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Title
If you want to search for a movie with a specific title or keywords in
the title, then enter the title or words in the title. For example,
if you type in The Great Adventure, it will search for all the movies
whose title contains the words "great adventure" or contain "great" and "adventure".
Insignificant words are ignored and all searches are case insensitive.
Director
If you want to search for movies with a specific director,
then enter the director's name, either the entire name or part of the
name. For example, if you type in John Green, it will only find those movies
whose director's name contains "John Green", such as "Big John Green" or "John Greene" as well as
an exact match. If you typed in John, it would find all directors whose name contains "john".
All searches are case insensitive.
Plot
If you want to search on keywords in a plot,
then enter each keyword or groups of words separated by a comma. For example, if wanted to find all the
Christmas movies, you might type in Christmas,santa,reindeer and it would find all the movies whose plot
contains the words christmas, santa or reindeer. All searches are case insensitive.
Notes
The Notes field for each movie can contain any information
you want associated with the movie, such as the quality of the DivX
file or who you have loaned the DVD to and the date you loaned it.
This information can be added to the movie from the Tools -> Edit -> Single
screen.
If you want to search on a keyword or keywords
then enter each keyword or groups of words separated by a comma. For
example, if wanted to find all the movies loaned out to your friend
Bob you could enter Bob in the notes field and select Media type "On Loan".
All searches are case insensitive.
Actors
If you want to
search for an actor then enter the actor's name, either the entire name
or part of the name. If you want to search for multiple actors, separate
their names by a comma. For example, if you are in the mood to watch a movie
starring Chris Farley or Jack Black then you could type in Chris Farley,Jack
Black or if you typed in Farley,Black, you get all the movies starring
anyone with farley or black in their name. All searches are case insensitive.
MPAA
Each movie that has had the IMDb information imported will have a
rating certification given by the Motion Picture Association of America.
If a rating was not provided when imported in, an "undefined" rating
will be given to that movie. To search for specific MPAA ratings or
from a range of ratings select an piton from the drop down menu.
If your parental control password is set and you select 'R', 'NC-17'
or 'All' (since 'R' and 'NC-17' would be included), you will be prompted
for your password.
User Rating
Imdb.com keeps an overall average of their users' ratings for each
movie on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best. If you want to search
for movies depending on the imdb.com users ratings, then select a range
from the drop down menu.
Personal Rating
The Personal Rating field is a rating from 1-10 that you have given
to the movies you have seen. This field can be edited from either the
Tools -> Edit -> Single screen or from the List or Summary views on
any search screen. If you want to search for movies depending on your
rating, then select a range from the drop down menu.
Seen
The seen field for each movie is set to either seen or not seen.
Not seen is the default. This field can be edited from either the
Tools -> Edit -> Single screen or from the List or Summary views
on any search screen. If you want to search for movies depending
on whether you have seen it or not, then select either Seen or Not
Seen from the drop down list.
Year
Currently you have four options when searching on the
year the movie was released. 'All' searches for any year. 'Current' means released this
year. 'Recent' means released in the last 5 years and 'Classic' means released more than 20 years ago.
or
You can search for the exact year the movie was released by entering
the year in the format of yyyy.
Added After
If you wish to search for movies that you added
to your movie database after a certain date, enter the date in the format of mm/dd/yyyy. Note: All months and days
must be entered as two digits.
Genre
Each movie can have up to five genres defined for it. For example,
Shrek has 5 genres defined: Adventure, Romance, Animation, Fantasy
and Family. Some movies only have one. There are 19 genres pre defined
by imdb and you can define your own additional genre on the Tools -> Options -> Miscellaneous
screen.
If you want to search for a specific genre, just select the genre from the list. You can access the items in the list by clicking on the up or
down arrows. If you want to select multiple genres to search for, hold down the Ctrl key while you select
the genre.
Media
The Media field contains the list of media type defined by you. When a movie name is imported from a text file, the
media type can be defined on the first or second line of the text file in the format of '::media type'. If the movie name is a movie file on your hard drive
then the media type will default the the file extension if no media type is defined in the text file. When adding a movie with a media type
that is not already defined in the media list, the media type will automatically be added to the list for you.
When you add a single movie, you are required to select a media type
for that movie. If the media type you want is not in the list, you
can add it to the Media Types list from the Tools -> Options -> Miscellaneous
screen.
If you want to search for a specific media type, just select the media type from the list. You can access the items in the list by clicking on the up or
down arrows. If you want to select multiple media types to search for, hold down the Ctrl key while you select
the media type.
Location
Search on the location where the movie
is located or stored. The search command looks for all locations that
contain the string you are searching for. In other words, if you have
two similar locations such as "shelf" and "left shelf" and
you search for the location "shelf", it will find all movies with the location "shelf" and "left
shelf."
The location field for each movie is entered by the user either when
the movie is added or later from the edit screen. A list of possible
locations can be maintained on the the Options -> Miscellaneous screen.
When a movie is added from the Add Multiple or Import Text screen and a movie location is provided, the
movie location is automatically added to the locations list on the Options Misc. screen if it is not already there.
Also, from the Edit screen, if a movie location is entered in the text field it is automatically added to the
locations list on the Options Misc. screen if it is not already there.
An additional feature on the Options Misc. screen allows you to search your existing movie database
and it will automatically added to the locations list on the Options Misc. screen any movie locations found
that were not already there.
Each location name can be no more than 15 characters long.
Language
Search on the language the movie was recorded in. You can access the items in the list by clicking on the up or
down arrows. If you want to select multiple languages to search for, hold down the Ctrl key while you select
the language.
Country
Search on the country the movie was produced in. You can access the items in the list by clicking on the up or
down arrows. If you want to select multiple countries to search for, hold down the Ctrl key while you select
the country.
Sort
You can sort the search results by several different criteria in either
ascending or descending order. Ascending order is from a-z and from 0-9. Descending order is from z-a and 9-0.
then by
You can sort on the sorted search results by several different criteria in either
ascending or descending order. Ascending order is from a-z and from 0-9. Descending order is from z-a and 9-0. For example, you can sort
by MPAA rating in the main sort and by Title Asc in the second sort field so all your G rated movies will be
alphabetized and all your PG rated movies will be alphabetized and so on.
GO
The GO button will start the search on your movie database and display
the search results in the format selected in your View list.
When the search has completed, you can press the arrow down button
to expand the search fields and press the arrow up button to compress
them again.
See Searching For Movies for more details
on the View, Movies per Page, Export to txt File, Print and Print All.
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