Version 8.0 build 6 (January 13, 2011): - Update Automatically wasn't working Version 8.0 build 5 (January 12, 2011): - "Edit Movie After Add" setting has been temporarily disabled because it could cause weird data errors (wrong movie was being edited) Version 8.0 build 4 (January 9, 2011): Changes / additions: - New Cmd+E keyboard shortcut for Edit Movie - "Number of Discs" is now available as a column for the main screen list Fixed: - When starting the program on Mac OS X Lion, the main Movie Collector window always appeared behind other windows. - Main Screen: - Removing movies could cause weird display errors in the list panel. - Sorting on the "Seen It" field didn't work - After adding a new movie, the main screen list (either in List, Images or CoverFlow mode), didn't automatically select and scroll to the added movie. - While in Image and Cover Flow mode, selecting a folder in the tree didn't automatically select the first movie in the list. - Episodes in the tree panel were missing the Episode Index. - Edit Movie: using Next/Previous for editing Plot, Notes or Extra Features fields for multiple movies would crash the program. - Update Automatically: - When linking movies, some searches still gave "Wrong Movie" results. - Updating multiple movies in one go sometimes crashed the program. - After an Update, new Genre/ScreenRatio/etc values were not immediately available in the corresponding checkbox lists of the Edit Movie screen. - Updating TV Series with episodes could still cause duplicate episodes. - Import from XML: - Some imported movies couldn't be edited (related to empty Disc titles). - Price fields weren't imported correctly, especially non-dollar values. - Episodes weren't imported correctly. - Add Movies Automatically: Series field wasn't downloaded. - Details View templates: - The episode level IMDB links weren't working. - Extra Features field did not support HTML formatting. - Plot and Notes fields: line breaks got lost. - Font size of Notes field was too large. - Export to CLZ Movies: Directors and Producers were reversed. - Export to XML was generating invalid XML. Version 8.0 build 3 (December 30, 2011): New: - Edit Movie and Remove Movie buttons in the toolbar are now also enabled when selecting a movie in the tree panel. - New Edit/Remove Movie commands in the right-click menu of the tree panel. - Right-clicking on a folder in the tree now give you a Manage List command. Fixed: - Main screen: - Various crashes while navigating folders and movies. - Incremental search in list panel wasn't working. - Front cover wasn't refreshed after dropping a cover on Details Panel. - Update Automatically: - Updating TV Series with episodes would cause duplicate episodes - Web Links were never updated when there were already links present. (this also caused Movie Trailer links not to be downloaded) - Add Automatically: - Some barcode searches could result in "Wrong Movie" result - Some Title searches could pop up the "missing barcode" message. - Import from V3 Database: - Could not be saved" error after importing due to invalid Year values. - Black and White value for Color field not imported correctly - Import from XML: Running Time wasn't always imported correctly Version 8.0 build 2 (December 28, 2011): Fixed: - Import from V3 Database: - "Could not be saved" error after importing. (this problem only occurred for V3 databases that had Barcode values longer than 13 digits) - Musicians were imported with "unknown" as the Credit "role". - Not all web links were imported from the V3 database. (if you ran into one of these, we recommend re-importing your V3 database) - Using one of the Year fields as the Folder field or Statistics field caused various problems and crashes. - Update Movies Automatically did not work correctly for un-linked movies. (it asked to Link those movies, but afterward did not actually do the Update) What's New in version 8.0 build 1 (December 27, 2011): More and better automatic data for movies: * Automatically download IMDb ratings. * Movie Trailers - Automatically download YouTube links for movie trailers. - Play embedded YouTube movie trailers inside the Details Panel. - Or use the Trailers templates with just large embedded YouTube trailers. * Movie Backdrops (movie-specific background images for the details panel) - New field Backdrop on Edit Movie / Images. - Automatically download Backdrop images from our online movie database. - Use the Find Backdrop screen to find more backdrops with Google Images. * Movie Posters - New field Movie Poster on Edit Movie / Images. - Automatically download the movie poster when adding movies. - Use the Find Movie Poster screen to find more movie posters online. * New: plot summaries in other languages: French, German, Dutch and Spanish. * New "Data Language" setting that controls the language of the Plot summary and other fields (e.g. Genre, Format, etc...): Choose from: - English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch. * Automatic TMDb (themoviedb.org) website links . More and better automatic data for TV SERIES and their episodes: * New episode-level fields in Movie Collector: - Episode Crew - Episode Guest Cast - Episode Website link (URL) - Episode Image URL - Episode IMDb Number - Seen It, Seen When, Seen Where * For most TV Series our online database now delivers: - Episode Titles - Episode First Air Dates - Episode Plot summaries - Episode Runtime - Episode Writer - Episode Director - Episode Guest Cast - Episode Image (as URL to image on Collectorz.com server) * New in Add Movies Automatically screen: - Special "TV Series Only" mode for Title searches - In this mode, the Search Results will only list the main season entries that have all the new episode data, resulting a cleaner results list. * Edit Movie: Episodes/Features tab: - Disc tabs can now be renamed. - Order of Disc tabs can now be changed by dragging and dropping the tabs. New: Find Cover Image screen, find missing covers online using Google Images - Find missing cover images online (using Google Images) and add them to your database with just a few clicks. - Built-in Crop tool to remove unwanted borders. - Get to the Find Cover Image screen : - by clicking the new "No Cover" placeholder image in Details View - right from Preview in the Add Movies Automatically screen, when no cover is found in the Collectorz.com online movie database. - from the right-click menu on any movie entry in the main screen - from the Images tab in the Edit Movie screen * New: Cover Flow view, browse your movies in a cool looking 3D image browser. - The Cover Flow is a 3rd viewing option, next to List and Images. - Browse through your movies by cover image, in a cool looking 3D image browser. * New: Collection Statistics (pie and bar charts) integrated in main screen. - Switch the lower right part of the screen between movie details and collection statistics. - View collection statistics based on the current Folder field (e.g. by Genre, or by Format). - Switch between Bar Chart or Pie Chart. - Order bars/pie parts by names or by values. * Improved Wish List functionality. - Quickly check your Wish List using tabs at the bottom of the main screen. - Add movies to your Wish List right from the Add Movies Automatically screen. - Right click a movie to "Move to Wish List" / "Move to Collection". - Edit Movie: clearer separation of Collection Status values into "Collection" and "Wish List" groups. - Updated terminology for the Collection Status values. - Revamped icons for all Collection Status values. * Box Set support, indicate which movies are in a box, set box level properties. - Use the new Box Set field to "link"; movies that are in 1 box. - Set box-set level properties, like Title, Barcode, Release Date, Purchase Info, Cover Image. - Box Set details are shown in a special Box Set panel in the movie details. * Save your own field sets for Columns, Sort Order and Folders. - Columns: Create and save your own column sets for the list panel. - Sort Orders: Create and save your own multi-field sort orders for the list. - Folders: Create and save your own single or multi-level folder combination for the tree panel. - Easily switch between the save field sets using the drop down menus of the Columns, Sort and Folder buttons. * New: Automatic Capitalization of Movie Titles. - Have Titles AutoCapped when adding movies automatically. - Have Titles AutoCapped as you type. - Or, just click the AutoCap button in the Edit Movie screen. - Select your AutoCap Method in the Preferences screen. Choose from: UPPER CASE, lower case, First letter only, First letter only with exceptions, First Letter Of Each Word, First Letter of Each Word with Exceptions - Define your own Exceptions List (words you don't want capitalized). * New: Automatic Sort Titles. - Have the Title Sort field filled in automatically when adding movies. - Or just click the Generate Sort Title button in the Edit Movie screen. - Define your own list of recognized articles for Sort Title generation. * Improved layout of Edit Movie screen. - Clearer separation of movie data, edition-specific data and personal data. - "Main" tab is now the "Movie" tab, with movie information only. - All edition-specific data (Format, Barcode, etc...) is now on the Edition tab. - The main personal fields (status, index, quantity, rating) are now in a "sticky" panel at the bottom, which is available on all tabs. * Multiple main screen layout options. - Choose from 6 different layout options for the main screen: Horizontal Split, Vertical Split, Full Width Details, Full Height Tree, Full Height Details, Classic Layout. * New V8 templates for Details Panel and Add Auto Preview. - More prominent display of IMDb link and IMDb rating - Embedded YouTube movie trailers - Detailed listing of TV Series episodes with: Title, Runtime, First Airdate, IMDb link, Play button, Director, Writer, Guest Cast, Episode Image and Plot summary. - V8 template is available in many styles: Backdrop, Blue, Black, White and Green, with Micky or Logo background. Version 3.4 build 6 (August 10, 2011) Fixed for OS X 10.7 / Lion: - Detail view showing white page instead of movie details Version 3.4 build 5 (December 3, 2010) Improvements: - Synching to Connect: ability to check/uncheck multiple intended changes at once Fixed: - Synching to Connect: reports "Changes processed successfully" while changes are not made in Connect - Synching to Connect: report window shows only deletions - Handling of scanned barcodes that contain extra scanned digits Version 3.4 build 4 (November 16, 2010) - Fixed: "Server Error" issues while syncing to Connect. Version 3.4 Build 3 (October 19, 2010) - Fixed: Export to XML/Text/HTML were missing in the Pro Edition Version 3.4 Build 2 (September 27, 2010) - Fixed: Text "Export to iPhone or iPod Touch" changed to "Export to CLZ Movies Mobile Application". Version 3.4 Build 1 (September 21, 2010) - Export to CLZ Movies: - Now supports CLZ Movies HD app for iPad - Now supports CLZ Movies app for Android - New: Export to File option, for transferring data to the mobile app over USB. (Currently only supported in the iPad and Android apps. Of course, the upcoming update for the CLZ Movies iPhone app will support it too). - Fixed: it was rarely possible to use the Update feature (it was disabled) - Installation: - Simpler installation: just drag the app to the Applications folder. - This also fixes the folder permission problems that many users have run into. - Edit Movie, new keyboard shortcuts: - Press CMD + [ to edit the previous movie in list - Press CMD + ] to edit the next movie in list - Fixed: Help buttons are now linking to the correct topics in the online manual Version 3.3 Build 1 (November 23, 2009) Installation: - Movie Collector is now installed in /Applications instead of ~/Desktop - Need administrator credentials to install in /Applications folder Syncing Up TO Connect: - The following fields will now be uploaded from your local data when up-syncing AND are now editable as "user fields" in Connect : - Format - Genres - Fixed: Several situations could cause unnecessary update actions Upload your own cover images to Connect: - After syncing UP, you can now also upload the Cover Images for movies that don't have a cover image in Connect yet. - You can now also upload your own cover image on the Edit Movie page in Movie Collector Connect, using the Browse (or Choose File) and Upload buttons. Syncing Down FROM Connect, improvements to prevent unwanted changes to local data: - Extra "Are you sure?" question before syncing down. - New layout of Sync screen, with a BIG Upload button and a small Download button. - Syncing down will never clear fields / make fields empty - Syncing down will never update or add to existing local data values, EXCEPT when the local field is still empty. For example: no Genres will be added to existing lists, Titles, Studios, Release Dates, Running Time, etc.. will not be overwritten. - For Personal fields (purchase data, notes, rating, etc...) full syncing will be maintained. - Syncing down will never un-link movies Linking: - The question box "You have unlinked movies. Do you want to link them now?" now has a "Never ask for these movies again" checkbox. - Link Screen: When using "Search All" all exact barcode matches are now linked automatically (and removed from the queue) - If you upload unlinked movies, Connect will try to auto-link them by barcode. - After linking, the program does not auto-update the linked movies anymore, preventing unexpected (and possibly unwanted) data additions to your local entries. Fixed: - Edit Lists: Merging credits didn't work - OPR-3201 support: Scanning with OPR-3201 jumped to main screen - Close button: now closes the database and exits Movie Collector Version 3.2 Build 2 (October 9, 2009) - Fixed: - Export to iPhone/iPod Touch: Frozen report window with OSX 10.4 - Edit Movie: Episodes en Discs gave title of the movie instead of the disc number/episode name Version 3.2 Build 1 (September 21, 2009) Export to Clz Movies for iPhone / iPod Touch: - Support for Clz Movies 1.1 - New "Update" option, for exporting updates only (as opposed to exporting the entire database every time) - New "Intended Changes" screen for viewing and selecting updates. - Extra exported data: - Index - Location - Storage Device and Slot - Edition - Notes - Episode list - Link Movies: Improved user interface for linking multiple movies - Fixed: - Edit Multiple: removing multiple cover images didn't work - Loan Item: now works correctly when having a disc selected Version 3.1 Build 1 (September 1, 2009) - Snow Leopard compatible Version 3.0 build 2 (August 5, 2009) New: Ability to switch layout - Classic Two-Pane layout - Full Height Tree Three-Pane layout New: Synchronize with Movie Connect - Ability to uncheck/check a group of actions in the report window Fix: Update/Add Automatically - Adhere to the settings of maximum numbers of actors/directors/writers/producers Version 3.0 build 1 (July 28, 2009) New: Synchronize with Movie Collector Connect: - What is Movie Collector Connect? See http://connect.collectorz.com/movies - Use the new Connect / Synchronize menu to upload your collection to Movie Collector Connect and host your collection on Collectorz.com servers - Then share your collection with friends, by just giving them a web-link - Browse your online collection from any online mobile device, including iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry, Nokia phones, PDAs, etc.. - Manage your collection (add or edit movies) using just a web-browser, from any Windows, Mac or Linux computer. - Download changes you made online back to your local Movie Collector database. - Sign up for a trial account here: http://connect.collectorz.com/register Export to iPhone / iPod Touch - Browse your movie collection on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new Clz Movies app - Available in Apple AppStore for $9.99 (search the AppStore for "clz movies") - Use File | Export to iPhone / iPod Touch to transfer your data to the Clz Movies app (Requires Wi-Fi connection on your iPhone or iPod Touch, connecting to the same local network (LAN) that your computer is in.) New super-easy Add Movies Automatically screen: - Now uses ONLY the Collectorz.com online movie database for movie information, DVD details and cover images (For clarity: it will NOT use IMDb anymore, or Amazon, DVD Empire, Adult or Gay DVD Empire, SendIt, DVD-Shop, Atlantic DVD or DVD FR.) - The new "single source" screen replaces both the Wizard and Advanced Mode screens and makes it much easier and quicker to add movies, just search, select your result (once) and click Add Selected. - Or: select multiple results and add multiple movies from one search (e.g.: search for "die hard", select 4 movies and click Add Checked to add em all) - Hide / Show Search Queue button to switch between "Search Now" and "Add to Queue" mode - Edit searches in Queue with new Edit Search Criteria screen (right-click menu). - New multi-column Search Results panel, with separate Title, Year, Barcode, Region, Cover Yes/No columns - New "New Releases" tab page, showing the latest DVD and Blu-Ray releases, just select one (or more!) and click Add. - New "Most Popular" tab page, showing last week's most popular movies, including theatrical releases. Select and Add, no searching needed. Database Changes: - Improved support for TV-Series and Multi-Disc boxes: - List the episodes for TV Series - Episode lists are automatically downloaded from Collectorz.com movie database - List contents per discs for mult-disc releases - New field: Original Title - New field: Condition - New field: IMDB rating - New field: Tags, for adding free-form key phrases to Movies - New field: Quantity - New In Collection Status value 'On Order' Main screen: - More polished and space efficient layout - Title sorting takes numbers into account ('movie 9' sorts ascending before before 'movie 10'). - Better key bindings: - Apple-F focusses the toolbar search field, if possible. - Apple-Option-N opens the new 'Add Automatically' screen. - Apple-Shift-C opens the 'Synchronize with Connect' screen. Edit Screens: - Improved layout of the Edit Movie screen. - Edit Movie screen: High quality artwork is now shown at its optimal size. Templates: - New search result preview template (in Add Automatically screen) - Support for new quantity field, proper display of 'Nr. of Pages' label Barcode Scanners: - Find Scanner function for detecting CueCat, Flic and Opticon scanners (replaces 'Initialize Flic Scanner') - Fixed crash when scanning some types of barcodes with Flic or CueCat scanners Version 2.2 build 1 (January 13, 2009) Improved Barcode Scanner support: - Added support for the new Opticon OPN 2001 pocket barcode scanner. - Improved support for the CueCat scanner. Requirements: - Requires at least Mac OS X 10.4.11 to run. * Note: Movie Collector will no longer run on Mac OS X 10.3 Version 2.1 build 2 (April 16, 2008) Added: - Amazon UK can now be searched on by using barcodes Fixed: - new lookup list entries did not retain their values in the edit screens. - incremental search in list view was not working properly / consistently - new templates allowed collection status symbol to be "dragged and dropped" as an image. - 'Buy Pro version' button did not use standard license information to upgrade from Version 2.1 build 1 (April 8, 2008) Added: - New Movie Collector templates, in 4 different styles (Blue, Black, Grey and iTunes) - Completely revised Movie Collector manual - Help buttons on all screens to access the relevant manual section - Getting started option on first start Changed: - better handling of Cuecat barcode scanner - new improved toolbar look and layout * Note: existing users will have to adjust the toolbar, choosing the menu "view | customize toolbar" and drag the new default set to the toolbar. Fixed: - drag and drop of images to edit screen was not working - forward slash in cover name caused cover not to show - canceling currency conversion screen made Movie Collector unresponsive - loan manager did not show dates after selecting from calendar under Leopard Version 2.0 build 9 (November 22, 2007) Fixed: -licence validation could not be performed using the license screen -Adult DVD Empire info source updated Version 2.0 build 8 (November 9, 2007) Added: -main screen status bar displays more relevant collection statistics Fixed: -using Flic barcode scanner under Leopard (OSX 10.5) caused program to crash -barcode scanner fills barcode in wizard barcode field -filter could not be used on 'collection status' field -filter could not be used on 'quantity' field -lookup list items could not be merged -loan settings screen could be closed incorrectly by hitting the escape key -export to Ipod takes sort names into account -export to Ipod now groups on first letter of title instead of year -incorrect handling of covers when submitting to Collectorz.com Movie database Version 2.0 build 7 (August 30, 2007) Fixed: -Manage List screen: Toolbar buttons would not keep their position when resizing screen -"Automatically create backup" preference was off by default -Invalid license validation for license names containing certain characters -Export to iPod: Incorrect handling of special characters -Duplicate Movie: the Index and ID fields were not set correctly -Add Automatically (advanced) screen: "Search Selected" from context menu searched entire queue -Edit Movie screen: Cosmetic changes to the cover tab pages Version 2.0 build 6 (August 2, 2007) Fixed: -Delicious Library import: collections with empty lookup values were not imported -Update file links: Crash when searching for files across the entire system -Searching on Atlantic DVD info source failed -Searching on DVD Empire returned incorrect results Version 2.0 build 5 (June 8, 2007) Fixed: -Edit Movie: Using Next and Previous did not save changes Version 2.0 build 4 (June 4, 2007) Fixed: -Export to iPod: Sorting was on year instead of title -Lookup lists could have duplicate entries in certain conditions -Delicious Library import: Values of the genre field were garbled -Delicious Library import: Cover images were not imported Version 2.0 build 3 (April 4, 2007) Fixed: - Collectorz.com barcode scanner was not detected by the software Version 2.0 build 2 (March 1, 2007) Fixed: -Conversion of collection file from version 1.x sometimes aborted -Export to Text failed in certain conditions -Format icons for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD were not shown in Details View Version 2.0 build 1 (February 20, 2007) Added: -New Info Source: our own "Collectorz.com Movie Database" -Export to iPod Notes (PRO only): export your list to the Notes section of your iPod -Format icons for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD -Universal Binary support - Flic barcode scanner support: -Add DVDs to the collection by scanning their UPC codes -Locate a movie in the collection by scanning its barcode -Cordless scanning for up to 500 barcodes -Laser scanner for high scanning speed and accuracy -Fully integrated support, no drivers necessary -Delicious Library import -DVD Empire search by barcode -Add Movies screen: Added 'Lock selected' and 'Update in queue' functions -Toolbar: the following icons can now be added: Add Movie manually, Edit Multiple Movies, Remove Movie, Duplicate Movie Fixed: -Installer places application on the Desktop instead of the Applications folder -Filter: settings for NOT, and/or and case sensitive were not remembered -DVD Empire search returned incorrect results -IMDB search results improved -Default value for the 'Number of Disks' field is now 1 instead of 0 -The 'Convert Currency' function in the Tools|Maintenance menu was not implemented -Year dropdown lists are now sorted with the most recent year at the top -Lookup items (like authors or genre) could incorrectly be marked as unused -The 'Select Random' function was not very random -Quick Search used the current filter settings for case sensitivity and NOT -Details View: The Collection Status field was not shown -Edit Movie screen: Currency fields now use the system setting for decimal separator -Printing: Saving a customized template in the template list failed -Tools\Maintenance\Factory Settings erased the name of the current database -Edit Movie screen: Adding a credit sometimes did not remember the name Version 1.0 build 3 (May 24, 2006) Fixed: -Main screen: Details View shows release year 2006 twice -Adult DVD Empire search returned no results -Edit Movie: Manage List button for the DVD Standard Features field was missing -Sorting on the Genre was not consistent if a movie had multiple genres -Edit Movie: Manually adding Crew members could crash the program -Quick Search could show all movies regardless of the search term in certain conditions -Default content of the Year list now contains years until 2010 -Main screen: The listview showed default format icons instead of format-specific ones -Your License Info screen: 'Buy Pro' button was missing in Standard edition -Edit Book: Add Credit button was disabled in certain conditions -Online search: EAN codes were not converted to ISBN before performing search -Import from XML: Cover images were not shown correctly after importing -Printing: Template "Table, 10 per page" did not work correctly Version 1.0 build 2 (January 17, 2006) Fixed: -Value of 'Nr of Disks' field is not refreshed after editing it -The 'Average Price' statistic did not ignore zero-priced records -Edit Movie: caption now shows the movie title -Edit Movie: the Crew field was missing Up/Down arrow buttons -Edit Movie: lookup fields now have auto-completion active -Main screen: Context menu did not work on a multiple selection -The 'show sort names for lookup items' setting was not used -The 'Starting Position' field was not handled correctly -Program now asks confirmation before adding movies to the example collection -Statistics: Sort and Filter buttons had no hints -Placeholder icons updated in the Thumbnail View -Sorting on date fields was incorrect Version 1.0 build 1 (November 9, 2005) - Initial release