|
Home |
Programming |
Games |
Roleplaying |
Documents |
Tools |
Network  |
Favorites
|
|
|
|
Home |
Programming |
Games |
Roleplaying |
Documents |
Tools |
Network |
Favorites
|
| . | |
| . |
DVD MovieMenu
In comes MovieMenu. A simple application that allows me to solve all of the problems that I've listed above.
This application simply places a gui on a local datastore (could be an MS Access DB, MS SQL Server, or any ADO compatible database) and integrates internet connectivity internally to be able to retrieve information directly from Express.com using the horrid concept of screen scraping. Here are some screen shots of the current prototype. The descriptions of the images will have to suffice for now. I will add additional information as time permits.
Main Screen - 640x480 compatible (for use with TV displays). |
Yeah, I know, not a flashy name, but you get the idea. Basically, I needed a way to keep track
of the DVDs in my personal collection. I also wanted to have additional information such as actors, director(s),
notes, aspect ratio, etc in an electronic form for whatever purpose I could think of. I could have typed
all of this information in, but since there are people who have already done so - namely those people
whome I purchased most of these from - I decided to write an application that could pull from these sources
to populate a local data store. I also wanted to be able to pull the images so that I wouldn't have to spend hours
upon hours scanning these things in.
Another issue that I was facing is the fact that I have a 300 disc player that simply shows the title on a
one line 20 character display. Oh there is also the 5 line menu display via the television screen that you
can spend eternity paging through as well. Not exactly what I was hoping for - again I needed a better solution.