Invelos allows you to access IMDB data directly from your database - one more reason to buy! On the top of the screen is a button "Online" - scroll to the bottom and hit "Other Websites" and you see "IMDB" and "Rotten Tomatoes" and "Profile Links".

I have used various other collecting databases but found that invelos is the best. The one time fee is reasonable and turned out to be a great bargain.

Another plus, especially for computer illiterates like me, is the help I've gotten through the forums. Need a cover scan? In a couple of hours...ta da! You want to do something with the program and it is not available?...someone makes a plug in.

Of course no program will be perfect. But, it seems to me, that invelos is able to be adapted and changed to meet most users needs.

I hope you join out DVD collectors family!

cvermeylen,
what's your primary reason for using Collectorz after importing the information there?

In any case, I'm not surprised that DVD Pro came out on top or very worst top 2 or three in various reviews I've seen (though I might have missed the one previously mentioned).

I'll be buying DVD Pro this morning, I'm sure I won't regret it....

BTW: I found Movienizer just by doing various general searches in Google for DVD collection / library / catalog software...  Interestingly I believe that the program I found most easily was All My Movies. I hadn't found DVD Profiler until I saw it mentioned in another forum....

Quoting cvermeylen:

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As stated, the only reason I use it, is to create a website. Since I purchased quite some time ago, I also have a lifetime license. So I receive all updates and upgrades for free.

Congrats on your DVD Pro purchase, you will not regret it indeed.

Interesting. I also still have a (old but working) licencense of Movie Collector but hadn't thought about using it as a stepping stone to put my collection on the web.

Which do you prefer?
- Using Collector to export to HTML
or
- Use a PHP script (like PHPDVDProfiler) by exporting your collection to XML and uploading it (with images) to your server

I'm currently using PHPDVDProfiler but am limited due to my free host (which only allows files with maximum size of 1Mb to be uploaded, meaning I always need to 'cut up' my XML in 5 parts).

I have my own website which only allows HTML and no PHP scripting, so I've been thinking to either keep the current PHP-script on a free sever, or movie to my own server with a HTML script generated by Collectorz.

Sorry for going a bit off topic

Quoting Taro:

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I'm currently using PHPDVDProfiler but am limited due to my free host (which only allows files with maximum size of 1Mb to be uploaded, meaning I always need to 'cut up' my XML in 5 parts).

You are aware that instead of a single collection.xml you could also work with single-profile-XMLs?
This OTOH might  prove a problem if you hoster doesn't allow more than e.g. 1000 files per directory, but otherwise this might be a way out.

Another possible solution: if the filesize is just limited while uploading, simply ZIP the XML (it will shrink to 10%) upload it and then unzip it on the server. This even can be automated, drop me a mail if your are interested.

cya, Mithi

wonderful.
Here's a good quesiton related to that then...
Is it possible to use the default configuration to add a movie to the databse, and then run an update on that movie specifically selecting an alternate source to SUPPLIMENT the existing data in the movie profile... so for example in this case... running an update with IMDB data to fill in whatever I'd like ontop of whats in the default database if necessary?

Quoting Taro:

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Quoting cvermeylen:

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As stated, the only reason I use it, is to create a website. Since I purchased quite some time ago, I also have a lifetime license. So I receive all updates and upgrades for free.

Congrats on your DVD Pro purchase, you will not regret it indeed.

Interesting. I also still have a (old but working) licencense of Movie Collector but hadn't thought about using it as a stepping stone to put my collection on the web.

Which do you prefer?
- Using Collector to export to HTML
or
- Use a PHP script (like PHPDVDProfiler) by exporting your collection to XML and uploading it (with images) to your server

I'm currently using PHPDVDProfiler but am limited due to my free host (which only allows files with maximum size of 1Mb to be uploaded, meaning I always need to 'cut up' my XML in 5 parts).

I have my own website which only allows HTML and no PHP scripting, so I've been thinking to either keep the current PHP-script on a free sever, or movie to my own server with a HTML script generated by Collectorz.

Sorry for going a bit off topic

Personally, I haven't used PHPDVDProfiler, so I can't tell which one is the best. I am happy with what I can get out of MovieCollector. A user created some export templates called AQUA II. I think it looks nice, and it even has a search engine. And with a little help from a developer, I succeeded in customizing the Aqua template to be compatible with their MusicCollector application. The result is, that I can have the same look and layout for both my DVD collection and CD Collection.

Should you want to move to another provider, I can recommend www.one.com. For less than 30€ / year, you get 3GB webspace with unlimited traffic.

There are a few very specific instances in which sources other than the DVD cover or its credits are used- for example, on occasion the roles are not listed in the credits. In this case multiple, and please note that there must be more than one, third party (such as IMDB) sources may be used.

As Addicted2DVD points out, the rules should be read. These give contributors the information needed to standardize data for the online database. You can do anything you want to your local database but follow these guidelines if you want to share the data.

It takes a little bit of getting used to but even old time contributors makes errors. If you happen to make a mistake you should receive a "no" vote on your contribution with a short explanation of why by the voter. This enables you to reassess your contribution and make changes if necessary.

If you have any further questions or need clarification the forums is the place to ask. Or, if you prefer, in the case of a "no" vote a private message might be sent to that voter. I have found people most helpful in trying to make the database the best that it possibly could be.

Quoting goldrush76:

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Is it possible to use the default configuration to add a movie to the databse, and then run an update on that movie specifically selecting an alternate source to SUPPLIMENT the existing data in the movie profile...

In fact, local possibilities of the program are great, and you can do many things, even with some customization (for example, you can change some fields using "translation" files, and add data that were not provided by the program). Locally, you can add headshots of actors and crew, and also display images from the movies. You can also in your local database use data that do not match with contribution rules, if you prefer. In my case, I do not use online data that reproduce DVD content, (rules ask us to reproduce typos, for example), and prefer to collect my movies with data that link correctly between movies (name of actors, particularly).