DVD madness
I am one of those people who thinks that an afternoon taken up by alphabeticising my CDs (for example) is a constructive way of spending my time. I like lists, especially when they're of things that I own. I kinda have a list of CDs now - although I do wonder whether it would stand up if used for insurance claim purposes - and have been wondering about the DVDs. A while ago I started building a list but it quickly got derailed by an inability to decide on various issues. Should box sets by listed by disc? Or only if the discs have their own cases? Should I list year and region? etc, etc.
So this is all leading up to this afternoon's cataloguing session where I entered 288 DVDs in about two and a half hours. The results can be seen here. Pretty, huh?
So this is all thanks to two things.
DVD Profiler is a windows app that manages a DVD collection and does it pretty well. The list above is my collection uploaded to their web site. It's free or you can register for a pretty petty amount - which I will be doing shortly. You can enter DVDs by using the UPC number on the back or by title.
CueCat is a barcode scanner originally given away for free in the US by a company now out of business. I picked up a USB version for $12 plus postage. When you scan a barcode it outputs it as if you'd typed the numbers in and then presses Enter for you.
Together they're just magic! We'll never forget what discs we own again. And hopefully we won't end up with even more copies of The Simpsons Season Two (2 copies is probably enough I feel).
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