Personal Video Database

A partial turnaround is to use TheMovieDB which can be set to French (Préférences -> Plugins -> TheMovieDB -> configurer) but categories are sometimes in english and the poster is not the french one. The description is OK although.
This is a great software but considering french users are obviously not a priority (allocine has an API which is quite simple to implement and the request is 3 years old now) I'm seriously thinking of developing something alike but more minimalist (anyways with compatible databases and a few ideas of my own) probably with Python and PyQT (I've not done it yet because I've been waiting until WxPython could be compatible with Python 3, but I'm afraid despite lots of promises  this is not going to happen soon.)
I'll keep you posted if anybody is interested.

Hi,

Some more thoughts about this great software.

Is there a way to add “profiles” to the software? When members of a family are using it, one movie could be marked “seen” for one user and “unseen” for others. Only a few things have to be changed (“seen-unseen”, “Rating”…) That could be stored in separated textfiles.

The mass editor is great but lacks a “replace function” to allow for example to replace “himself” in actors field by “lui-même” (French traduction), or delete double spaces or empty lines in descriptions and so on..

While the screens are getting wider it’s always a waste of space when adding a ribbon style interface. Lots of good ideas there anyway, may be a turn-around could be to use movable sets of tools which could be placed anywhere on the interface or even on the side or on a second screen when available.

Or may be add a light version of the software with only filters and a “play” button? It’s not always a good idea to have the whole interface when you have children messing around. And it could be helpful when you want to "distribute" your collection to friends too.

Good luck and happy new year.

Your software is great.
Thank you many times and sorry if somebody already asked for what I'm about to suggest, I did'nt find such a request in the forum.

Why not turn it into a standard by adding  export-import files of single movies?

For example with a “.nos” (for “nostra” ) extension.  A Double click on such a file and hop! The movie is in our database. These file could became a standard, being imbedded in mkv files, joined with whatever movie shared in the internet or having websites dedicated to them usw.
I’m certain you can see the potential.

There is always something wrong or missing with all internet databases.
When you have created a poster (if the film was only issued in DVD) or a cover if the movie is not yet disponible in DVD, when you have  the main actors displayed in the right order (not always the case with imdb) with accurate photos and date of birth, at least 6 screenshots with the right resolution and images that make sense, and whatever mention translated  in the right language (in my case French), I doubt not some other users would be grateful not having to go through the same trouble.

By the way, import from allociné (which has a dedicaded API that should make things easier) would be a great addition for French users. Regarding this API, I join files I could get a while ago that might help. (I could make it work to retreive data with excel and VBA). The first one was originally a .php I renamed in txt due to the format limitations regarding files types attachment).

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Thanks very much.

I don't know this one (Cobian Backup). In fact I don't need backup to be maintained automatically (don't need backup for all files) and I need backup to be erased when I erase a File, or to be replaced by a new one when I replace a file of the same name (but different extension avi -> mkv) by another one.
I'll give a try anyway, may be It will do the trick one way or another.
Thanks again.