Trying to find help on DVD collection ideas

[dvon76]

I was wondering if anyone would have any advice on a way to keep my dvd's on file on my computer without getting some huge download that shows everything about the dvd and what year and so on. All I really want to do is have something that allows me to type in the new dvd's that I buy and then be able to print the list out in case I need it so I can just bring a list to my friends to see if they want to borrow some of them without having to think of 400 DVD's! Basically, I have most listed in Microsoft Word, but when I try to place the newest ones in alphabetical order it messes them all up so I have to put them at the end. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, dvon76

[Morte66]

If you use word, somewehere on the menus there is an option to sort text like that. I think it moved around between versions, in my copy it's on the Tables menu. That would get you an alphabetic list. You might want to change "The Godfather" to "Godfather, The" etc.

I kept a list of my music collection (about 1100 CDs) in Excel for years. It worked fine. The simple grid is a much quicker/cleaner interface than most music database programs. Eventually I ripped them all, and used the player as a database.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

By all means, for a simple two column listing of "Name" and "Date Acquired", use Microsoft Excel. Set the name column to text format and the date column to date format (doh ;>}). Simply add each new acquisition to the next row down, entering the name in Column A and the acquisition date in Column B.

Should you wish to temporarily alphabetize the list, simply highlight BOTH columns (to maintain the name/date relationship) and sort by "NAME". Then print your list and afterwards, select "undo sort" to get them back in "Date Acquired" order.

This will also allow you to store your DVDs in order of "Date Acquired", without having to physically alphabetize them ;>}

[EvanEdwards]

openoffice.org (www.openoffice.org) has a freeware database program called 'Base'. You can set up a database with just two fields if you like. Later on, you can always add additional fields to the database if you decide to do so.

You can't beat the price!

URL for Base: http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html

[feedback]

openoffice.org (www.openoffice.org) has a freeware database program called 'Base'. You can set up a database with just two fields if you like. Later on, you can always add additional fields to the database if you decide to do so.

You can't beat the price!

URL for Base: http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html

Free and open source can't be beat.

[olyteddy]

If you would like a little more info in your catalog, and the ability to print lists, I'd suggest Ant Movie Catalog. Freeware. The program, database and database b/u only take up about 18 MB for my 250+ DVD collection. It even gets all that other info automatically (by scripts) from IMDB or other sources. Not necessarily what the OP wants, but worth looking at.

[deadset]

Try EMDB(freeware)
Here's the link:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/EMDB.htm