Film Cataloging

[MikeandRaph87]

I used a website called Film Aficionado to keep up with my films and other stuff that I have on DVD however the site was quietly shutdown after the sudden death of the website owner. I need a new way or website to organize and catalog my films and television series sets. I appreciate any suggestions on how to make up for the loss of the valuable website.

[Jester]

Libib might work. I use it for my sons' children's book library, but I also have my VHS and DVD collection there too.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Jester

Libib might work. I use it for my sons' children's book library, but I also have my VHS and DVD collection there too.

I know that you had a filmaf account too, before me in fact. How similar to the late website is libib and are you able to sort things like films, television, specials?

[Jester]

I'm not 100% sure. I mainly use the app, though they do have a website as well. I know I have sub-libraries in the kids books for Berenstain Bears and such. It's pretty customizable.
(THe app allows you to scan barcodes to add content)

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Jester

Libib might work. I use it for my sons' children's book library, but I also have my VHS and DVD collection there too.

Way back in the day I used DVD Spot but that went under.
Libib is a terrific app. Terrific. You can log and chronicle all of your media from books, CD's, DVDs, everything. Truly great app that has never asked me for a dime.

Love Libib.

[Leo656]

I use a giant spiral notebook and I hate absolutely all of you.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I have a shelf, and a damn near photographic memory for what I already own.

I hate all of you, even Leo.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I have a shelf, and a damn near photographic memory for what I already own.

I hate all of you, even Leo.

My memory is well above average, as well. But once you get way over a thousand discs that all kinda goes out the window.

Like, I'm missing ONE season of the original Voltron, I think. But I can't tell you which one unless I look.

[MikeandRaph87]

I can tell you watch I have, but I like organization. First thing I need to do since I do not have filmaf.com to rely on I need to type up a list then reappropriate it on libib.

I hate Leo the most he is the worst heel of all.

[Leo656]

Real Life Heels are the best kind.

I absolutely have to be organized, which is why I have detailed lists of everything I collect from games, movies, action figures, comics, etc. But I always opted for pen and paper over using a website because... well... sometimes they go down.

It's a pain, though. I have the "Master" list and I try to leave slots open for things I don't have yet but know I will buy so I can just fill them in later and keep things mostly-alphabetized. But enough stuff comes in that I didn't plan for which just gets tacked onto the end of the list. And then every few years once that section gets too large, I have to redo the entire Master List and incorporate all of those just so it stays in alphabetical order.

I've lost way too many hard drives to merely have it all saved to a folder. I don't trust technology. But it's definitely more convenient, yeah.

[IMJ]

I don't hate any of you.

There's maybe one or two guys here I'd like to slap around a bit, but when it's done it's done and it wouldn't be out of hate. It'd be out of correction. But that's it.

[turtle1237]

Do what I do and rebuy movies you forgot you own lol.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by IMJ

I don't hate any of you.

There's maybe one or two guys here I'd like to slap around a bit, but when it's done it's done and it wouldn't be out of hate. It'd be out of correction. But that's it.

Mind the face, please, sir; I bruise easily.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Mind the face, please, sir; I bruise easily.

Originally Posted by turtle1237

Do what I do and rebuy movies you forgot you own lol.

I've rebought movies so many times, but it's not because I forget I own them. It's the studio double dip I can't stand anymore. One of the most notorious was Underworld back in the day. They found ways to make you rebuy that movie several times on DVD alone.

Now it's another thing when I upgrade a format, but even nowadays I do less and less of that. I don't buy movies as curiosities at all anymore, and I basically only buy legit transfer for quality improvements. I don't buy "special editions" or re-releases at all anymore unless I have the choice to buy a better version upon the initial release.

I'll buy the staples in 4k, 8k, etc still, but you've got to understand how jaded I am buy Hollywood capturing cash from the carrot tease. I don't even own all of the MCU flicks - not even remotely close. I didn't even buy Endgame and I'm "the Iron Man guy". LMAO!

[Leo656]

I generally only buy something I already own if it's, like, a MUCH better release than the one I have OR it's something I really like a lot. Like "Young Guns" is one of my favorite movies, so obviously I got the very first DVD they ever put out for it. which was very bare bones. But then they did a "Special Edition" a few years later with much better Special Features, so that was a must-buy. I was pretty well set with that, as I don't "need" to have a Blu-ray of everything I like... but then I recently found it on Blu-ray for literally $5, and at that point it's like... "Fine." Add in my well-worn VHS copy from the mid-90s and that's a very rare case of a movie I've bought at least four times. But I generally don't like anything THAT much.

Burton's "Batman" is one I ended up getting several versions of but not entirely on purpose. Again, I got the "bare bones" disc as soon as it came out, but then the Special Edition packed with bonus material came out, so easy buy there. Then at some point I was looking around for "Returns" on DVD or Blu-ray and found the entire 4-movie set on Blu-Ray for not a lot more than what the one movie cost, so even though I don't really care for the last two I was like "f*ck it".

And of course then there's the original Star Wars trilogy in its various formats. I had the Special Editions on VHS (I didn't really pay attention to Star Wars before those came out in theaters) and obviously I got them on DVD as soon as they came out, but THEN they put out the "as close to the theatrical versions you're gonna get" editions so of course I had to do that. But I haven't gotten any of them since, not even on Blu-ray. Kinda doubt I will. They're overpriced and I don't need another 80 hours of masturbatory special features when I already know how they made the damn movies and history has since well-proven that Lucas was more or less a hack who got lucky and not much of a "genius", so that stuff is all kind of eye-rolling now.

With certain movies, Disney tries to get kinda sneaky and release "____ Anniversary Editions" every few years with the exact same special features and everything. Gotta watch out and be careful with that stuff.

I think the one movie out of everything which I was most happy to upgrade was "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". Remember back when some of the earliest DVDs made you flip them over partway through? UGH. The original DVD was one of those. Love the movie, but I couldn't even be assed to watch the DVD for the longest time because of that, so when a better release came out I was thrilled to double-dip on that one.

It's definitely not a habit, though. Most things, I can't even be bothered to upgrade to Blu-ray if I already own it on regular DVD. Not unless it's something I watch a lot and there's a significant difference in quality OR the Blu-ray is like, $5, or both.

I don't even like double-dipping video games, but all those remastered remakes of recent years kinda f*ck with me like that.

[Jester]

We started using Libib to keep from re-buying books we already had for the kids....and still we do. We end up just giving them to my parents or niece.

[raph27]

I use Blu-ray.com for cataloging. There's a ton of options for how to organize your collection once you make an account. Works for video games too.

[MikeandRaph87]

Doing research on its sudden demise I noticed a Facebook conversation about the ability to retrieve my folders. I don't know if anyone on here uses My Movies. I have a few questions for those that are familiar with the service. First of all, is this a service with a monthly fee? Secondly, how do I get the data? I am not tech savvy and do not know how to follow the videos that were posted on the Facebook page. Third, I have DVDs sectioned into Movies, TV Shows, Specials, Direct to DVD. I would like keep them sectioned that way if I were to join my movies. Also, I have bought a dozen films since I was last able to access FilmAf and need to add to it. Would I be able to take the existing data and add to it? Also, is it a fixed ordering? The one thing I did not like about Film Aficionado was users were not able to arrange film series chronologically such as Escape from New York coming after Escape from L.A. when I want to reverse it or grouping all the Star Wars films by episodic order. Finally, is this someone accessible on the internet or just in phone application form? Taking away my catalog messed up this less than tech savvy person.