Movie Collector Pro wrote:
I am writing to you after having recently purchased Coollector.
Thank you very much for supporting our work!
Thanks for the good ideas and great work! We tried something called My Movies "Free" but it wanted us to register and was a pain in the butt. Luckily that caused us to try Coollector
Why is your name the name of a competitor program?
It is? Well that makes me a fool I suppose. Sorry about that.Movie Collector Pro wrote:
I think that this software is probably the best idea I've come across for my private use. Very well done! The price was perfect for what you offer.
Thank you! It's indeed much cheaper than Movie Collector Pro
Never heard of them but now I will go look
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
I have heard that v.3.26.8 is out but I can't seem to get it updated.
We still haven't gone through Apple's review process, but the program should have updated the movie database and you should have the same data as v.3.26.8 (with 110,131 movies in it).
Sounds great. I'll keep checking back.In fact, we will skip version 3.26.8 on the Mac App Store. The version I have submitted is version 4.0, with our brand new feature: movie recommendations. Don't be afraid, it's a free upgrade for the owners of version 3
Very good. Free is a great price..
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
We are using your database for organizing/creating a library of our movies. Between the 3 of us we have over 25,000 movies.
Impressive!!!
Or sad is another way to look at it.
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
All of us are using external drives and working with our digitized files.
You'll love the new version! I've improved the scanning feature, and fixed several bugs.
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
IMDB is by far the best source for movie data.
I agree with you.
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
So plugging into their Dbase was perfect if that is what you've done. (I'm not a programmer, just a manager
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No, we maintain our own database, but the program provides direct links to the IMDb because it's the reference.
Have you contacted IMDB about doing a direct link? Not sure what that entails but I assume since you're proven, it would add value to Coollector and IMDB. Movie Collector Pro wrote:
The fact that the "owned" movies are automatically saved without having to save. ( I think they are)
Absolutely. As soon as you make any change (even rating a movie), it's saved on disk.
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
4)Overall, the general appearance is quite nice and easy to use. We like it.
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
1) When we click on "owned" and then attempt to do a search either by actor or title, it seems to go to the entire Dbase when in fact we only want to search our owned movies not the entire IMDB or coollector database.
It's because there's no need to filter the results of a string search. Indeed, as soon as you input 2 or 3 words, the string search will normally return few results. And the movies you own are easy to spot because they're highlighted.
If I did what you suggest, it'd be very cumbersome, because you wouldn't be able to make a string search on the whole database without unselecting "owned" before.
Can you tell the string to only look in one database or the other or both?Movie Collector Pro wrote:
a. Come to think of it; I don't think a person can search strictly their own OWNED movies by actor?
When you look at the filmography of an actor, your owned movies are highlighted. You can easily spot them, as well as spot those that you don't own or don't have seen
But I plan to add an actor filter in the future. It'll allow for example to list all the western movies that Clint Eastwood played in.
I am going to attach a screen shot pertaining to the above. I clicked on "owned" then I went to the right side of the screen and clicked on "person name search" and typed in "will ferrell" and when I look on the left pane, there is no highlight of what movies I own that I can see (?) (refer to my screen capture). So I guess my official request is this: Can you keep the DVD covers in the left pane on whatever I select them to be. I rarely care about the entire database but have a greater need to just search my owned movies. I don't want the view mixed up. Example; My boss says, what movies do you have with Will Ferrell and I do the search, and find every movie he ever made with no highlights per my screen capture. Perhaps I'm not understanding correctly?
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
We most of the time can't tell which dbase is being queried because they don't appear to be highlighted during searches. Can you keep a box around whichever dbase is being searched like "owned" or "IMDB movies"?
I don't understand your question. We query our database, which is stored on your computer, and you can even use offline. When you make a string search, the whole database is searched.
That's my point exactly, perhaps you could give us a choice. It would make the searches much more user friendlyWhat I'm saying is when I'm looking at DVD covers, it would be nice to have a simple box or highlight on the view I'm looking at. I click on owned and as soon as my mouse moves, the word "owned" is no longer highligted. I think you'll find this could make it very handy for quick reference. It would really be handy to have a quick at a glance view at the top of what collection I'm looking at. If I can get greedy, I would like the view to stay on "owned" at all times unless I choose it to switch. Why not give the user a window that says "would you like to search your collection or the entire Coollector DataBase?" Just think of how good that would be for the home collector, small movie business, etc. I just can't find the highlighted selections as you've explained (mavericks issue?) but if they are there I and I feel many others would love to have the view on the left stay one database or the other or combined at our choice. It would be a great way to search and would speed up the search maybe?Movie Collector Pro wrote:
I had to click on each DVD cover , go to the right panel, and some DVD's showed up as "40 owned for one DVD" in the right panel. So I clicked "del" and had to click to confirm and click again to delete etc. It is like 3-4 key strokes to delete one file. Can you make this simpler for those of us that mis-use your initial offering to not install files in the first place?
A much faster way is to use the menu "Tools->Manage your video files->Batch delete several file associations".
I tried to do the above process but you will see with my second screen shot what happened. It found over a thousand files, so I'm going to hit delete and hope the remainder of the files are all my movies. I put in the following "instructional/italia/italian/" and it added the entire path to include the drive, folders etc. Also, if you want to start your coollection from scratch, you simply locate your coollection file with the menu "Help->Locate my coollection file", you close the program, and you delete the coollection file. When you'll start the program again, it'll create a brand new file.
I will probably start the coollection from scratch if the batch delete deletes all of my files.
From the help page:
A frequently asked question is "how do I start over with an empty database?".
The answer is "delete the coollection file, and the program will create a brand new one".
Uninstalling isn't the answer because it doesn't delete coollection files (it's a safety).
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
Are the DVD covers of "owned" movies kept in my files or are they online and only stored in RAM?
After they're downloaded from our server and saved on your disk, they're not downloaded again. If you close your internet connection, you'll still see the pictures previously downloaded.
Very cool! We all like that. Movie Collector Pro wrote:
the blue/white play arrow but when I opt to choose the file path, it wants to use media player which I don't use for most of my files. I use VLC which is the most universal and plays all of my file types.
The file plays with the media player associated with the file type. If it doesn't play with VLC, it's because VLC isn't set as the default player for this file type on your system. You have to set it as your default player:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1154861/changedefaultapp.htmlMovie Collector Pro wrote:
I'm not sure if it's Mavericks that has changed something but when I click on the IMDB logo/link of movies I want to learn more about the Safari browser either locks up or just shows a plain white page and locks all the buttons so we can't do anything but force close the window.
Thank you very much for reporting this bug. I will investigate. Maybe it's a Maverick problem, because Safari is supposed to open fine.
If you need any screen shots or me to replicate anything let me know. I am always on my machine and will reply unlike some of the other folks I've seen not answer your replies on the forum
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
Either way, it's a great product so far
Maybe you could write a review on the Mac App Store?
I will definitely write a review! You have my word. How much money you got? Just kidding!!! It's going to be a good review Hector.Movie Collector Pro wrote:
I've got to get back to work deleting about 300 more files.
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Delete your coollection file, or use the batch feature
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P.s. I may have found another bug. If you look at the screen capture where I tried to do a batch delete, you can see the box with the found files. I can only check or uncheck the strings that I can see in the window. I can't scroll the window with the mouse or hot keys or the arrows on my Mac using Mavericks. I can press the "cancel or continue" buttons and the + or - however.