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My earliest recollection of trips to the video store usually ended with drumming my fingers.
Why couldn’t he be quicker about it?
My frets didn’t speed him up.
But any of today’s open source movie organizer or collection managers could have.
I don’t know if the guy behind the counter has updated his system, but I certainly have.
I used to be a disgrace to the fraternity of digital packrats.
Not anymore, because I have tidied up my act.
Thanks to a bevy of collection managers I have tried out.
Ant Movie Catalogis the latest open source movie organizer that I am sieving my movie collection through.
And I have been pleasantly surprised by the efficiency of this Open Source software.
I opted for the later.
The download size is a tiny 3.5MB.
But then why should you when the web can do it automatically for you.
Here’s how I did it for the first bunch of film titles I put into the collection.
The scripts are where all the riches of Ant Movie Catalog lie.
You have about 238 scripts at last count.
you’re able to try any one of them.
Familiar biggies like Amazon and IMDB are there of course.
initiate the any of the scripts; for similar named titles.
Select yours and let Ant Movie Catalog collect all the values for the fields.
you’re able to customize which fields to include in your database.
Ant Movie Catalog also facilitates import of movie titles from other file formats.
you’ve got the option to add more sites fromPreferences.
So many ways to visualize all that information
Ant Movie Catalog is an information hound’s delight.
There are many ways to order, categorize and display all the movie information collected in the database.
you might group movies by any of the field values.
Or byMedia Typeto give you an idea of the format you have used to archive the movie.
For the guy who has an eye for pie charts and bar graphs, theStatisticsfeature is an information mine.
Ant Movie Catalog has an addedLoanManagement feature.
Using it, you’re free to manage the movies that your friends have borrowed from you.
The feature that I use most often is theExport to another file format.
For instance, I use the HTML format to send out the titles I have to my friends.
Ant Movie Catalog may lack the glamour but it catches the grammar of an efficient and comprehensive collection manager.
Some extra bits like a feature to track movies by how many times we watch it would have helped.
But it squeezes in all the information it can find and presents it straight.
Ant Movie Catalogversion 3.5.1.2 is compatible with all Windows versions up to Win XP.
Do you use any open source movie organizers?
Which is the one for you?
