I've discovered a new form of crack that is highly addictive to nerds and people with an obsessive compulsive streak. This drug, this horrible drug, is called MediaMan.
MediaMan is a media library cataloging application. Meaning, you use it to track all your movies, books, cds, games, etc. You can import your media through a number of methods. One title at a time, through a CSV file, or you can scan barcodes with your webcam or a barcode scanner. I haven't been lucky enough to try the last two, but the first two have been pretty good for the most part. The app searches Amazon for its info - you can even have it search Amazon Japan, though my success with that has been rather spotty.
Some other neat features:
It's not without it's flaws. It would be nice if I could display one tag set minus another tag set; say, all my anime DVDs that are only tagged as "anime" but not with a genre or any other info. The piechart display could be more robust. I wish Amazon searches would show more than 5 selections from each category. With all that though, I will still say I've been discovering new features daily and I'm really liking it. I'm definitely going to be plunking $40 on it this month.
MediaMan is a media library cataloging application. Meaning, you use it to track all your movies, books, cds, games, etc. You can import your media through a number of methods. One title at a time, through a CSV file, or you can scan barcodes with your webcam or a barcode scanner. I haven't been lucky enough to try the last two, but the first two have been pretty good for the most part. The app searches Amazon for its info - you can even have it search Amazon Japan, though my success with that has been rather spotty.
Some other neat features:
- You can tag your library items with as many tags as you can come with
- You can import your own cover art
- You can export to PNG or to a very fancy HTML format - check my library out.
- You can do live searches within your collection (meaning, it searches your database as you type)
It's not without it's flaws. It would be nice if I could display one tag set minus another tag set; say, all my anime DVDs that are only tagged as "anime" but not with a genre or any other info. The piechart display could be more robust. I wish Amazon searches would show more than 5 selections from each category. With all that though, I will still say I've been discovering new features daily and I'm really liking it. I'm definitely going to be plunking $40 on it this month.
I like it entirely too much for my own good as well. One thing I hate is the import-from-webcam option has such a tiny preview window that I can't tell if the camera is in full focus or not. Use LibraCam (http://www.getlibra.com/node/27) for better results, IMO.