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Dulomiga Beta - Video

For all who have so far failed to test the beta version of Dulomiga, or just have interest in the functions, is now available for a 15-minute introductory video. In the film all the important functions of the beta version be explained and supported with examples.

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Dulomiga v 1.0 Beta - Release

We look forward to you today the release of Dulomiga v1.0 Beta to announce. We are pursuing a different approach than most of the tools to manage movies. Our main focus is on ease of use and the interaction of several users. Mainly due to time constraints we have limited ourselves in beta on films that are stored in formats playable on the hard disk (eg by OnlineTvRecorder ).

following can you do with the first beta:

• comfortably and quickly by title, person, genre and tags look
• scanning of the films on disks with automatic recognition of film titles
• update of film data by online Database
• online research management and administration evaluate their own wish list
• Export / Import of wish lists
• movies and seen as a mark
• films with semantic tags provided
• Easy to use interface

About dialog of Dulomiga

Dulomiga runs on computers with Microsoft Windows from Windows XP SP3 and sets the . NET Framework 3.5 SP1 advance (provided by Setup). For optimal use we recommend a Windows Vista or Windows 7 Aero interface enabled. We want

again explicitly indicates that this is beta software! The software is, as it is provided free of charge. Despite careful functional and virus tests, we assume no liability for any damage arising from the use of the software and can not guarantee that the software on your system is doing something useful.

Download:. Dulomiga 1.0.0.x Beta (2.3 MB)

HicknHack Software Team to wish you much fun trying We welcome any feedback in the comments.

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VSTO 4.0 Runtime

The VSTO 4.0 Runtime is not installed when Office 2010 already installed. Instead, the VSTO 3.5 Runtime is installed!

Why? No idea! can
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb608603 (VS.100) aspx

Who will make up for the installation of the Runtime:

More information can be found at. install the corresponding bootstrapper. The fact is installed.

is the bootstrapper Path: C: \\ Program Files (x86) \\ Microsoft SDKs \\ Windows V7.0A \\ Bootstrapper \\ Packages \\ VSTOR40

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Dulomiga is on the way

Sorry that we have reported not so long here. But we have used the time well, to transform the experience gained with the other film databases into its own idea. The result is a small prototype of an entirely different film administration.

If everything goes smoothly, you can in the next few days the first beta test it yourself.

Here's a little teaser in the form of a screenshot:

search view with details of the movie "The Terminator" in Dulomiga v1.0 Beta

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Mobile distributed time management + jobs, edit and manage

Hugo is now again a little scattered. Not only because he has to do much more, but also because he has to so many customers still so many places. His daughter will soon have a school play. He must be ready in time today to advance it and his wife in time to pick up.

the next job, he gets the chance to be sent from the central BlackBerry, on which the "Mobile Connect Manager" runs. The traffic jam on the highway in front of him he deals with the built-in navigation, which also takes into account traffic information via the Traffic Message Channel (TMC). Thanks to the following instructions are for the job.

After spending his lunch break, he typed onto Blackberry the two buttons for further work, the Blackberry is in the cradle and drives off. After this time registration after the order cost will be calculated. As he waits at a traffic light, comes in a message. A colleague to accompany him. The receptionist know that he is waiting just on his way. Hugo ran short runs right, the route is recalculated, and within a short time, the colleague on board.

He is not as long, and looks a bit perplexed on the device on which Hugo again tapped. Hugo explained it to him while driving. As hard as it is not so. Together they do the jobs and do anything because they were placed in the optimal sequence and in a region. The colleague is amazed. Such a thing was not at his old employer. But he's gone so well broke. Next week he will work as Hugo, somewhere else in Germany.

running simultaneously in the central counterpart, "Connect Office Manager." Clearly, the planners see the Web browser, which grad who does. There are reports on the BlackBerry, jobs, news, and time recording. With Clicking the corresponding positions on the map called. Various reports are available as PDF and CSV are available. The latter are used for the settlement further. The low-cost solution includes advanced technology and is also suitable for smaller businesses.

If you know where Hugo is working? He could work at a logistics service provider for the planning and navigation is a priority. And Hugo works at an agricultural operation, the knowledge of locating, tracking and tracing needs to find its vehicles are and were. It could also be insurance agents, workmen or another field. The applications are diverse and at least where employees are scattered.

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The earth is indivisible
A Work in Progress by Li Koelan


In Neukölln people live in over 160 countries.
With the help of countless people, I gather from all these countries, a glass, earth '
earth' to me is living matter with its own consciousness and its own quiet universal language that we do people any more.
The consequences of this disregard are felt worldwide.
Because of lost communication between Mother Earth and her children of the earth I'm trying to encourage people around the world to send me a little of their own soil.
If from 160 different cultures, a glass, earth 'comes from Berlin-Neukölln, it is all about the dignity of the earth', that is charged with the identity of the relevant home country and complete the collection, soil 'to This creates.
The 1st step of this project was held for 48 hours Neukölln 09 in the exhibition, NATurBAN 'in the old post office' at Karl Marks str. The 2nd
Step is carried out in art space-CLOCK ART during the event, Nachtundnebel 09 '.

Saturday 7 Nov. from 20.00 - 24.00 Clock
Sunday 8 Nov. von 15.00 - 19.00 clock.

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VS2010 Extension: zoom editor margin

VS2010 Beta2 is finally out. Hardly downloaded and installed, I've already written the first expansion for the new WPF code editor!

I was especially excited about the zoom function of the code editor. When I first opened VS2010, but I was slightly disappointed. On the left side of the code editor, there was only one combo box, by which you can adjust the zoom. From my experience with Office 2007, but I would like to have a slider with which I could zoom infinitely.

Fortunately

can adapt to the new WPF code editor in VS2010 at all corners and ends. Said and done, I wrote a custom "Margin" for the editor. A margin is an area in the code editor where you can place a WPF control. This is just one of many ways to adapt the code editor and expand.

who download the zoom editor margin and want to try directly can do so in the, or through the extension manager in Visual Studio.

The code editor without Zoom Extension

The code editor with Zoom Extension

in the next couple posts I explain how I created this extension have. There are many aspects to which I should like to address. Therefore I will not tell all before in this blog post.

Enjoy and stay tuned

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Ralf Westphal cut wrote on his blog "frown on the latest from Microsoft since Bread, "about the new Reactive Framework (Rx) from Microsoft. First, I wanted to write a comment on his blog. The comment is then turned out a little longer, so I have decided a blog entry with my thoughts on this subject . Leave Ralf calls even to reactions on "Or I see here on the actual invention? Is the brilliant innovation hub by me? I ask for clarification "

So I try but bring some light into the dark.

Where's the problem?

For Ralf, the problem is in this new technology, being a" new vocabulary for something old " must use. According to the motto: Raider Twix now. Sure, if something new has taken an old concept and the new is always associated with the old, of course, the acceptance falls for the new. Does this mean that there is new is bad? I can (still) not judge. Nevertheless, I am new set only once digested.

So what is the old? Ralf for the old is: Complex Event Processing (CEP).

"This is not new, this is not rocket science."

But that is so with most inventions! Somewhere Someone's already invented. The New only looks pretty, "it's just not great new invention since sliced bread, but something long familiar in pimped robe dressed . "Yes, that's probably Sun

" Sorry, there is nothing new to me. When I think in the established paradigm of data flow, that is something very old and can be overcome with today's means. "

Ralf who likes you for everything," his cold coffee. "But wait? Data flow established? Where is your ? In which company is developing the software for this established paradigm asking me but please look at your customers, the participants of the CCD seminars, visitors to a conference audience of your presentations from those who:.

• has heard of CEP, Esper or CCR?
  
• has read an article about CEP, Esper or CCR (from you or someone else)?
  
• used CEP, Esper, or CCR-productive in his Buisiness applications?
  

Answer: almost
Nobody .

That's the problem: For you and a few people that's all water under the bridge (see first comment by Holger croft). For the masses, absolutely new territory.

"Who really wants to try for what you can do with a query language on event streams, then you can play with Nesper"

No Ralf, I will try anything, I want to play not only with it. I want to have this functionality. NET Framework and productive.

Reactive programming in the core. NET Framework be present. This is the new! The establishment is!

What about LINQ

a reminder to Ralf, the problem exists on Reactive Framework is that it all existed before. But what was the same again LINQ?

The concept behind LINQ comes from functional programming (Map, Filter, Reduce). Apparently this was Ralf no or not enough points of contact with the functional programming, that he had associated auto mud LINQ with a long-invented technology. At least Erik Meijer is praised for his "Brain Child" LINQ, but not for his other projects (eg: Volta and Rx).

Functional programming also was not just an academic issue. Maybe you came in studies with LISP, ML or Miranda in touch. Arrived in professional life but it has its data through nested for loops filtered. Because of Map, Filter, Reduce. Although the technology was available but already in. NET (delegates, iterators). Nevertheless, it has not used. LINQ But then came along with a little "syntactic sugar" for C #, a concept established by the functional Programming in an object-oriented programming language such as.. NET And since the concept is enshrined in the Framework, LINQ is even alle.NET based programming available.

Only with LINQ has become the functional paradigm into the mainstream. More and more people use LINQ queries to project to their lists, filter and aggregate. More and more people use lambda expressions for the most mundane things.

vs. Betamax. VHS, HD vs. BlueRay

LINQ has since opened a door, the Reactive Framework do the same and the way in the mainstream find

"flows of course but I have not invented. They are old "... mainstream, it has not been made, as we see. Too bad. Because the steps in a flow increase the evolvability of software, I find "

Ralf, that's exactly what you wish, that the concept finds its way into the mainstream. What technology eventually wins the race plays no role. Whether Betamax or VHS, HD or BlueRay, CEP or Rx.

Conclusion

There have always been inventions that only a small elite sector in industry and research, were opened or accessed. Just because there is a technology in a has found a small area of appeal, one can not say the technology is established. Only if they made it into the mainstream, one can speak of the establishment. LINQ is a great example of an academic topic accessible to the mainstream is.

CEP, Esper and CCR have not been established and will not etablieren.Das Reactive Framework will be established, however. Why? Quite simply, it will be a key component for. NET and therefore accessible and ubiquitous. NET developers. Not a separate tool, not a download somewhere, not play around. It will just be there. It only remains to use it too ...

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new rating system

After The interim report, we have some time and taken out in our analysis and valuation questions. So far we have examined each tool separately for specific categories. We have described more or less use of the tool but could make any real comparison between the programs.

The interim conclusion, we found that there are huge differences in the individual target groups. Therefore we have decided a target group-oriented rating system to be tested. This we will here try to explain below.

basic parameters of the software
first be detected with any software, the following facts:

1. Name
2. tested version
3. website
4. developers
5. Supported platforms and operating systems
6. localization of the surface
7. sales or development model
8. price
9. channels

rating categories

This software appropriate to fully can be estimated, we make an assessment of various categories. In the formation of the assessment categories we have, as mentioned at the beginning, based on different user groups. Each reader can decide to which camp he is one, and whether a software for his interests is appropriate.

In each category we distribute from our defined criteria points. The maximum score given to it differs according to the weight of the criterion in the category. The weight we have on hand in front of our claims.

first General requirements

The criteria of the general requirements affecting all user groups. Here we will evaluate the following criteria:

1. Attractively designed surface
2. Intuitive interface
3. support for problems with the software
4. ever recording of all watched movies, regardless of medium
5. Automatic online update of film / series-data
6. research opportunities in database
7. Datenex-/import
8. certainty regarding unauthorized access and data loss

second Use in the Community

In the second category, we try to handle a tool with online and offline communities to collect and evaluate the moment we enter the following criteria:.

1. collect data from several persons
2. Rental and exchange function for movies, series and all the media
3. exchange of wish lists and recommendations
4. publishing its own collection

third DVD-/Blu-Ray movie collector

are in this category included the criteria for collectors of large amounts of movies on DVD, Blu-Ray and similar media are particularly important.

1. type and efficiency of inventory
2. Exact seen the film version
3. detecting and assigning of "Special Features"
4. work with collection boxes (several DVDs in a box)
5. capture shelves and binders
6. Leihfunktionen
7. buying and selling on a virtual marketplace
8. information about new releases

4th DVD-/Blu-Ray series collector

Series media is a rather special case and its management in software is quite complex. We are fully aware of the collector, despite his wish to record series, and draw up the following criteria:

1. collection of series
2. Discover and map "Special Features"
3. notes to the particularities of individual episodes
4. "Views" status of a sequence
5. evaluation of a series

5th Users of Video-/Festplatten-/Online TV recorders

the needs of users of the various TV Recorder variants, we try with the criteria in this category relate to.

1. locations of recorded movies / series manage
2. statistics on the remaining capacity on disks
3. wish list for missing / missed / Save Money
4. TV program guide
5. view planning
6. connection of the host system
7. create cover for the media / print
8. play movies directly from disk

6th Video Rental / video on demand "users

The criteria cover possible assistance for dealing with payment, borrowed Media and Digital Rights Management "from" Video on demand "platforms.

1. list currently rented
2. management of return dates
3. already on borrowed films and series
4. cost overview
5. links with lenders

Summary

We hope with today presented evaluation criteria and categories your encouragement to find and in the future the evaluation of the individual software prove better. Therefore, we want our readers to give feedback and ask us any relevant information. Maybe we have forgotten single criterion or even a whole target group overlooked.

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7 film databases - An interim report

Over the last three weeks, we analyzed seven different movie database tools intensively. With some developers, we have held consultations and corrected the odd fact.

first film databases Series: Ant Movie Catalog , eXtreme Movie Manager ; 2 Series: My Movies, All My Movies , Movie Collector , CATVids , XBMC

in our movie database list is more than 20 programs to be analyzed and the blog now threatens to become unwieldy. A simple comparison of the different functions would not be appropriate because the tools are simply too different. Therefore, we will now try to provide an overview of the programs studied to date. We consider the similarities, differences, target groups and trends.

operating systems

First, the tool must run its course on the preferred operating systems. All presented tools run on Microsoft operating systems from Windows XP.

eligible for Mac users only XBMC , Movie Collector and not yet presented platform-independent programs in question. On Linux can also use XBMC. Also offers the only My Movies a Linux version.

are available for Windows users that is open all doors.

cost

An important criterion for or against a particular film administration is the price.

Ant Movie Catalog , My Movies and XBMC be provided for free by a very dedicated community, or individual programmers.

Who more emphasis on support and continuous development shall be better served with the paid tools like All My Movies , CATVids , eXtreme Movie Manager or Movie Collector .

It can be all the tools presented to test for free.

data synchronization with Internet

Each of the tools we have presented, can the details of a film with the Internet Syndicate. The commercially used (s) online movie database (s) and the requested movie data differ from product to product.

• Movie Collector gets its data from its own database, which is maintained by the users of the program.
• The My Movies is fixed to the German OFDB wired. This puts it firmly while, but receives a very fast data synchronization.
• CATVids works exclusively with the Do for movie data and cover images for Amazon.
• In XBMC a list of so-called "scraper" is stored, with select for a search only ever be a "scraper" for movies, series and documentaries can be.
• All My Movies working with plugins for searching in various databases.
The Ant Movie Catalog
• and eXtreme Movie Manager provide a scripting language for the purchase of movie data and offer a maximum flexibility.

data entry and target groups

The tools presented in the blog differ sometimes very strongly in the possibilities of the creation and maintenance of the local film database.

The XBMC only uses the automated scanning of directories on local disks or network. The user has to specify the source of the search no more intervention and can focus completely on Search and focus of the detected viewing movies.

very different things started CATVids . Here the user can maintain the data of the films with their own comments and data fields. For that he gets the assurance that exactly the desired data. The focus is on the cataloging of video tapes and DVD boxes. Films on the hard disk are more additions than the focal point of the movie database.

divided all other programs on the use and level of detail of data collection between XBMC and CATVids .

Personal data to deposit

addition to the film and series properties, it is the user in the tools also allows personal data to the movies, as rated Seen / Unseen. Data for an assessment to be based in large part of the used online movie database.

Unfortunately we noticed that most tools only allow one user per database, except XBMC . The consequence is that several people their preferences and experiences can not manage in a database. Especially not the state: Viewed. be

Some of the programs (eg Movie Collector and All My Movies ) thus applied to deal with series. In our opinion, unfortunately, not consistently enough. Up to CATVids it was deposited in any movie database for possible personal data series.

trends

Future tools will help the user more in identifying and obtaining film data. The recognition of a film on the basis of a barcode via bar code scanner is only the beginning. Unfortunately there is not always a bar code scanner.

In the era of "smart phones" virtually every user of a camera. Meanwhile, there are programs that a bar code optical seen via a camera and even make the appropriate product attributes identified. For example, one with "My Collection" (available in the Android Market) optical scan barcodes of books and CD / DVDs and manage.

SnapTell The company goes one step further. Android phones and Apple's iPhone is a little tool is available that recognizes products on the basis of photos and the internet looking up. For example, we photographed the cover of the DVD "The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie" and can recognize via SnapTell.

It remains to be seen to what extent future film databases make use of innovative detection technologies.

Links DVD "The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie," the right search results from SnapTell

Conclusion

All in all, most film administrations very database-heavy so they're feeling more as a maintenance tool for databases. As a result, most programs are more suitable for collectors who like to stay for hours to your movie list to wait. The casual user who is more interested in quickly is to find an appropriate movie to watch on the track. An exception is XBMC .

We have a lot in the analysis Had fun and learned a lot. There are very promising approaches. The ultimate user-friendly movie database, we have so far not yet identify.

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XBMC - Film Management - Review

The XBMC (Xbox Media Center) is a complete Media Center system for Windows, Linux, MacOS, and XBox. The software offers a variety of functions that can be easily controlled. Center of the system is the management and viewing or listening to music, images and video. We are dedicated to managing only the film by using the "media stream" Skin.

XBMC - main menu film opened

XBMC is an open source project that is being promoted since 2003 by more than 50 developers and can be used free of charge from any and expanded. In addition to the large number of computer platforms the software offers its services in over 30 translations that are more than 100 translators created and updated.

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The interface of the program is mainly designed to operate by remote control and game pad. Operation with keyboard and mouse consists of the concept was only willing to resist because it is quite complicated in places, to use the menu with both. The menu is quite confusing in some views, as each view provides different perspectives and functions are well hidden. The issue is not just by the existing skinning system simpler. It may happen that a function in B Skin is in a very different place than in a skin A. Nevertheless, the "Consoleros" feel at home.

XBMC - with the current weather in Dresden

database

Unlike the film databases that we might have been analyzed at the XBMC media flow completely in focus. The database design is fixed and is more in the background. The user is given a functional framework with which to detect and investigate his films. Different areas of the database can be protected from other users. The program offers to profiles. In this case, several rights are granted to each profile. Sorry, can not represent the access to movies with, for example a certain age level. Only complete range will be blocked: movies, music, pictures.

XBMC - film list with unfolded configuration menu

A XBMC Database can be also in the form of XML import and ex-.

navigation

The software offers different ways to navigate through the media. The focus is on virtual directories that are containers, the media, according to certain criteria mentioned. For example, contains a list of all Genre genre. Each genre path in turn contains the films of the genre, etc. This can continue for a variety of criteria.

XBMC - Virtual paths in the movie database

films enter

Unlike other administrations in XBMC movie films inserted only by the scan of a disk. In our testing, the scan of the list was lengthy. The software scans in the background pre-set directories and tries to hand the names of files or folders movie information from various online services to obtain.

Which online service to be used in the settings can be global, and also for each source directory stored separately. In addition to all the cover images and movie data can also be downloaded fan art images. Fan-Art images are displayed by default in the background of any movie view, so the perception is reinforced for the film.

XBMC - a directory as a data source select

Play

films are either played on the integrated player or with a selectable external player. The native player has all the features you need. Films have been viewed can be seen as marked. Films can be seen from lists hidden. In unseen films, the representation of the plot are turned off to not to take one's power.

If a DVD is inserted into the drive, it will be played immediately. Unfortunately, adding DVDs to the database is not provided.

XBMC - Integrated player with active controls

Search / Find

In the "media stream" skin is the view of the possibility of a film Do you make search. Unfortunately the search with various movie titles delivered any results. It always came back to the search dialog.

The user can search all types of records. This opens the search function, an input box where the desired search term is entered. Appear in a results found films, genres and people. Clicking on a result provides the information in XBMC a corresponding view dar.

XBMC - Open search dialog

let's filter feature films limit the displayed simple. You see only the titles that begin with the typed character group.

XBMC - Results for the search "and" in our test database

Another useful feature are the playlists. A playlist is larger on the basis of any film data in combination with predicates such as, created less than, contains. The brilliant thing about it is that a playlist is created can be all action movies, with a score greater than 7 contains from 2001. A playlist is also understandable as a virtual directory.

XBMC - Dialog for editing a "Smart Playlist"

Conclusion

design and interface of XBMC leave much to be desired. The feedback and the speed is breathtaking, thanks to 3D support. That such an extensive software for all platforms and is available free of active development is remarkable. In addition, we have the playlists with the arbitrary criteria very well fallen. The database approach to movies is simple and functional - all according to the statement "less is more".

The user profiles are in our opinion a good start, but not thought through. It is not clear why one can not lock individual film lists, eg to set up a profile just for kids movies.

is a pity, too, that the online search did not work. The functionality of a wish list is not present by default. In addition, the software is not for the great DVD collection. DVDs are not recorded as described in the film collection. The program works went ahead with files.

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CATVids - Review

Today we write a story about an extremely complex film management software. We are talking about CATVids . CATVids can laserdiscs, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs through the user created videos, and even manage video cassettes. That the tool includes a rental function need not be specially mentioned.

The software is commercially sold for $ 39.95 through the company FNProgramvare . CATVids can be tried in a fully functional trial version with a 25 film / series-title limit. The software can Windows XP, 2000, Vista and Windows 7 might be used, but unfortunately only in English language.

The test for the blog article for the version with 8:15:02.

CATVids - film management software with the sample database

views

provides the main view of six different perspectives on the movie database. The start is always in the video view, the film may actually be sought and found boxes. Each box consists of one or more media, where content is stored. An overview of all video content from the database, see the "View Contents"

Besides these two main views there:

• "Explorer View" - browse database
• "Loan View" - Overview of all those friends. movies that borrowed
• Lookup View "- Provides insight into various lists (people, media formats, etc.)
• " Want List View - All movies have been marked as required

In addition, there are a whole range of " Additional Views "and it can also define your own views.

layout

is the first start of CATVids equal open the help. It is also recommended to study this important detail in order to master the program quickly.

The layout of the main window consists of the main menu, various toolbars, the view selector and the contents of the currently selected view.

With the "Explorer View" you can easily sift through the entire database. It begins with an initial view of the database. In addition to a summary can be found here also various search functions. By searching or clicking on one of the options you can work your earnings over lists of the boxes to the content.

CATVids on the home page of the Explorer view

The contents of the other views is similar. The top of the other views, there are four drop-down boxes. The first, the layout is determined by the view that the sorting and the second with the third filter can be enabled for the view. By the fourth drop-down box is set up is determined by which attributes of the classification tree below.

setting options of the views

The found elements of the view are listed in a table. The selected item is then presented in a concise form in the last element.

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for all data entry usually open fully customizable dialogs, which also may well stacked.

database

CATVids is based on a Microsoft Access database. There are available for almost all movie information, appropriate data fields and tables. There are also some placeholder to adjust for additional data. Who is killed by the large tables and data fields of the software has the ability an-/auszuschalten each data field. This allows the film properties reduce to a minimum. More clarity in the Dialogues

database setup - for example, to show or hide fields

input has already been mentioned that the software series and movies support. Unlike other tools, such as "All My Movies" CATVids the developers have created a hierarchical data model with the single "discs" in "boxes" can be accommodated. In each "disc" can again be saved "segments". If for example a TV series on DVD Season based results in a box with the title of the series and Sub-disc with the sub-segments of each episode.

hierarchy of content on the example of "Alienbox" (4 CDs, each with a film segment)

segments also contribute information on how Viewed as a state, an assessment and game time information on the media. For example, for video cassettes, the time span of a segment can be stored.

Any avid movie collectors can prevent data loss in which he is using the backup feature of CATVids. In addition, a database can be protected by a password before others.

Another useful Function is to transfer a CATVids database into another. This title can be imported from an external database into another. In this case, all or transferred by the user selected title subset.

transfer dialog for Datemabgleich between different databases

film create

New titles in two different CATVids species are created. First, complete manually and the other via the Internet update. The Internet update CATVids the developer, the title of the data refer IMDb and Amazon . The IMDb is used for general content data of a title, and Amazon for concrete data format of a medium. In contrast to "eXtreme Movie Manager the software is not able to extract data from an existing format movie file.

To create a title using Internet update will open a dialog in which the movie title or UPC (English Universal Product Code) of the medium can be entered. In addition, a drive can be located DVD will automatically scan for a title.

After Title or enter UPC was start the online update. In the same Dialogue at the top of results for video and put in the lower range results for track information ready. take in both lists, the user has the correct choice. Was searched by UPC, explicit results will be. Then starts the data import, which invests the film and stored in the database.

dialogue to title search on the Internet with the results for "The Termiantor"

Manual creation of a title begins with an empty Movie Properties dialog. At this point, the developers were consistent, in that the film collector must manually enter all the film properties. There is no Internet updating. In paragraph database was already mentioned that CATVids managed Movies / Series hierarchy. Accordingly, the user must create not only the title but also the individual "discs" and "segments". "Segments" in turn, once created, can be updated to the Internet.

Blank Film begonenner title input dialog with a movie

Reports

The report function can be of CATVids very quickly create charts and cover for the CD / DVD collection. In addition to the extensive range of supplied templates can own report templates with the integrated report designer to create. The resulting document can be viewed as a preview on the screen or printed out in various file formats like PDF, Excel, HTML, images, rich text or plain text to be exported.

report designer with a template for all movie details

Each report is generated from one of the different views. The data can be further customized by filtering, sorting and grouping. Depending on the view in various report designer, customizable report elements.

preview with the above shown a design template

additional components

CATVids has an architecture for additional components with which the software can be expanded to include the missing features. For example, there is the additional component CATVids importer. By CATVids Importer allows an existing movie collections from the programs: DVD Profiler v2.4 and v3, eXtreme Movie Manager v5 , Movie Collector v5 and Movie Library import v1.4.

Conclusion

CATVids is the first of our tested software, the series exactly the same treatment as films. This is it possible to evaluate a single episode of Season series or seen as a highlight. The software is flexible enough to operate that almost all the video stores or libraries. The flexibility provides for Heimanweder however, a major hurdle is dar. Despite extensive documentation of the users of the endless adaptability of the software slain.

For data fetishist is CATVids the right caliber for the occasional administrator CATVids is, in our opinion a Number too large. Looking at the films in CATVids secondary.

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Movie Collector - Review

Today we have looked Movie Collector of Collectorz.com closer.

The software is available in the standard edition for € 24.95 or € 39.95 for the Professional Edition for Windows or Mac OS. In the "Standard Edition" lacks some extra features such as: different export possibilities of the film collection, integration with Windows Media Center, database statistics and the distribution system.

The Movie Collector Software

Matching the software on the website as a barcode scanner Bundles offered (right on the edge of) the Pro version. As an option, the software can be ordered on CD and a Priority Support will be posted. The offer is rounded off with a membership of "Collectorz.com Connect" . There can be for $ 39.95 annual fee, the national film collection online managed and synchronized, if necessary with the desktop client. In addition, the online movie list for strangers to be released.

layout

The layout can be freely designed be. The program is essentially always consists of 3 elements: folder view, list and detail view. The arrangement of the elements will be placed in different layouts. In addition, the user interface has been translated into many languages.

Movie Collector is an alternative layout with

in a folder view presented starting from the name of the database is a tree view. The folders under the database node are created automatically by categorization of a selectable feature film. Each film is divided again into so-called "discs", which in turn can contain series episodes.

In addition, there is comparable to the Windows Explorer list. Here the content is displayed in the folder view of the selected object. As a form of representation can be chosen between a tabular list or thumbnails.

example, make movies, series, episodes and box sets different types of objects dar. Each object type has its own column configuration in the list.

• In the list, the columns shown for each selected object context and in so-called sets of fields put together.
• thumbnails of the movies / series will automatically cover art adjustable in size generated. The other objects are unfortunately presented with the same tag and therefore can not provide aid to navigation.

disc icon in the image display

The third view shows a detailed view of the movie currently selected movie. For this view by the user can select a template.

detailed view of the film "The Godfather"

database

movie information, in contrast to other programs in the Film Database Movie Collector by its own Online movie database provides. The online database is kept up to date Movie Collector users. This can include information and images on films and series. Meanwhile, there are 98 000 movies with over 130,000 DVD editions in the database (as of 08/09/2009).

The database model of the movie database is fixed. There are all film and media pre-defined information shown. The user is however possible, the names of data fields to change. The data type is immutable. Also, can indicate whether a track has already been seen. This only works for the entire title, resulting in series of problems. All properties in a "Film Editing" dialog can be edited. can

"Edit Movie" dialogue of the movie "300"

An existing database will be saved as any file, which is very easy to back up data. In return, can load any database.

The developers have also created interfaces to legacy film collections. Movie Collector can import motion of the programs My Movies and DVD Profiler .

create film

New movies can be inserted in two ways in its own database. First, is the creation of film titles and the other via the creation via barcode scanners.

The application is advertised via tracks on the product page with three easy steps. First you choose from the menu to add a movie. Then a complex film form appears with several riders. The user needs to enter the movie title and may conduct a search in the house here. Then, a result found the editions presented. The user must choose the right edition. Simplified it is confirmed by a quick preview Title with all the details. Was the correct edition found it can be inserted; ready. As of now, the new film is ready.

create dialogue in the film properties when creating a movie

's a new movie via barcode scanner works almost automatically. The bar code of the DVD to be scanned only. Then open a result window that results include only a movie. The condition is that the scanned DVD edition available in online data bank. Then the user must assume the movie just by pressing a button in its own database.

With a special Bar Code Scanner (Opticon barcode scanner) can create the software also films in batch mode. But first, all films are collected with the scanner. Then the scanner to the USB port is connected. In the software immediately opens an Import window that represents the scanned bar code. With one click, all Filmeigeschaften be identified and included in the database.

BoxSet

If you buy more than one film in a collection box or keep it in such a, so the films can be summed up with this feature in the film administration. This is entered in the appropriate box the name of the box. Then can be the boxed sets, like all other lists to edit. This Movie Collector also offers the possibility of pictures, add the date of purchase, etc..

Print

The printing, paper catalogs, CD / DVD covers and movie cards are created. The selected films can first re-sorted and then printed again with a programmed layout or a template.

The Print dialog

The Print dialog also offers the usual print functions, such as page setup, preview and editable headers and footers.

templates

for printing and HTML export of the details used templates. From the manufacturer's website, various templates be downloaded.

Based on XML can also create your own templates. With an XSL transformation, the internal XML structure into an HTML document is converted and then displayed together with stylesheets and images.

print preview of a CD cover from the film "Cloverfield"

Conclusion

For people who only manage DVD and Blu-Ray Disc movies Movie Collector is a good movie database. Series Friends will miss the opportunity to comment on the evaluation of individual episodes, or simply as seen to be marked.

Movie Collector databases can be saved and indeed any load, but it is impossible for two or more databases to be compared with each other. This feature would be for the comparison among friends quite interesting.

's own Collectorz.com Movie Database provides is impressive. The software is thus not to Import-Skripte/Plugins foreign online movie databases need, which can be related movie information very efficiently. Unfortunately, we have noticed that are represented in the online database mostly English titles.