Version history Collectorz.com Movie Collector for Mac OS X

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Changes from v3.2.2 -> v3.3.1

• Installation:
• Movie Collector is now installed in /Applications instead of ~/Desktop
• Need administrator credentials to install in /Applications folder
• Syncing Up TO Connect:
• The following fields will now be uploaded from your local data when up-syncing AND are now editable as "user fields" in Connect :
• Format
• Genres
• Fixed: Several situations could cause unnecessary update actions
• Upload your own cover images to Connect:
• After syncing UP, you can now also upload the Cover Images for movies that don't have a cover image in Connect yet.
• You can now also upload your own cover image on the Edit Movie page in Movie Collector Connect, using the Browse (or Choose File) and Upload buttons.
• Syncing Down FROM Connect, improvements to prevent unwanted changes to local data:
• Extra "Are you sure?" question before syncing down.
• New layout of Sync screen, with a BIG Upload button and a small Download button.
• Syncing down will never clear fields / make fields empty
• Syncing down will never update or add to existing local data values, EXCEPT when the local field is still empty. For example: no Genres will be added to existing lists, Titles, Studios, Release Dates, Running Time, etc.. will not be overwritten.
• For Personal fields (purchase data, notes, rating, etc...) full syncing will be maintained.
• Syncing down will never un-link movies
• Linking:
• The question box "You have unlinked movies. Do you want to link them now?" now has a "Never ask for these movies again" checkbox.
• Link Screen: When using "Search All" all exact barcode matches are now linked automatically (and removed from the queue)
• If you upload unlinked movies, Connect will try to auto-link them by barcode.
• After linking, the program does not auto-update the linked movies anymore, preventing unexpected (and possibly unwanted) data additions to your local entries.
• Fixed:
• Edit Lists: Merging credits didn't work
• OPR-3201 support: Scanning with OPR-3201 jumped to main screen
• Close button: now closes the database and exits Movie Collector

Changes from v3.2.1 -> v3.2.2

• Fixed:
• Export to iPhone/iPod Touch: Frozen report window with OSX 10.4
• Edit Movie: Episodes en Discs gave title of the movie instead of the disc number/episode name

Changes from v3.1.1 -> v3.2.1

• Export to Clz Movies for iPhone / iPod Touch:
• Support for Clz Movies 1.1
• New "Update" option, for exporting updates only (as opposed to exporting the entire database every time)
• New "Intended Changes" screen for viewing and selecting updates.
• Extra exported data:
• - Index
• - Location
• - Storage Device and Slot
• - Edition
• - Notes
• - Episode list
• Link Movies: Improved user interface for linking multiple movies
• Fixed:
• Edit Multiple: removing multiple cover images didn't work
• Loan Item: now works correctly when having a disc selected

Changes from v3.0.3 -> v3.1.1

• Snow Leopard compatible

Changes from v3.0.2 -> v3.0.3

• Fix: Preview didn't always work/Empty entry when trying to add it
• Improved: Faster search results for unique matches

Changes from v3.0.1 -> v3.0.2

• New: Ability to switch layout
• Classic Two-Pane layout
• Full Height Tree Three-Pane layout
• New: Synchronize with Movie Connect
• Ability to uncheck/check a group of actions in the report window
• Fix: Update/Add Automatically
• Adhere to the settings of maximum numbers of actors/directors/writers/producers

Changes from v2.2.1 -> v3.0.1

• New: Synchronize with Movie Collector Connect:
• What is Movie Collector Connect? See http://connect.collectorz.com/movies
• Use the new Connect / Synchronize menu to upload your collection to Movie Collector Connect and host your collection on Collectorz.com servers
• Then share your collection with friends, by just giving them a web-link
• Browse your online collection from any online mobile device, including iPhone, iPod touch, Blackberry, Nokia phones, PDAs, etc..
• Manage your collection (add or edit movies) using just a web-browser, from any Windows, Mac or Linux computer.
• Download changes you made online back to your local Movie Collector database.
• Sign up for a trial account here: http://connect.collectorz.com/register
• Export to iPhone / iPod Touch
• Browse your movie collection on your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new Clz Movies app
• Available in Apple AppStore for $9.99 (search the AppStore for "clz movies")
• Use File | Export to iPhone / iPod Touch to transfer your data to the Clz Movies app (Requires Wi-Fi connection on your iPhone or iPod Touch, connecting to the same local network (LAN) that your computer is in.)
• New super-easy Add Movies Automatically screen:
• Now uses ONLY the Collectorz.com online movie database for movie information, DVD details and cover images (For clarity: it will NOT use IMDb anymore, or Amazon, DVD Empire, Adult or Gay DVD Empire, SendIt, DVD-Shop, Atlantic DVD or DVD FR.)
• The new "single source" screen replaces both the Wizard and Advanced Mode screens and makes it much easier and quicker to add movies, just search, select your result (once) and click Add Selected.
• Or: select multiple results and add multiple movies from one search (e.g.: search for "die hard", select 4 movies and click Add Checked to add em all)
• Hide / Show Search Queue button to switch between "Search Now" and "Add to Queue" mode
• Edit searches in Queue with new Edit Search Criteria screen (right-click menu).
• New multi-column Search Results panel, with separate Title, Year, Barcode, Region, Cover Yes/No columns
• New "New Releases" tab page, showing the latest DVD and Blu-Ray releases, just select one (or more!) and click Add.
• New "Most Popular" tab page, showing last week's most popular movies, including theatrical releases. Select and Add, no searching needed.
• Database Changes:
• Improved support for TV-Series and Multi-Disc boxes: List the episodes for TV Series .Episode lists are automatically downloaded from Collectorz.com movie database. List contents per discs for mult-disc releases
• New field: Original Title
• New field: Condition
• New field: IMDB rating
• New field: Tags, for adding free-form key phrases to Movies
• New field: Quantity
• New In Collection Status value 'On Order'
• Main screen:
• More polished and space efficient layout
• Title sorting takes numbers into account ('movie 9' sorts ascending before before 'movie 10').
• Better key bindings: Apple-F focusses the toolbar search field, if possible. Apple-Option-N opens the new 'Add Automatically' screen. Apple-Shift-C opens the 'Synchronize with Connect' screen.
• Edit Screens:
• Improved layout of the Edit Movie screen.
• Edit Movie screen: High quality artwork is now shown at its optimal size.
• Templates:
• New search result preview template (in Add Automatically screen)
• Support for new quantity field, proper display of 'Nr. of Pages' label
• Barcode Scanners:
• Find Scanner function for detecting CueCat, Flic and Opticon scanners (replaces 'Initialize Flic Scanner')
• Fixed crash when scanning some types of barcodes with Flic or CueCat scanners

Changes from v2.1.2 -> v2.2.1

• Version 2.2 build 1 (January 13, 2009)
• Improved Barcode Scanner support:
• Added support for the new Opticon OPN 2001 pocket barcode scanner.
• Improved support for the CueCat scanner.
• Requirements:
• Requires at least Mac OS X 10.4.11 to run.
• Note: Movie Collector will no longer run on Mac OS X 10.3

Changes from v2.1.1 -> v2.1.2

• Added:
• Amazon UK can now be searched on by using barcodes
• Fixed:
• new lookup list entries did not retain their values in the edit screens.
• incremental search in list view was not working properly / consistently
• new templates allowed collection status symbol to be "dragged and dropped" as an image.
• 'Buy Pro version' button did not use standard license information to upgrade from

Changes from v2.0.9 -> v2.1.1

• Added:
• New Movie Collector templates, in 4 different styles (Blue, Black, Grey and iTunes)
• Completely revised Movie Collector manual
• Help buttons on all screens to access the relevant manual section
• Getting started option on first start
• Changed:
• better handling of Cuecat barcode scanner
• new improved toolbar look and layout. Note: existing users will have to adjust the toolbar, choosing the menu "view | customize toolbar" and drag the new default set to the toolbar.
• Fixed:
• drag and drop of images to edit screen was not working
• forward slash in cover name caused cover not to show
• canceling currency conversion screen made Movie Collector unresponsive
• loan manager did not show dates after selecting from calendar under Leopard

Changes from v2.0.8 -> v2.0.9

• licence validation could not be performed using the license screen
• Adult DVD Empire info source updated

Changes from v2.0.7 -> v2.0.8

• using Flic barcode scanner under Leopard (OSX 10.5) caused program to crash
• barcode scanner fills barcode in wizard barcode field
• filter could not be used on 'collection status' field
• filter could not be used on 'quantity' field
• lookup list items could not be merged
• loan settings screen could be closed incorrectly by hitting the escape key
• export to Ipod takes sort names into account
• export to Ipod now groups on first letter of title instead of year
• incorrect handling of covers when submitting to Collectorz.com Movie database
• main screen status bar displays more relevant collection statistics

Changes from v2.0.6 -> v2.0.7

• Manage List screen: Toolbar buttons would not keep their position when resizing screen
• "Automatically create backup" preference was off by default
• Invalid license validation for license names containing certain characters
• Export to iPod: Incorrect handling of special characters
• Duplicate Movie: the Index and ID fields were not set correctly
• Add Automatically (advanced) screen: "Search Selected" from context
• menu searched entire queue
• Edit Movie screen: Cosmetic changes to the cover tab pages

Changes from v2.0.5 -> v2.0.6

• Delicious Library import: collections with empty lookup values were not imported
• Update file links: Crash when searching for files across the entire system
• Searching on Atlantic DVD info source failed
• Searching on DVD Empire returned incorrect results

Changes from v2.0.4 -> v2.0.5

• Edit Movie: Using Next and Previous did not save changes

Changes from v2.0.3 -> v2.0.4

• Export to iPod: Sorting was on year instead of title
• Lookup lists could have duplicate entries in certain conditions
• Delicious Library import: Values of the genre field were garbled
• Delicious Library import: Cover images were not imported

Changes from v2.0.2 -> v2.0.3

• Collectorz.com barcode scanner was not detected by the software

Changes from v2.0.1 -> v2.0.2

• Conversion of collection file from version 1.x sometimes aborted
• Export to Text failed in certain conditions
• Format icons for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD were not shown in Details View

Changes from v1.0.3 -> v2.0.1

• New Info Source: our own "Collectorz.com Movie Database"
• Export to iPod Notes (PRO only): export your list to the Notes section of your iPod
• Format icons for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD
• Universal Binary support
• Flic barcode scanner support:
• Add DVDs to the collection by scanning their UPC codes
• Locate a movie in the collection by scanning its barcode
• Cordless scanning for up to 500 barcodes
• Laser scanner for high scanning speed and accuracy
• Fully integrated support, no drivers necessary
• Delicious Library import
• DVD Empire search by barcode
• Add Movies screen: Added 'Lock selected' and 'Update in queue' functions
• Toolbar: the following icons can now be added: Add Movie manually, Edit Multiple Movies, Remove Movie, Duplicate Movie
• Filter: settings for NOT, and/or and case sensitive were not remembered
• DVD Empire search returned incorrect results
• IMDB search results improved
• Default value for the 'Number of Disks' field is now 1 instead of 0
• The 'Convert Currency' function in the Tools|Maintenance menu was not implemented
• Year dropdown lists are now sorted with the most recent year at the top
• Lookup items (like authors or genre) could incorrectly be marked as unused
• The 'Select Random' function was not very random
• Quick Search used the current filter settings for case sensitivity and NOT
• Details View: The Collection Status field was not shown
• Edit Movie screen: Currency fields now use the system setting for decimal separator
• Printing: Saving a customized template in the template list failed
• Tools\Maintenance\Factory Settings erased the name of the current database
• Edit Movie screen: Adding a credit sometimes did not remember the name

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