Need Catalog Program

[jjjones]

What programs are people are using to catalog their audio-visual collections.

I am looking for a generic catalog program that can handle DVDs, MP3 ids, create thumbnails of graphics and produce a reasonably sized catalog.

I have tried several programs but they all create huge databases.

Thanks.

jj

[Wes]

a program like that would be great. I have over 2TB of Tivo files spreading in 3 computers with two 600GB-800GB RAIDs and 20+ Firewire and USB drives. What a mess.

[Zak0]

Okay, Wes... I think this question just has to be asked.

What are you archiving that requires over a terrabyte of storage?

I've got full seasons of SEVERAL of my favorite shows here and I haven't passed 200 gig (although some of the stuff is stored in DivX or XviD format to conserve space).

-Zak

[Wes]

All of mine are in .ty format and they are mostly over 1GB each. 5 season of 20 eps is easily 100G. Just think how many TV series you would want to keep if space is not a problem. :)

Not to mention some of them have been converted to SVCD format for sharing with other people. SVCD format are mostly 700-800MB each. That easily double the space that you need to keep each eps.

[Tuuv]

Best program I ever found after doing some research trying to manage my 1100+ off the shelf DVDs collection spread over an equally large number of DVD shelfs and stands was MovieBrain:

http://www.pumpkinsoft.de/

Shame that support seem to have disappear about over a year ago, but the program still works just I wouldnt hold my breath for updates. I believe the demo version only limitation is one database rather than multiples, and be wary of apying for the full version as like I said there seems to be no ongoing support.

Hope this helps.

[pwthoma]

I use a program called WhereIsIt (http://www.whereisit-soft.com/) and it rules.

I use it for cataloging CDs but it will probably fit your needs as well.