I haven’t found a consistent reason why it fails on some media but if it does fail to find it there’s an easy remedy. When DVDpedia finds a match it finds it really quickly but it doesn’t always work. ![]() It’s super fast and it’s actually kind of fun. When it finds the right match, it pre-popluates the entry in your database with the cover art, genre, actors, director, rating and more. With DVDpedia you simply hold the DVD up to your iSight camera on your Mac and DVDpedia scans the barcode and then searches a vast set of databases to find the DVD/Blu-ray you’ve scanned. ![]() I’m going to use DVDpedia for all of the examples here.Ĭataloging stuff is fun for the super anal, OCD type but it can be a drag for people who don’t live for this stuff. Or maybe you’ve wasted your life away playing video games, you might be interested in a way to catalog your games, they’ve got Gamepedia. Or perhaps you’re an intellectual and have a giant book collection – Bookpedia. Now let’s say you’re not into movies as much as we are, maybe you have a big CD collection – try CDpedia. If you paid any attention to my post about why Steve and I still buy physical media, you’ll remember that we have 274 DVDs and Blu-ray discs to dig through when we’re looking for a movie to watch. The application is called DVDpedia from. GCstar, an open-source cross-platform similar application available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.Back in 2009 I told you about a really cool application that I’m still using five years later, so I figure it’s time for a refresher.MediaMan, a similar application for Windows.O'Reilly Innovators Award 2004 (First place winner).Apple Design Award Best product new to Mac OS X 2005 runner-up.Apple Design Award Best Mac OS X user experience 2005 winner.Apple Design Award Best Mac OS X Leopard Application 2007 Winner.Amazon had asked for the app to be removed due to violation of the Amazon API terms and conditions section 4e "(e) You will not, without our express prior written approval requested via this link, use any Product Advertising Content on or in connection with any site or application designed or intended for use with a mobile phone or other handheld device." NB: The terms and conditions have since been updated. The only Delicious Library app was withdrawn from the iOS App Store in July 2009. When Rock Band is added, Delicious Library sings a portion of " Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden in the whisper voice.When A Brief History of Time is added, the library talks about science concepts in a mock-synthesized voice.When a Harry Potter item is added, Delicious Library says " Voldemort", in the whisper voice.When a Star Wars item is added, Delicious Library says, "I am your father", in the whisper voice.Custom Collections allow the user to create their own "shelves" to organize their media.Printouts of specific shelves or entire libraries.Integration with Mac OS X's Address Book application to allow "lending management".Scanning barcodes using a Bluetooth scanner, an iSight camera, or a USB-keyboard-type barcode scanner (such as a modified CueCat).Importing the library from another application (like Bookpedia).Enter media items in the following ways:.The software is no longer supported by the authors. ![]() Delicious Library 2 was released officially on May 27, 2008, although the final version was available from March 25.ĭelicious Library 3 is available from the Mac App Store and the developers website for Macintosh systems running OS 10.8 or higher. ![]() The software was initially released in November 2004, with $250,000 in sales in its first month. Delicious Library is a digital asset management app for Mac OS X, developed by Delicious Monster to allow the user to keep track and manage their physical collections of books, movies, CDs, and video games.
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