Overview

Using Movie Collector Pro version 7.1.4 with My Films - setup, field mapping, and special considerations.

Introduction

Movie Collector is one of the oldest and most widely used movie catalog programs to catalog your DVD and Blu-Ray collection, automatically download cast, crew, cover art and more. Just enter movie titles or scan bar codes.

Movie Collector is a commercial program and export to XML is only supported in the Pro version.

Setup

Movie Collector Pro

Export your database to XML (Movies) - you may save the file to any folder/filename you wish. Movie Collector also exports cover images to a

\images

folder in the same location and exports the full path to the related image in the XML.

MyFilms

Use the Setup Wizard:

• Catalog type - Movie Collector
• Catalog XML - select the XML file you exported from Movie Collector (see above)

The wizard presets most settings for you, however you should verify them, especially the paths set for displaying images in Artwork Setup. 

Note: Since Movie Collector exports the full path for cover images, you do not need to specify a path for cover images. 

Supported Features

• My Films displays the large cover front image, not the thumbnails
• Movie Collector does not support actor or other person images, or fanart. However you may use My Films to download and display fanart in My Films.
• There is not a standard way to store local trailer filenames in Movie Collector.  Thus local trailer functions in My Films are not supported.
• Watched status will be displayed but updates can only be done in Movie Collector.

Field Mapping

Fields are listed by the field name in the XML, sorted by the My Films/AMC XML. Items in red are not currently exported or mapped and thus not displayed in My Films. 

Extended Fields

In addition to the internal supported fields, My Films supports extended fields for:

• Writer - preset as a Custom Display Item when you use the Setup Wizard and can be used to create a custom view 
• Certification (MPAA) - can be displayed as a Custom Display Item or mapped to either the Description or Comments field on the External Catalogs Setup tab
• Tagline - can be displayed as a Custom Display Item or mapped to either the Description or Comments field on the External Catalogs Setup tab
• Tags - can be displayed as a Custom Display Item, and/or used to create a custom view similar to Categories (Genres)

For further details how to display these fields see Customizing Display; and Custom Views.to learn how to create a view based on these fields.

My Films also generates several fields when you open the plugin in MediaPortal:

• IndexedTitle
• DateAdded
• RecentlyAdded
• AgeAdded
• Persons

These fields are supported for any catalog and can be used within My Films to create views, or as custom display items. However, the data is not saved when you exit My Films, and cannot be viewed/used in your movie catalog app,

Note: Tagline is not supported by Movie Collector

Movie Collector fields not supported by My Films

The following fields exist in Movie Collector, and are exported to the xml file, but are not mapped or displayed in My Films:

• Loan details - several fields
• Collection Status
• Barcode (UPC)
• DVD release date /year
• IMDb number
• Color
• Layers
• Back cover
• Watched/View data - several fields
• Purchase Info - several fields
• Location
• Starting position
• Tape speed
• Quantity
• Episodes
• Chapters
• Features
• Extras
• Edition
• Region
• Series
• Box Set
• Studio
• Distributer
• Plot Language
• Screen Ratio
• Packaging
• Audio Tracks
• Store
• Owner
• Tape Label
• Condition
• Cinematography
• Musician
• User Credit 1
• User Credit 2
• Disc No.
• First Air Date
• Sequence No
• Number Of Episodes
• User Lookup 1
• User Lookup 2
• User Text 1
• User Text 2
• In Collection (0/1)
• ID
• Thumbnail
• Last Submission Date
• Title First Letter

Related

• Supported Catalogs