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Edit Single (Tools
-> Edit -> Single)
Any movie information imported from IMDb.com or Amazon.com can be modified
and you can also add your own movie information. Once you have made changes,
before leaving the screen, be sure to press 'Update Database' to save
the information in the movie database.The one exception is the
cover image location which gets updated in the movie database when you press
'Save' to upload the file to Cinema Premiere's web site.
Title
As you key in the title, all titles starting with the
letters entered thus far will be displayed in a drop down list below the title. By clicking on one of the titles from the list,
the movie's information will be displayed on the screen.
You may change the title by entering in a new name.
Find Title
If you press the Find' button when the 'Title' field is empty, all movie
titles in the database will be displayed as a link on a new screen. When
you click on one of the movie title links, the movie information will
be displayed on the 'Edit' screen.
If you enter a keyword in the title field then press the 'Find' button,
all movie titles containing the keyword will be displayed as a link
on a new screen.When you click on one of the movie title links, the movie
information will be displayed on the 'Edit' screen.
When entering multiple keywords, each keyword must be separated by a comma.
Date Added
This field contains the date that
you added the movie to your movie database.
You may change the date by entering in a new date in the format of mm/dd/yyyy. Note: All months and days
must be entered as two digits.
IMDb Id
This is the unique movie id associated with the movie
on IMDb.com. It is retrieved from IMDb.com when the movie is first added to the database if you chose to
'Get IMDb Info'.
If a IMDb Id is not displayed in the IMDb Id field, you can find the number by clicking the
search link next to the 'Get IMDb' button. It will open a new browser window to IMDb.com
where you can search for the movie. When you have found the movie, look at the URL in the Address bar in your
browser. The IMDb Id will be located after the title/tt.
Ex. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126029
In this example, I have highlighted he IMDb Id in red. You can copy and paste
the IMDb Id into the IMDb Id field.
Get IMDb
If there
is a title in the 'Title' field, when you press the 'Get IMDb
Info' button, the movie information for the title in the 'Title' field
will be retrieved from IMDb.com. If an exact match on the title is not
found, a list of all the closest matched titles to select from will
be displayed. Beside each title is a link to that title's movie information
on IMDb.com so you can preview it before you select it. If you do not
see a match you can select "Skip Selection" from the bottom of the screen
and you will be returned back to the 'Edit' screen. Once the title is
selected, the movie information is displayed on the 'Edit' screen.
If there is not a title in the 'Title' field, the 'IMDb Id' number
will be used to look up the movie and retrieve the movie information
from IMDb.com
One example where this feature is very useful is when the wrong movie
title is retrieved when doing a 'quick add' when importing a text file.
You can type in the correct title, press 'Get IMDb Info', select the
correct title if multiple titles were found, then 'Update Database'
with the new information.
ASIN
If the movie was added by a UPC number
and the movie was located at Amazon.com, then a ASIN number, which is Amazon's product number, will be
displayed in this field. If an ASIN number is not displayed, you can find the number by clicking the
search link next to the 'Get Amazon' button. It will open a new browser window to Amazon.com
where you can search for the movie. When you have found the movie, look at the URL in the Address bar in your
browser. The ASIN number will be located after the detail/-/.
Ex. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JMQZ/qid=1112721346/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7764047-0101714?v=glance&s=dvd
In this example, I have highlighted he ASIN in red. You can copy and paste the ASIN into this field and press the 'Get Amazon'
button to retrieve the Amazon movie info.
Get Amazon
If there is a ASIN number,
then when you press the 'Get Amazon' button,
the movie information for the movie corresponding to the ASIN will be retrieved
from Amazon.com.
Path\filename (Browse)
This is the path and filename of the movie file. If
you have changed the name or location of the movie file, you can browse to the file and select it.
To delete a path\filename, you must enter :: for the path\filename. When you 'Update Database', it will be
cleared out.
Seen
Check whether or not you have seen the movie.
Personal Rating
This is your personal rating of
the movie on a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being the best.
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.
Location
The location is where the media resides. The
location field can be added to the movie information in three
ways. Either by entering the location on the Edit screen, when a movie
is added by importing from a text file or when a movie is added from the
Add -> Multiple screen.
When importing from a text file, if you do not specify
a location for the movies, the location field for each movie
will be blank. (On the Add -> Multiple screen,
this is equivalent to leaving the location field blank.)
If you want all the
movie files to have the same location, on the first line
of the text file add :location where location
will be added to the location field for each movie.
(On the Add -> Multiple screen,
this is equivalent to entering a location in the location
field or selecting a location from the drop down menu.) If
you want some movies to have a different location, each movie
can have a location specified for it by appending |location|
to the end of the title, movie file name or UPC number. The |location|
will take precedence over the :location if one was
added. (On the Add -> Multiple screen, the |location|
will take precedence over the location field.)
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 in the list.
Each location name can be no more than 15 characters long.
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 issued to that movie.
You can give the movie any rating you wish.
Along with the MPAA rating, the Motion Picture Association of America
also gives many of the movies a brief explanation on why it was given that rating.
Year
This is the year the movie was released or
for home movies or slide shows it was the year the movie was shot or the pictures were taken.
Time
This is the length of the movie in minutes.
Language
This is the language(s) the movie was
released in. You can select multiple items by holding down the Ctrl
key when you select the item.
Country
This is where the movie was produced. You can select multiple items
by holding down the Ctrl key when you select the item.
Plot
This is a short description of what the movie is
about.
Genres
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. You can select multiple items by holding down the Ctrl
key when you select the item.
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 to 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 movies from the Add Single or Add Multiple screen,
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.
A movie can have multiple media types defined for it. You can select
multiple items by holding down the Ctrl key when you select the item.
On this field you can define additional
media types for the movie. Actors
Up to 10 actors can be defined for each movie. You may add one
actor per line. If you wish, you can specify the role the actor played by separating the actor and the role
with the word 'as'. For example, Jack Black as Hal would be on one line.
Director
The name of the person who directed or
created the movie.
Cover Location (Browse)(Save)
When movie information is
imported from IMDb.com or Amazon.com, the DVD cover image is also imported and stored in a central directory for
all users to share. If
the cover image already exists in the central area, it does not get imported again
Each user has their own directory for their personal images. If you wish to add your own cover image, browse to the
thumbnail image on your local hard drive. The image will be displayed as 96x140. Larger pictures will be squeezed and
smaller pictures will be expanded. The aspect ratio is not preserved. The maximum size of the picture is
10K. The smaller the size, the quicker it will display on the search screens. You can change the image
size of your photo in most any photo editor.
Get IMDb Cover
When you press this button,
as long as you have an IMDb Id, the cover image will be retrieved from IMDb.com and updated in the
database. This way you can keep your original movie info you retrieved from Amazon.com but use IMDb.com's
cover image. If a IMDb Id is not displayed in the IMDb Id field, you can find the number by clicking the
search link next to the 'Get IMDb' button. It will open a new browser window to IMDb.com
where you can search for the movie. When you have found the movie, look at the URL in the Address bar in your
browser. The IMDb Id will be located after the title/tt.
Ex. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126029
In this example, I have highlighted he IMDb Id in red. You can copy and paste
the IMDb Id into the IMDb Id field then
press this button to retrieve the cover image. Note: The IMDb Id
is not updated in the database. To save the IMDb Id you must press
the 'Update Database' button.
Get Amazon Cover
When you press this button,
as long as you have an ASIN number, the cover image will be retrieved from Amazon.com and updated in the
database. This way you can keep your original movie info you retrieved from IMDb.com but use Amazon.com's
cover image. If a ASIN number is not displayed in the ASIN field, you can find the number by
clicking the search link next to the 'Get Amazon' button. It will open a new browser window to Amazon.com
where you can search for the movie. When you have found the movie, look at the URL in the Address bar in your
browser. The ASIN number will be located after the detail/-/.
Ex. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JMQZ/qid=1112721346/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7764047-0101714?v=glance&s=dvd
In this example, I have highlighted he ASIN in red. You can copy and paste
the ASIN into the ASIN field then
press this button to retrieve the cover image. Note: The ASIN number
is not updated in the database. To save the ASIN number you must press
the 'Update Database' button.
Use Your Own Cover
Each user has their own directory for their custom images.
When you press this button, it will open a screen where you can browse to the
thumbnail image on your local hard drive.
Note that on the search result screens the image will be displayed as 96x140. Larger pictures will be
squeezed and smaller pictures will be expanded. The aspect ratio is not preserved. The maximum size of the
picture is 10K. The smaller the size, the quicker it will display on the search screens. You can change the image
size of your photo in most any photo editor.
Once you have browsed to your image and selected it, you must press
'Save' to upload your image to your personal directory on the server
and update the the movie database with the new cover. You will immediately
see your new cover image displayed on the Edit screen. Do not upload
photos you do not intend to use as it takes up unnecessary space. Periodically,
unused photos will be deleted from the server.
If you cannot find a cover image on Amazon.com or IMDb.com, you can read
this to find alternative locations for cover images.
You can create your own cover images by
- using an existing image or
photo and resizing it to approximately 96x140 and less
than 10K.
- capturing a still image from a movie file and resizing it to
approximately 96x140 and less than 10K.
- scanning the cover of a DVD or VHS movie and resizing it to
approximately 96x140 and less than 10K.
Irfanview is
a very good free image editor that can accomplish all these tasks.
To change the image size using Irfanview, select
File -> Open. Browse to your image and select it. If you do not
see your image, make sure the 'Files of type:' is set to either 'All
files' or to your file type. Once the image is displayed in Irfanview,
select Image -> Resize/Resample
Image. Check 'Preserve aspect ratio' and select 'Set new size' using
pixels as the unit. Set width to 96 and press 'OK'. Select File -> Save
As and give the picture a new file
name. Select Save as type JPG. In the Save Options box, select
quality 50 and make sure all boxes are unchecked. Press Save. Check
the file size to make sure it is under 10K. If not, edit the new
saved picture and go directly to File -> Save As but this time
decrease the quality and Save. You can repeat this until the file
size is small enough.
To capture a still image using Irfanview, select
File -> Open. Browse to your movie file and select it. If you do
not see your movie file, make sure the 'Files of type:' is set to either
'All files' or to your movie file type. Once the movie is displayed
in Irfanview, press the black square stop button in the lower left
corner. Now you can move the slider to select the frame you want to
use as your cover image. Right click the command menu button located
next to the stop/play button and press copy. Select Edit -> Paste.
Now you need to crop the image to get it closer to the cover image
proportions. While holding down the left mouse key, drag a rectangle
around the portion of the image you want to keep. Then select Edit
-> Crop Selection. select Image -> Resize/Resample Image. Check
'Preserve aspect ratio' and select 'Set new size' using pixels as the
unit. Set width to 96 and press 'OK'. Select File -> Save As and give
the picture a new file name. Select Save as type JPG. In the Save Options
box, select quality 50 and make sure all boxes are unchecked. Press
Save. Now you can add a title. Create
a selection by holding down the left mouse key and dragging a rectangle
area where you want the title. Select Edit -> Insert text into selection.
Use a small text size such as Arial - bold - 8 where the text color
will contrast the picture color. If you don't like the way it looks,
select Edit -> Undo and try again. When you are satisfied, Select File
-> Save As and save it like you did previously. Check
the file size to make sure it is under 10K. If not, edit the new
saved picture and go directly to File -> Save As but this time
decrease the quality and Save. You can repeat this until the file
size is small enough.
To scan a cover image using Irfanview, select File
-> Select TWAIN Source and select you scanner. Next, select File ->
Acquire/Batch Scanning. Select single image and close dialog then press
OK. Scan the image using a low DPI such as 75. Once the image is displayed
in Irfanview, select Image -> Resize/Resample Image. Check 'Preserve
aspect ratio' and select 'Set new size' using pixels as the unit. Set
width to 96 and press 'OK'. Select File -> Save As and give the picture
a new file name. Select Save as type JPG. In the Save Options box,
select quality 50 and make sure all boxes are unchecked. Press Save.
Check the file size to make sure it is under 10K. If not, edit the
new saved picture and go directly to File -> Save As but this time
decrease the quality and Save. You can repeat this until the file size
is small enough.
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. You have the capability of searching for movies based on keywords used in your Notes field.
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