Anyone know of a good movie organizer?

[Skyler0]

Greetings,

I'm curious to know if there is any kind of application that will organize movies (avi/xvid/mpeg etc).

What I would like is to to be able to search/grab data from IMDB or other database, and then be able to organize the actual directories structure and file name based on that. (for example "/Videos/[Genre]/Name [Year].avi" or something similar.

Something that also contained a library of videos with the same type of database grab would be sufficient as well, although not as ideal as the above.

I'm thinking something similar to how musicbrainz is, only for movies.

Thanks,
-Sky

[fancypiper]

I really like Miro for videos.

[LuisGMarine]

I really like Miro for videos.

That looks like a very interesting piece of software I think I'm going to install it and give it a whirl.

[lovinglinux]

GCstar

[jdunka]

I just looked at GCStar and Miro. I'm digging Miro.

[Skyler0]

I looked a Miro, but I didn't really see any kind of organization thing to the movies. They were just listed. :/. I also tried GCStar, but it kept freezing when I tried to import a folder.

I found some other canditates I'm going to check out though:

Data Crow
Griffith
CeeMedia Movie Catalogue
MeD's Movie Manager
MovieFly

[papibe]

I had a similar concern a few weeks ago and this is what I have learned so far:

IMDB has a web API (so does themoviedb.org) that let you fetch media metadata. Most media center software display their cool menus using addons that use these APIs.

One way to go would be installing a media center and let it manage your movies. I didn't go that way (too bloated).

Luckily, there are standalone media managers like:

• YAMJ or MovieJukebox
• meta<browser/>
• TVScout
• medianav

(sorry same of them are windows only)

I end up using YAMJ, that is multiplataform (Java). I didn't need a database like yourself, but a easier way to browse my movies and choose what to watch.

I hope it helps,
Regards.


Note: YAMJ was designed for the PopcornHour (something like an appleTV), but the menus are created and maintained on the computer side.

[Skyler0]

I never said I wanted/needed a database myself. It just seemed like the easier way.

I would be most happy with somethimg that simple reorganized the directory structure in that above format

/Videos/[Genre]/Name [Year].ext

That way movies are semi-easily listable just from directory alone.

[LuisGMarine]

Well whatever you decide to do I'm going to suggest a similar feature to banshee. For example banshee can organize all your songs into folder like artist/album/song, but the option to organize is not there for video. I'll submit a request so just keep your eyes out for it in the future.

[fancypiper]

I am just now trying Moovida. It looks promising as well.