Hope this is the right forum.

I'm after some software that I can use to catalog my DVDs. I'd like it to pull data from a database (imdb etc). I've seen a few such as "all my movies" but I was looking for a free/open source version

anybody use one?

I've thought about coding it myself as Ive got a PDA i could use as a remote interface/browser, but I dunno how to get data from IMDB and I cant be bothered :P

Search is your friend. There are a couple of threads in this particular forum discussing the topic.

Try here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1000393&highlight=organize

or here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1055674&highlight=organize

I've looked at this A LOT. Here are a couple of important questions to ask yourself (or at least know how important they are to you):

1) do you run Mac or Windows?
2) do you want a local instance of the software in question (i.e., it runs on your machine) or do you want a web-based tool . . . or both?
3) do you want said software to be able to not only catalog but play your movies
4) do you want to pay? for said software/service or are you looking for something cheap/free?
5) how important are 'extra' features of the software -- things like publishing your library to the web, keeping track of loaned out discs, view counts, iPhone access, etc?

Those are some of the salient questions to think about.

Right now, I haven't decided on which software to use (I'm a "Mac person" so this limits what's available to me) as I haven't finished wiring my house nor have I completed my NAS, but the two threads above have TONS of suggestions/recommendations . . . have fun and report back with what you've decided upon.:)

thanks for the help I'll admit I do suck at using search.

answers to your questions
1) windows
2)local or web based I dont mind
3)no, Most of my catalog is DVD so I just need a list because it'll require me getting the disk anyway
4)no, I'm looking for freeware or open source
5) I'd ultimately like it to get data from IMDB or somewhere similar, the only extra field I'd need is if the movie is DVD or AVI format, so I know where to look lol

DVD Profiler is what I use.

When I became aware of existence of movie organizers I went to download.com where there were plenty of such programs. For me as novice it was difficult to define what the best movie organizer and what the worst one were. To be honest, I used different movie catalogers, such as Ant Movie Catalog, All My Movies, but I set my choice on Movienizer (http://www.movienizer.com/). By its functionality Movienizer is better for me. Even better, it's freeware.