I have created a small app for my smartphone to have the dvd list of DVD Profiler always with me when i go shopping. Sometimes i see a DVD an wonder if i already own it. So i wrote DVDChecker to have my smartphone look in the list for me. It can do this by scanning the barcode from the dvd and look it up in the list. When it says the dvd is already there, i don't have to buy it. Since there can be many different DVDs for one movie, i also have implemented a search by title. So i can look in the list by checking the title. The app uses the exportfile of DVD Profiler. But not all of it, just the Barcode and the title. To have this file on my smartphone DVDChecker extracts the data i need, shrinking down the data file from some megabytes to some kilobytes. Then it uploads it to a webservice. The app on the smartphone downloads this file and uses this data. The DVDChecker program on the pc can call DVD Profiler, wait for the program to close and export the collection file to the webservice if it is newer than the last file that was uploaded. So there is very little to do for the user after he installed DVDChecker on his system. Simply let DVDChecker start DVD Profiler and export the collection. The program can be downloaded here: http://www.simatex.de/downloads/dvdcheckerI have been a user of dvd-profiler for years and would like to have it on my smartphone. Since Invelos seems to work on it, but there is no information when or if an android-version will become available, i decided to write my own app for my special needs. If you look at DVDChecker and find some problems, bugs or simply want to share your experience, just send me an eMail (address can be found at the downloadpage) or post a message here. |