Several threads recently on finding source files and that kind of stuff. As you can probably guess media bins aren't my cup of tea. As I've said in several threads I have a extensive collection of not only videos I've made and edited also a pretty large collection of tapes, DVD's and CD's, even records, remember them?

While several years ago I just kept spreadsheets, that method not only proved cumbersome, it turned out to be ineffective once you got to the point where you added a good many fields and sorting became a pain. Next I went the database route. Trouble is to make a decent customized database first you need some pretty powerful software and a fair amount of time to set it up. Who has the time?

So why re invent the wheel? Check out the following which is a powerful yet easy customizable database with a cheap price designed specificially for video collections. Because the fields can be highly customized through wizards, and the sample database already comes with many preset fields, with the wizard offering over a hundred more which you can add to or delete or edit, even add thumbnails I've found it rather useful.

It isn't meant to automate the process of rebuilding anything, simply record keeping your way. And you know how picky I AM. The downside is if any of you never build a searchable database before its the time invested in building the records. Adding new information only takes a few minutes. Its the getting set up adding all your old infomration that takes the time.

Anyhow if anyone is interested, check out the following

http://www.fnprg.com/catvids/screenshots.html

Anyone know of anything similar, speak up.