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 Adding a Box Set Importing from text Field Defaults Managing your Wish List Search Settings Editing Movies List Items and more Editing Multiple Movies Update File Links Find Cover Image Adding Trailers, Links and Files Editing List Icons Customizing Movie Collector Custom Field Names Changing the layout Sorting your Collection Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items CLZ Movies for iPhone/iPod CLZ Movies for Android CLZ Movies HD for iPad Using the Filter screen Managing Loans Synchronize with Connect Collection Statistics Printing a Simple List Using Folders Browsing your movies on Vista Media Center Exporting your collection Database Totals Print Screen The Collectorz.com movie database Field Reference Linking your Movies Updating Movie Collector The Options Screen Keyboard Shortcuts Creating a Backup Validating Movie Collector Add/Edit Movie Screen Data Submission Guidelines
Adding Movies Manually
The Collectorz.com online movie database is pretty complete, so you will probably be able to add most of your collection using the Add Movies Automatically screen. Just let the program download all movie details and cover images from the central Collectorz.com database.
However, it will happen once in a while that our central database does not include your movie.
Of course, you can still add those movies to your personal database. This is what the Add Movie Manually screen is for. Open this screen using the second button on the toolbar (or click Edit > Add Movie Manually).
Adding movies manually
This screen is just like the Edit Movie screen that you have probably used already. Only now all entry boxes are empty, ready for you to fill in. There are several different tabs with different Fields to fill out.
All the available Fields are optional, so remember that you don't have to fill them all out. Just enter the data that's relevant for you. You might just want to add the title and come back later to add more data later.
It's also well possible that our central database will be able to provide the extra details after some time, as our database is being updated daily with many, many new additions. So, it's always worth trying a search again, after some time.