Adding your First Movie

Contents:

• Introduction
• Creating your Database
• Adding your first DVD
• By Title
• By Barcode

• Editing Movie Details
• Demo Video
• Advanced

Introduction

The best way to catalog movies in Movie Collector is to use the Add Movies Automatically screen (see Figure 3 below). This provides you with detailed information from our online database, such as plot, cast, crew, cover images, audience rating, genre and much more.

We recommend searching by barcode as it provides an exact regional match but you can also search by title. A title search will give you a list of results from which you can select the correct edition.

When you first try to add a movie you will receive a warning that you are using the Example Database, it's up to you how you proceed. You can try adding movies to the example collection to get a feel for how everything works, or you can get started immediately by creating your own database.

Creating your Database

To get started with cataloging your Movie Collection you'll need to create your own database.

1. Click File > New Database
2. Save your database by clicking: File > Save Database
3. Name your database, select a destination then click Save

By default your collection will save in your documents folder. You can find it here:

We recommend you save your collection in the default folder.

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Adding your first DVD

There are two primary methods for adding to your collection. Automatically and manually. Select a method below to learn more about the different ways you can catalog your movies.

• Adding Movies Automatically
• Title Search
• Barcode Search
• Adding Movies Manually

Adding Movies Automatically

By now you may have already found the Add Automatically screen, if not, click the icon from the toolbar (figure 1 below) or click Edit > Add Movies Automatically (figure 2).

Figure 1: Add Movie Automatically Icon

Figure 2: Edit > Add Movies Automatically

Here you have the Add Movies Automatically screen. This enables you to search our database and download detailed information to your own personal database.

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By Title Search

To search for a movie:

• Type the title into the Title Field


• Click Search Now on the right, or press enter on your keyboard to start the search.


• Movie Collector will search our database for appropriate matches. Click the + next to the result to view all the different regional matches we have for that title.
• Double click on one of the search results to see a detailed preview on the right.

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By Barcode

Want to get organized super fast? Then simply scan the barcode of your DVD or Blu-Ray (you'll need one of our inexpensive barcode scanners...).

Here's how that works:

• Step 1. Scan the barcode
• Step 2. Click Add Selected.
• Step 3. You're done!

You can read more about searching by barcode here.

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Editing Movie Details

When you want to edit a Movie's Details, like add additional crew members, change the physical location of where your movie is stored or add a personal note, you need the Edit Movie Screen.

• Select a movie from your list
• Click the Edit Movie button on the toolbar (third button from the left).
• Just browse through the different tabs and see what information can be added and edited.
• When done, hit the OK button and watch the Details panel change to reflect the changes you made.

Demo: Adding and Editing Movies

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