Movie Collector Manual
for Windows edition
Welcome to Movie Collector Download and Install Navigating the Main Screen Adding your First Movie How to search your Collection Adding Movies Automatically Adding Movies Manually Barcode Scanning Adding Movie Files Field Defaults Search Settings Importing from text Managing your Wish List Adding a Box Set Importing from Windows/XML Editing Movies List Items and more Editing Multiple Movies Find Cover Image Adding Trailers, Links and Files Editing List Icons Loan Manager Update File Links Customizing Movie Collector Changing the layout Custom Field Names Sorting your Collection Using Folders Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items Activating Connect Sync & Share Synchronize with Connect Linking your movies for Connect CLZ Movies for iPhone/iPod CLZ Movies for Android CLZ Movies HD for iPad Using the Filter screen Collection Statistics Printing a Simple List Browsing your movies on Vista Media Center Print Screen Updating Movie Collector The Collectorz.com movie database Field Reference Data Submission Guidelines The Options Screen Keyboard Shortcuts Creating a Backup Validating Movie Collector Add/Edit Movie Screen
Adding a Box Set
Introduction
Movie Collector allows you to catalogue your box sets as individual movies then link them together as a box set. You can also search for the UPC of the box set and add it as one entry in your database, however this method doesn't allow you to store as much data, so we recommend you add each movie from the set individually, then link them together using the Box Set field.
Adding a Box Set
To create a box set, you must first add the movies from the box set to your collection. We'll use 'The Godfather Trilogy' as an example.
- Start Movie Collector and use the Add Automatically screen to add each individual Godfather movie.
- Select the 3 movies from your Main List by holding CTRL (? for Mac) then click on each movie.
- Click Edit > Edit Multiple Movies.
- Click the Edition tab, then enter the name of the box set into the field provided.
Edit Multiple Movies screen
That's it. Your box set has now been created. When you select one of the movies from the set, more information will be displayed in your Detail Template. You can also use Folder View to browse your collection by box set.
Editing a Box Set
After creating a box set, you can add additional information to it. Here's how:
- Click Tools > Edit Lists
- Use the List Icon (1) to locate the Box Set list
- Select the box set you wish to edit then double click the entry, or click the Edit Icon (2)
- You can now define additional information about your box set
Edit Lists screen
Information defined here will be shown in your Detail Template.
