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How do I Choose the Best Movie Organizer?

By S. Gonzales
Updated: May 17, 2024
Views: 6,625
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In this day and age, when people talk about movie organizers, they often are referring to movie organizing software that allows you to keep track of and organize your movies right from your computer. There are many movie organizer software choices available to you. Each will have its own unique features, which can include personal databases, inventory and cataloging functions and the ability to provide information about movies. The best movie organizing software is the one that will help you organize and maintain your personal movie collection in whatever manner you choose.

Movie organizer software can also work with the Internet to provide you with instant information about your movies. With the click of a mouse, you might be able to read trivia about your movies and actors' biographies and even learn more about the movies' soundtracks. Other interesting information can be read or even manually inputted into the software. For example, some software will allow you to rate your movies, type notes about them and access critics' reviews.

If you have an especially extensive movie collection, movie organizer software can help you keep track of where your physical movies are located. With this software, you can inventory your movies, see where they are and even remind yourself about who has them if you've lent them to others. Software that is especially intuitive will categorize your movies in your preferred way, provide synopses and show the covers of their digital versatile disc (DVD) cases. Manufacturers of movie organizer software will likely include features that allow you to sort and filter movies through categories such as genre, actors, director, release dates, budgets and other assorted information.

One popular feature in movie organizer software is the ability to share libraries with others. Some software will let users save their libraries so that they can be uploaded onto personal websites or shared through networks. Cataloging can be made easy by inputting the titles of your movies into the program or by scanning the bar code of the DVD and letting the program fill out the information for you.

Great software will allow you to streamline your movie-buying and watching habits. Programs that can help you keep track of which movies you have bought, will purchase and want to buy can give you a great little snapshot of your collection. If you're an avid movie watcher, you might want to look into software that is detailed enough to contain information about special or limited editions, such as box sets. The best movie organizer software can help you organize other items that you might own, too, such as television shows on DVD.

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By anon175167 — On May 12, 2011

Wow, thanks for the effort, but the real question is, what are the names of the many programs you refer to?

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