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posted by Drew Hamlin at 2:45 PM
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Nice help page, I like it.
That's cool, but is this really a common question? :)
"Why is Delicious Library so popular?"
Great interface makes any program popular! OH... It's also one of the best catalogers around.
Would be THE BEST if you could print DVD covers too.
Great software, paid license fee gladly. I want to know if I can repopulate my Delicious Library from the exported Notes on my iPod (lost hard disk, reinstalled - I'd prefer not to have to rescan/retype in 350 DVDs if I don't have to.
Steve, this is Drew from Delicious Monster. Although there is not a feature to directly import from iPod notes, Delicious Library will import from tab-delimited files. I've documented this process extensively in a new Support article: How do I import from another application?
That being said, the best way to "recover" your library is absolutely from the original database. Make sure you backup regularly (for more information see my recent blog post, Backup Has Never Been Easier) and you should never have to find yourself in a position to import from iPod notes.
And while it's not a feature to import an iPod note, it is foreseeably possible to transform the iPod note format into a tab-delimited style. You could certainly pull it off manually with some data re-organization. There is no app or script that I know of that automates this but I would be delighted if someone writes something of this nature. I am even considering looking into it myself as a side project (but no promises).
I would love to hear if anyone has something to add to the topic of iPod note restoration.
Thanks for answering that the exported ipod notes format isn't reversible for re-importation, I'd sent in three bug reports and emails in the last two weeks and received no reply. Knowing it doesn't work the way I want it to, I can deal with the situation better.
First of all, I've ripped many of my movies onto a large hard drive. I then purchased Delicious Library (http://www.delicious-monster.com/) and used it's outstanding bar code scanning and Amazon.com search capabilities to very quickly get my movie collection organized. I have over 300 movies and I was able to get them all into Delicious Library in about half an hour!!!
I created a collection in Delicious Library containing only ripped movies. For those movies, I filled-in the URL field with a URL formatted like this: file:///path to movie
What this allows me to do is use Delicious Library as an outstanding browser/movie launcher for my ripped movie collection. I simply select my collection of ripped movies, search for the movie I want to watch (manually or by typing keywords) then click on the URL field for the movie and select "Get URL" to launch it! VLC launches automatically (I set up VLC to handle opening all movie formats).
I've dug around Delicious Library's files and found a very convenient XML file called ~/Library/Application Support/Delicious Library/Library Media Data.xml. In it, you will find all the information for items in your library. Each item has a "uuid" property whose number maps image files located in ~/Library/Application Support/Delicious Library/Images. What does this mean?
Well, you could use Delicious Library to set up your movie collection. Then, a very simple application could be written on top of Delicious LIbrary's XML and image files that allow you to search for movies, get information on a movie based on its stored data and, if available, open up it's associated ripped movie file.
Many applications have tried to implement movie playlists and full screen playback, but they all fail miserably because you have to manually add every movie, you don't have access to other movie meta data like actors, year made, plot summaries, etc. and many use QuickTime for playback which can't play all movie formats!
VLC plays everything I've ever thrown at it, but its playlist capabilities are just as poor. I would like an application that (1) looks like Front Row (2) Utilizes Delicious Library's extensive and well-formatted meta data (3) Displays a full screen of all movies I have (4) When a movie is selected, the box cover and selected movie information will be displaed on the screen. If a URL has been supplied for the movie, I would like to see an icon for "View Now" which launches the movie in full screen mode.
With this setup, I could use this application like a media center. Front Row has a superior interface, but I think Delicious Library's scanning and organization capabilities would be better utilized in the aforemetioned way to build a killer media center application!!!
Thoughts?
fantastic application! some great ideas in these comments too. i'd like to add to the list.
while DL does print it is nearly useless because the print is so incredibly small... so customizable print formatting would be excellent. next, smart folders/collections would be great. last, what about bonjour? at this point i'm hoping far more apps will start using bounjour... iphoto, itunes, and yes, DL!
Great product! I just finished entering (by hand) my collection of over 500 movies.
I like the idea of having a "Movie Tonight" (or movies to watch) shelf.
As I entered my movies and used the "Similar" feature, I noticed a lot of movies that I don't yet have, but would like to have. It would be nice to have a "Wish List" shelf that one could add items to and have them NOT be included in the main library.
Printing is a feature badly needed on this program. not everyone is going to look at my mac to see which movies i have so a customizable format which is printable is a must for this program. it's a great program but this missing feature kinda hurts it.
Jan
Printing is a feature badly needed on this program. not everyone is going to look at my mac to see which movies i have so a customizable format which is printable is a must for this program. it's a great program but this missing feature kinda hurts it.
Jan
Hi there, any further thoughts/help on "repopulating" your library using your itunes notes? I had just copied in some 500 items and -bang- my hard drive crashed! :( Can you help!? If so, i promise to back up better next time! :)
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