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.
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.
We stay on the ball
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