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| Registered: April 23, 2009 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | I know this is probably a dumb poll to put up but I am looking at purchasing a dvd catalog software and I have narrowed it down to 2 you guessed it DVD Profiler and Movie Collector. I used to use Movie collector back in the day and when my computer crashed i never set it back up. But i was looking over the new one and not sure if i wnat to go back. So I was hoping that you guys could give me some insight on the differences and why you chose this one over that one? I am downloading the trial now to test it out but from what i see it looks pretty nice and looking forward to trying it out. I am looking forward to hearing your comments. Thanks  |
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have been a long time Movie Collector user and I switched to DVD Profiler, simply because it has more features than Movie Collector that I find useful in a collection tool for movies, such as: - pictures for cast/crew members - better online contribution and updating system - better lay-out and visual style - automatic pick system - watched by system with multiple entries I think you could also add My Movies to the poll. That seems to be the up and coming movie collector tool and it is freeware so far. It lacks certain options that DVD Profiler has (e.g. you can only tick a box to indicate you have already seen a movie, but DVD Profiler allows you to input who saw it and at what date, each and every time you have watched the movie). However, My Movies has a big advantage over DVD Profiler, which is that it supports any character set. That means I can input titles and cast in Japanese characters whereas this is impossible with DVD Profiler. It still boggles my mind that in this day and age, a software program is incapable of handling unicode character sets  For now I keep using DVD Profiler because the online database is the biggest one among the three so far and it offers the most advanced collection options. However, if My Movies catches up in those fields, I think I would switch over for the Unicode support. Well, that is just my opinion of course ... | | | Blu-ray collection
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Movie Collector is a fine program and it has some things which Profiler does not as yet. That said, it is simply not in the same ballpark, Profiler remains, in my never to be humble  , estimation still the finest such program available. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | I share Skip's thoughts on this. As a matter of fact, I still use Movie Collector as a sort of secondary backup. | | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | I share Skip's thoughts on this. As a matter of fact, I use Movie Collector as a sort of secondary backup. But I also agree with Taro that DVDProfiler does have its limitations. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Esmm3: Quote:
I know this is probably a dumb poll I'm not surprised to see the poll favoring DVDP but I'm also sure if you post the same poll on Movie Collector's website that it would favor them. We're kinda biased.  |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Off Topic so hidden Spoiler: (Select to view)
Quoting surfeur51: But it is weakened by a contribution system
Surfeur, you really are going on to excess about the contribution system. I hoped that it was just a misconception but reviewing your recent posts proved otherwise.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | Actually, I can't answer the poll, since I use both. If you are only going to use 1 application, DVDPro is definitely the way to go. It has a much better database, and that factor alone should make all the difference. DVDPro also has a lifetime license. But since you were using moviecollector before, maybe you are one of the lucky ones that has the old moviecollector lifetime license, and you are entitled to the latest version for free. I believe the purchase date has to before october 2006. I export my dvdpro database to XML, and import it into moviecollector (changed import settings to have the full cast, default only imports about 10 or 20 actors). Then I use moviecollector to export to a website. I used DaveC's Aqua II template which has search functionality. You can check the result here, if you like. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,463 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting cvermeylen: Quote:
I export my dvdpro database to XML, and import it into moviecollector (changed import settings to have the full cast, default only imports about 10 or 20 actors). Then I use moviecollector to export to a website. I used DaveC's Aqua II template which has search functionality. Nice. Lots of play for CollectorZ, but no mention of DVD Profiler, from whence the fine data comes. Not a complaint, I don't own Profiler - just maybe a suggestion as a bit of a Kudo to Ken. Apologies if it's there and I missed it ... | | | Thanks for your support.
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| Registered: April 23, 2009 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | Took your advice and went with DVD Profile. Bought my license today  looking forward to getting to know this software and being part of this community Thanks for all your replies Esmm3 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mediadogg: Quote:
Quoting cvermeylen:
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I export my dvdpro database to XML, and import it into moviecollector (changed import settings to have the full cast, default only imports about 10 or 20 actors). Then I use moviecollector to export to a website. I used DaveC's Aqua II template which has search functionality.
Nice. Lots of play for CollectorZ, but no mention of DVD Profiler, from whence the fine data comes.
Not a complaint, I don't own Profiler - just maybe a suggestion as a bit of a Kudo to Ken.
Apologies if it's there and I missed it ... Actually, you are correct. That's because the export template was created by someone else. I'll edit the page to include DVD Profiler credit. Thanks for the tip | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Esmm3: Quote:
Took your advice and went with DVD Profile. Bought my license today looking forward to getting to know this software and being part of this community
Thanks for all your replies
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mediadogg: Quote:
Quoting cvermeylen:
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I export my dvdpro database to XML, and import it into moviecollector (changed import settings to have the full cast, default only imports about 10 or 20 actors). Then I use moviecollector to export to a website. I used DaveC's Aqua II template which has search functionality.
Nice. Lots of play for CollectorZ, but no mention of DVD Profiler, from whence the fine data comes.
Not a complaint, I don't own Profiler - just maybe a suggestion as a bit of a Kudo to Ken.
Apologies if it's there and I missed it ... Just updated my website and added the Invelos DVD Profiler logo's to my DVD pages. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, I tried Collectorz open-minded and came to the conclusion that I simply don't like it. Apart from the bad box-set (child profile) handling it's a matter of feeling.  So I still prefer the DVD Profiler! Just my 2 cents! Thorsten (creature of habit)  | | | | Thorsten |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kahless: Quote:
Well, I tried Collectorz open-minded and came to the conclusion that I simply don't like it. Apart from the bad box-set (child profile) handling it's a matter of feeling.
So I still prefer the DVD Profiler!
Just my 2 cents!
Thorsten
(creature of habit)
Yes, I fully agree DVD Profiler is a much better program. But I do like their export function. And since it can import from DVDPro, I can use the wonderful Invelos db in their program. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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