Some weeks ago I stubled across a cool application at binarybonsai.com to manage media collections, called MediaMan. Apparently I have to use the knock off windows version, but it seems just ok for me. But I must admit that the apple version has cooler dark wood background.
The application can import the media, buy scanning the barcode (or maybe the number on it), using a webcam. It didn’t work with mine though, maybe because it was of a low quality with bad resolution. It uses Amazon web service to fetch information, like images and general movie info. It couldn’t find all of my obscure Asian titles though, and I had to manually ad them myself. I started by using the EAN product code (barcode) but it could pretty much only find the titles are bought from Amazon self. It didn’t have information of DVD’s bought on CDON or yesasia or in stores here in Denmark. But fortunately it is possible, to search by keyword, and ad the title that are most similar to your copy.
This little application makes me hope that the global data synchronization project will speed up, and that we will soon have an object name server (ONS) like we today have the DNS. That way we could be able to look up the information that the barcode actually contains. Of course Amazon doesn’t have all the information, and by asking an ONS first, it could be possible to be directed to a place which knows about the product, and retrieve the information from there. Even better, when someday hopefully the EPC gets integrated in our products, we can look up the exact transaction date of the unique DVD. And we can use a centralized placed RFID reader in the room, to automatically detect new DVD’s and add them to the digital library…
I am a bit disapointed with the way, the box sets doesn’t stand out compared to the other dvd’s. This disturbs my mental perception of my collection a whole lot. But that is probably just me
February 24th, 2006 at 02:51
Mojns
Spændene nok med det der ons, ikke at jeg fatter det men øh helt sikkert. Jubleren er at det der med dine box sets, det var det førstede jeg bemærkede..vildt nok. Har du selv scannet billedet de bizarre titler som du added, hvis nogen af dem var box sets, kunne man så ikke lave en eller anden foto effekt så den stod ud??
February 25th, 2006 at 09:42
Jeg fandt covers på nettet af de to film jeg ikke kunne finde.
Det er indtil videre kun muligt at ændre cover type, og det ser bare ikke box agtigt nok ud at ændre det til en CD. Men jo, der mangler en med længere skygge og lidt bredere “ramme” på coveren.
February 25th, 2006 at 10:22
Cheerio…First off, fabuluous with the fact that you have bought Futurama, that always gives extra points with the ladies….or wait….why am I single again? Anyway, another cool thing (besides the dark wood surface) about Delicious Library for the Mac is if you select more than one title to put into another container and it’s by the same artist (say with CDs) is doesn’t display the selection “multiple artists”, but the actual artist. These are just one of the little niceties/finishing touches that constititutes Mac programs more than its Windows counterparts.
March 24th, 2006 at 20:07
oh yeah, and there is a new version out now! hooray!
March 29th, 2006 at 14:25
Still havent tried it, but will soon. hooray!
April 2nd, 2006 at 15:39
Take a look at this wooden library Nice eeh?
Lovely page you got here.