Having a movie organizer is a great way to keep your film collection neatly and easily organized. While there are literally hundreds of different movie organizing software packages available for you to choose from, very few of these actually perform most of the work. Normally, you must enter in all of the film information, which can be a daunting task, and for many this causes them to abandon their movie organizer software because it is too difficult and time consuming. A personal movie organizer should allow you too quickly, and easily, add new titles to your collection, manage your existing titles and most importantly do most of the work for you.
A great example of a movie organizer program is the All My Movies software by Bolide Software. This movie organizer allows you to simply add titles to your collection, which is not limited to simply DVDs, but can also catalogue VHS tapes, HD DVDs, Blu-ray discs and even CDs. Perhaps one of the greatest features that come with this program is the fact that it will enter in all of the film information automatically. For many other movie organizer programs, you have to manually type in the synopsis of the film as well as any other information that you find useful (actors names, directors, studios, year made, etc.).
With this movie organizer all you have to do is enter in the film's title and all information is automatically downloaded by the All My Movies program and placed directly into your collection. This program gathers all of this information through the highly-respected Internet Movie Database. With this program you are also given the opportunity to learn more about the individuals that went into making the film. A great example of this is being able to instantly look at actor's biographies, photos and even their birthdays.
One of the most high-tech features that come with this program is the ability to instantly add movies to your catalogue by scanning the UPC/EAN barcodes, which requires a specialty scanner. If you do not have this type of scanner, than you will also be able to do this through manually typing in the UPC/EAN code into the program, however, the CueCat barcode scanners are cheap and are also supported by this software. You are also able to view large movie posters and cover images for your favorite movies because All My Movies downloads them directly from several different movie databases (DVDEmpire.com, Amazon.com, etc.).
With this movie organizer software, you can even know what films you have at home when you're out at the movie store by uploading your collection to your mobile device. Whether you have a Smartphone or a PDA, you can easily access your entire collection on-the-go, which will keep you from renting a movie that you already have in your catalogue. Just in case you have already made a movie catalogue through MS Excel or through another type of spreadsheet program, you are able to seamlessly import these files into All My Movies without loosing any information. After you have imported your pre-existing collection into this movie organizer it will download all of the information about these movies quickly and easily.
You are also able to view detailed collection statistics directly from this program as well as exporting your catalogue in several different formats (HTML, MS Excel, plain text), so you can easily add your collection to your website or another type of software. Perhaps one of the most interesting features of this program is its ability to let you capture still frames from your favorite movies. If you want to fully-customize how you see your catalogued movie files, you can capture a specific frame from a movie and place it within this program. This will allow you to have your own photo ID for your films, allowing you to remember and locate them easier. Of course, you are also able to locate your films by searching for the movie title, actors, directors and even the genre of the film. If you want to keep your movie collection safe and secure, you are able to password protect your movie organizer program. And, the most useful feature with this program is the loan manger, which lets you organize and keep track of the movies you let your friends borrow.
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