Hi there, i am using another collection manager program, called Extreme Movie Manager.
It's been nice so far but there are a few limitations that I hope your software has not.
My problem is that if I do the switch and purchase, I want to make sure I can transfert my XMM mivies to this software (or at least the films titles and catalog numbers).
I can export to Excel/txt and various formats from XMM, but can I inport them into Profiler?
I have a big collection of movies, so I can not do that by hand.
Is that possible?

Also, does this software capture IMDB keywords, and can I then search my collection by Keywords?
This is the most important feature I am missing in XMM.

Thanks for the help and advice.

D.

The only way to currently import is using something called the UPC Plugin which takes all your barcode numbers in a text file and creates a database template which you can then refresh from the online.
If you don't have the barcode information in XMM then unfortunately it'll be a manual switchover.

Also, this software doesn't capture anything from IMDB - it's a legal issue more than anything else. This action is called data-scraping and is illegal unless you have permission from IMDB - which they charge for.
The programmer of Profiler decided it'd be better to keep the software cheap and not data-scrape.

However we do have a system called "tags". You could create a "tag" for each keyword that interests you and mark your DVDs accordingly. Or you can copy & paste the keywords into the Notes section - that may also work as that is a searchable field.

Best way to tell is simply to download the software and give it a go. But remember if you add 50 or more titles then it becomes limited. So give it a go first before adding all your collection.

Thanks for the replies.
The fact that the data are not pulled out from imdb is actually better, I like the idea of contributions.
However, the big problem remains, I have hundreds of movies listed and I really can't go through UPC's for each of them.
Unless I put myself through it... will see.

Thanks anyway!
D.

Quoting Deazo:

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Thanks for the replies.
The fact that the data are not pulled out from imdb is actually better, I like the idea of contributions.
However, the big problem remains, I have hundreds of movies listed and I really can't go through UPC's for each of them.
Unless I put myself through it... will see.

Thanks anyway!
D.

You could always pick up a cheap barcode scanner like the cuecat - that would certainly speed things up!

You'll find a list here of the differences between the free version and the paid version of Profiler. You could always run both Profiler and XMM together for a while and move your collection over at your leisure.

Quoting skipnet50:

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The program does have a link to IMdb but we do not use their data.

Skip

well almost....  if you use IE 7 for a browser ( can't vouch for other browsers as I don't use anything else),, if you highlight the title in question, any where on the page, and then click on the IMDB link which is located under 'online/other sites (IMDB/Rotten tomatoes ) .. voila !!  the title highlighted will go to that title in IMDB .  Even using the forums here, you highlight a movie title, and in your browser toolbar- if you have IMDB listed in Toolbar Options under Buttons and the link in question is right there ..
if you highlight and then click,, 'boom'  back to IMDB title listed..

BUT the bigger problem for you here is the barcode..  as the other suggestions go,, the Cue cat would be the best option, priced around $10 .. usb connects..

Or by Hand-- 20 a day for say what 30 days.. ???

I absolutely agree with, Mar, this is the best such software out there, even if you have to manually enter your UPC #s. It really doesn't take that long.

Skip

I've had a look at this XMM and it's more a hard disk/external disk catalog program than a dvd collection program. However,  this image shows that it can export UPC and as .txt files too.

So, to the OP, export your current collection to a txt file and only export the UPC. then install the above-mentioned and linked UPC import plugin. Install DVD Profiler and run the plugin and import the list of UPC that you exported. That should do the trick 

Thanks for all your opinion.
You know what, I did not realise there was a UPC field in XMM...
I always pulled my movies info from imdb, but If I run a script that would pull them from a DVD site, I'll get the UPC. I know, it's illegal, but that should be the last time.
I'll give the trial version a go.
Thank you all.

D.