A case of style of substance, and judging by the # of users displayed here, also a case of too much hype. DL is probably the most overrated application I've ever used. It's simplistic in its behavior, very mediocre in its flexibility, and downright poor in terms of performance (useless after 1000+ items on a C2D macbook 1GB).
I hear Dvdpedia (http://www.bruji.com/dvdpedia/) is better, problem is, I already spent hours inputting all my stuff in DL. Sad sad sad....
Have a relatively small library, 500+ books 100+ dvds but the fact that it used the build in iSight on my MBP made this application great. I had tried entering in books manually before but it was just too much of a chore. Application looks great and for me at least was worth paying for.
Edit: I should also mention that I am located in Ireland and amazon has matched what I buy so far.
I seriously regret having paid 40$. This app is meant only for things available on Amazon.com/de/fr and not much more. Pure world-wide ISBN entry isn't really working. many international titles are unrecognized and there goes the convenience.
Also...apparently there's no new version anywhere in sight.
My cd collection consists primarily of foreign albums. Finding information is difficult sometimes. This application has a beautiful interface, but it lacks in content. I ran a comparison with only a dozen titles. Delicious Library did not find covers and track listings for most of them as opposed to the (better) results I obtained with ReaderwareAW. I like the iSight usage, but agree it can be finicky. I'll experiment a bit longer with this app, but I'm more inclined to go with ReadewareAW for what it gives me.
This is an imperfect but nice inventory application for one's personal media collection. Pros include:
Built-in barcode scanner (requires an attached video camera)--great for me and my MBP's iSight camera
Automatic data lookup from Amazon.com
Wide variety of data can be entered for each item (including condition, location, cost, who it's being loaned to)
There are cons, too:
Non-standard behavior for basic GUI operations like shift- or command-clicking (flouting Apple's Human Interface Guidelines for no apparent reason)
Barcode scanner can be finicky; I still have to enter a lot of barcodes by hand
Amazon.com's data is often good for a starting point but can also be incomplete or inaccurate
Still, I think it's a good value, especially compared to the cost of a barcode scanner. And I think my insurance company will appreciate having the inventory if my apartment ever burns up. :-)
$40 is a bit steep. Although, It has the most beautiful User interface, and the purpose of this app is interesting... But generally not productive... I think it would be better if this was a $25 or $30 shareware application!
Opinions:
Integration with Amazon makes this the best!
A case of style of substance, and judging by the # of users displayed here, also a case of too much hype. DL is probably the most overrated application I've ever used. It's simplistic in its behavior, very mediocre in its flexibility, and downright poor in terms of performance (useless after 1000+ items on a C2D macbook 1GB).
I hear Dvdpedia (http://www.bruji.com/dvdpedia/) is better, problem is, I already spent hours inputting all my stuff in DL. Sad sad sad....
Have a relatively small library, 500+ books 100+ dvds but the fact that it used the build in iSight on my MBP made this application great. I had tried entering in books manually before but it was just too much of a chore. Application looks great and for me at least was worth paying for.
Edit: I should also mention that I am located in Ireland and amazon has matched what I buy so far.
I seriously regret having paid 40$. This app is meant only for things available on Amazon.com/de/fr and not much more. Pure world-wide ISBN entry isn't really working. many international titles are unrecognized and there goes the convenience.
Also...apparently there's no new version anywhere in sight.
My cd collection consists primarily of foreign albums. Finding information is difficult sometimes. This application has a beautiful interface, but it lacks in content. I ran a comparison with only a dozen titles. Delicious Library did not find covers and track listings for most of them as opposed to the (better) results I obtained with ReaderwareAW. I like the iSight usage, but agree it can be finicky. I'll experiment a bit longer with this app, but I'm more inclined to go with ReadewareAW for what it gives me.
This is an imperfect but nice inventory application for one's personal media collection. Pros include:
There are cons, too:
Still, I think it's a good value, especially compared to the cost of a barcode scanner. And I think my insurance company will appreciate having the inventory if my apartment ever burns up. :-)
$40 is a bit steep. Although, It has the most beautiful User interface, and the purpose of this app is interesting... But generally not productive... I think it would be better if this was a $25 or $30 shareware application!
Doesn't really work for many products I try. Maybe because I'm from Australia.
Seems like a really cool idea, but doesn't $40 seem a bit steep?
i just use this (in conjunction with DeliciWeb) to take their awesome movie DVD art, then i import it into iTunes. :)
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