programs and don't have to pay for 3 programs at full price) .... Still find it interesting that there are not any commercially available inventory programs like this in stores, online or brick and morter .....

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Ok... no one has commented for a few days... While I like both DVDpedia and Delicious Library, I am a PC user..... Therefore I cannot use either of these programs.... So it is slowly coming down to DVD Profiler or Collectorz (if I switch from my textlist / spreadsheet method) ... I do like how Collectorz also can also export to a Palm PDA Format... and I am not that interested in posting my collection online.. I really want to have more than the textlist can provide... And I want to also catalog CDs.... decisions decisions.....

Does anyone have any comments, pros, cons, of these two methods (Profiler / Collectorz) ... Any suggestions... Are they worth the money to you? .....

alas, I might just stick with textlist... until a good program similar Delicious or Pedia is PC available.... but any input would be great... Thanks.

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I built my own website. I'll never go back to a site like DVDSpot or DVDAF. Why? Because with my own site I can decide how everything looks and how my titles are sorted. I can even add VHS! I LOVE IT! Here is a link, let me know your thoughts! http://www.dkephotography.com/dkedvd.htm

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DVD Profiler, paid version. Love it.

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Nice site. I've thought about creating my own site for my collection but 1500+ titles is a lot to scan (or search the net for). What program do you use to maintain it? (Dreamweaver?, Notepad++?, Nvu?, FrontPage?)

Any advice you could offer would be appreciated! :)

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I used Dreamwever. And as you can see I only have thumbnails up. There is really no need (at least not for me) to have large pictures. So 90% of the thumbnails I got off of DVDAF. The rest I had to look up or take pictures of myself. But that wasn't so hard. It only took me about a week to build. I just worked on it a bunch every night after work. I find the work of updating it and improve on it fun! And like I said, I like that I am in control. I make the rules. Some of the listing rules on DVDSpot & DVDAF always bothered me. But I no longest have to worry about that. And since I started collecting VHS again (for titles that are not on DVD as of yet) I can even put them up so everyone can truly see my entire collection. All in all I wont be going back to an online database again. I really like having my own site. I only pay $12.99 a month for hosting but I was paying that already for my photography website (that is why the url is (http://www.dkephotography.com/dkedvd.htm). So basically its not costing me anything. :)

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None.

I've got over 2700 DVD/BD discs. Once DVD Spot bit it, I was done. No way I'm re-entering all of that information again anywhere.

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DVD Profiler is well worth the $20 I paid to register it. I dont have a smart phone, so I dont really care about portability like that. The most i need is to access my collection online, which I can do with profiler.

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Here is my list of wants in a Cataloging Method.

* Online capablilites for information importing, but no need to post collection online.
* Good interface for entering and gathering data.
* PC Compatible.
* Same program look and feel for CDs (and maybe Books as well).
* Text output to put on a portable device. Doesn't need to be fancy just raw title text is sufficient. Like having it with me so I don't buy duplicates.
* Affordable... (that is why I liked DVDpedia and Delicious Library --- but Mac only :( )

DVD Profiler is less expensive ($29.99 for full) and has good reviews.
Collectorz also has CD and Book versions... and you can search their online database for movies only without purchasing software which helps to give an early look if stuff from your collection that is not mainstream is detailed.... BUT their software is much more expensive ($49.99 for full) and there is no bundle packages if you want to do CDs &/or Books (another $49.99 each).

Still welcoming any feedback... Thanks..

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Thanks. I've started writing the code for my own "film collection" site in Notepad, but I'm thinking about switching to M$ Expression Web or Dreamweaver because I think that would be faster. In the past, I've used FrontPage and it always added useless code to my source, but it appears that that's been "fixed" since with Expression Web. I'm not planning on using large images either, so I'm going to be downloading covers from DVDAF as well, which will be easy since I already have my collection set up there.

As for hosting, I'm unsure yet. Since the site will be purely HTML with a little javascript here and there, I won't need many resources, some free reliable host would most likely do for now. I've got a lot to do right now though, so I'll worry about that when I'm 100% done.

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Aficionado online and DVDPedia off/online

I'd like to use Profiler, but it's ridiculous that the only way to use it on a Mac is if I buy and run another OS.

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I've used dvd profiler since version 1.0 -- verify all discs are entered once a year with the wife via a dvd audit. She also can comment on my inability to alphabetize....

-Tim

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Crap just realized I've been registered for 10+ years -- I feel old now :/

-Tim

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I use eXtreme Movie Manager, before that (2005) I had DVD Profiler but suddenly stop working and decided to look for another option, and surfing the internet I found eXtreme (it only cost $13.00), and I love the fact that you can have different databases (example: DVD's, Divx, BluRay etc. and movies of your hard drives), and have integrated an interface with Media Center when your want to see a movie of your hard drive.

The Co, the printer options is only for labels. I resolve this problem exporting the database to excel and print the archive, and I love it. Now apart of my normal backup with extreme I have my movies saved in excel.

Also you can import database for others programs including DVD Profiler , but in my case don't worked, I think is because my backup is from and old version of DVD Profiler.

Well still I very pleased with eXtreme Movie Manager.

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Didnt think anyone did this. Between the full list and the loaned out list, every dvd in teh collection is accounted for at least once a year.

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Nope, your not the only one. I do this too!

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Beside the Movie Collector software from Collectorz.com, is the any other software to catalogue DVDs/Blu-rays for the iPod?

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Invelos (makers of DVD Profiler) have an iPhone / iPod Touch app in development. No idea when it will be released.

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I like the sound of this VERY much. Been wanting a good app for my iPhone to catalog my titles.

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:up:

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Anyone know of a good site that also allows using a bar-code scanner? I own one and figured that'd help ease the adding of 1,500+ DVDs.

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What type of bar-code scanner do you have? I have a USB-modified cuecat, and it works with DVD Profiler.

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I'm looking for a cataloging site that lets me search by UPC and also tells me how many others have each DVD.

Thanks, JackBurton. I didn't realize that DVDaf told you how many others had the disc. Appreciate the info!

Navinabob, I think you can use one with iTrackMine, too.

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I use the paid version of DVD Profiler and have for many years. Right now I am looking for a "REPORT FORM" which will list each movie and who has watched it and how many times (the date watched would be good). Know what I mean? I use the "DVD" and "Watched By" menu features of DVD Profiler and I want to print a summary of the HISTORY. I know that I can create my own report form and I might have to do that, but I don't want to reinvent the bicycle if it's already been invented. I checked DVD Profiler online and searched for a report form which does what I want, but their search function leaves much to be desired and I came up with no results.

Thanks in advance.

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Today I finished giving my DVD website a face lift. What do you think? http://www.dkephotography.com/dkecmc.htm

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I think your images are broken.

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nope... they are showing up just fine on my computer, my iphone and every other comp i've ever tried it on.

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Showing up just fine on my computer too. Maybe smashthesymbols happened to look when the server was down or something weird.

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Wow, great job! Very impresive :up:

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Works fine for me too. Nice job.

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Thanks Everyone! I think I'm going to add a section that lists my yearly purchases as well. I'll work on that tonight. :)

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Still not working for me in Firefox. All the images come back as 403 Forbidden. Works in IE though and it looks damn good.

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weird. maybe its just somed thing with your internet or computer or my server or something. who knows? lol. And thanks! :)