Media Database 1.3 is a Inventory Management Software product from chadweisshaar.com, get 4 Stars SoftSea Rating, The MediaDB is a software for tracking your books, DVDs and board games.
Books and DVDs can be added by the title or ISBN number. The software will search Amazon.com's database and will download the book or DVD information. Board games can be added by title or by BoardGameGeek.com collection id. The software will search BoardGameGeek.com and will download information about the game.
The software can track multiple collections, perform searches within your collection and export your collection in an excel readable format.
Requirements: Windows XP or later. If you want to use Amazon.com to lookup books and DVDs, you will need to have an internet connection.
Privacy: When you search for a book or DVD using Amazon, the search string is sent to Amazon.com. In addition, they are sent a code which identifies the request as coming from the MediaDB program. There is nothing that distinguishes each individual user of the software so Amazon can't track an individual's searches. When you search for a board game the search string is sent to BoardGameGeek.com. There is no user or software information in this search.
There are three ways to add a new item to your collection. First select the tab for the item type you want to add. Either Books, DVDs or Games.
Manually
Select 'New Item' in the 'Edit' menu or click the 'New Item' button on the toolbar. This will bring up a dialog box where you can either select 'Enter item from scratch' or 'Search for item on internet'. If you choose to enter your item from scratch, a blank dialog will be presented where you can enter all the information for your book, DVD, or game.
If you choose to search online for your item, enter the ISBN or title of the item in the search box. (Note. You can also do this from the main window by entering the title or ISBN in the search box and selecting 'Search Amazon.com'.
By ISBN/ASIN
Enter the ISBN number of the book or the ASIN of the DVD. Almost all new books have the ISBN number on the back cover of the book. It is also located with the copyright and edition information. You can use either the old 10 digit ISBN or the new 13 digit ISBN. Most DVDs don't list the ASIN number on the box. Once you have entered the ID number on the toolbar, click 'Find by ISBN'. The software will look up your book online at Amazon.com. If Amazon has the item it is displayed in a display popup. You can edit the information that Amazon had, then click OK to add the item to your collection.
By Title
Enter all or part of the title of the book, DVD or game on the toolbar and click 'Find By Title'. The software will search for matching books or DVDs at Amazon.com. If you are on the Games tab, the software will search for matching games at boardgamegeek.com. A list of matches will be displayed in a chooser popup. Click on the item that matches and then click 'Add'. If there are more than 10 items matching your search, the first 10 will be displayed and there will be a 'More' button to fetch the next 10 matches from Amazon. You can add multiple items to your collection by CTRL-clicking each item and then clicking 'Add'.
By BoardGameGeek collection
If you have a list of boardgames on BoardGameGeek, you can add games from that list to your collection. Select 'Append BGG Collection' from the 'Edit' menu. The software will prompt you for your user-name and will download all the games in that list (note: this can take a long time if you have many games). The games that you don't already have in your collection will be displayed for you to add.
Once you have added books, DVDs and/or games to your collection, your media will be displayed on the main page of the program. See Editing/Deleting for help with editing existing media.
Once you have added items to your collection, your media will be displayed on the main page of the program. You can do any of the following to maintain your collection.
Delete an item: Click on the book, DVD or game and press the 'Delete' key, or select the 'Delete' button on the toolbar, or Select 'Delete Item' from the 'Edit' menu.
Edit: You can edit most fields directly on the table display. You can also bring up a dialog with all the information about an item. To do this, either double click the book, DVD or board game; or select the item and then either click 'Edit Item' on the toolbar or select 'Edit Item' under the 'Edit' menu. This will bring up a dialog showing all the attributes of the item you selected.

Everything except the ISBN number can be edited. To add an author, director, feature or actor; enter the name in the text box that says 'Enter Author Name' then click 'Add Author'. To delete an author, select the author and click 'Delete Author'. To change the picture, double click the picture and select a new image (must exist on your computer). Click 'OK' to accept your changes.
When editing the information for a game, you can create new categories and mechanics as needed by entering the new category or mechanic and selecting 'Add'.
Search: Enter the text that you want to search for in the toolbar on the main display. As you type, the list will be filtered to display only the items that match the search terms. To restore the full list of items, clear out the text in the search box. If you want to search the internet for matching items, enter the search terms and select 'Search Amazon.com' or 'Search BoardGameGeek.com'. This will search for any item that matches the search string. The matches will be displayed in a list.
Advanced Search: For board games, you can search for games that have a particular title, author, category, or mechanic. And for a game duration and allowed number of players. To perform this search, select the 'Games' tab on the main screen and press the 'Advanced Search' button. The search dialog will be displayed.
Managing MediaDB Collections
A collection is a set of books, DVDs and board games, and is stored in a file on your hard drive. The software can manage any number of collections. The first time you save your collection, the software will ask for a location and filename. When the software starts up, it will always load the collection you were working with last time. The name of the current collection is displayed on the title bar of the program. If there is a * next to the name, there are unsaved changes.
Managing collections:
If you want to work with a different collection, just select the 'Open Collection' button on the toolbar, or 'Open' under the 'File' menu. You will be prompted for the collection to open.
To create a new, empty, collection; select 'New Collection' on the toolbar, or 'New' under the 'File' menu. The current collection will be closed and a blank one opened. You will be prompted for a filename and location when you save this new collection.
To make a backup of your collection; select 'Save As' in the 'File' menu. You will be prompted for a new filename and your collection will be saved in that file. That file will then become the default collection. (Just open your old file again if you want to go back to it)
If you remove items from your collection, the disk space those items were taking is not freed and is used next time you add an item. To free up the disk space, select 'Compact Database' under the 'Options' menu. The license of this business & finance software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this Business & Finance software.