AVCataloger makes it easy to catalog your purchased CD albums using the tightly integrated CDDB disc recognition service.  Place the CD album into your CD drive and click the SCAN button in the CDDB area of AVCataloger.  AVCataloger will scan for the CD's serial number, transmit to CDDB, then return complete album details and present the information in the CDDB cataloging area.  Modify if desired, or simply save, eject, and continue with the next album.

AVCataloger provides a Rapid-Entry system whereas it will scan the CD in the CD-ROM, collect data from CDDB, save it automatically, eject the CD and wait for you to close the CD tray to repeat the process.  This process makes it easy to catalog your entire music collection in minimal time.  Simply feed the CD drive your CD albums when the tray opens, close the tray, repeat! 

Entries saved by CDDB are flagged as such in the main music area.  Clicking this icon will bring up the CDDB browser window allowing you to preview details about the album in your collection.  You can add additional details such as where the album was purchased, price paid, location of storage, and index number for inventory/organization, and any other details that you'd like by adding custom columns to suit your exact purposes.

CD albums can be easily entered manually as well using the predefined columns, or columns created entirely by you.  Simply type in the information, select from the drop down lists, check any checkboxes, and hit enter.  If a drop down list doesn't contain the data you want entered, AVCataloger recognizes the new entry and automatically adds it to the drop down list items for you so it will be available on the next entry.

AVCataloger also provides a unique track level detail for each album entered, also completely customizable to tailor to your specific needs.  Organize by track number, song details, etc.  In addition to the track level detail, AVCataloger provides, as with all core data entry areas, an "Image Manager" where you can scan album covers or download from a Internet resource and save with each album.

AVCataloger is equipped to catalog any video media type, whether VHS, Beta, DVD, LaserDisc, etc.  Use the predefined column set or define your own to fit your exact requirements.  Tightly integrated with the Internet Movie Database (IMdb), AVCataloger can take a search item, such as a movie title, retrieve the full movie details from the IMDb Internet resources, and load the data right into AVCataloger for your review.  Edit as required, click save and your movie details are now complete within AVCataloger for your records.  Add additional information such as location, index, price paid, rental price, or any custom field as required.  Box pictures can also be retrieved and saved with each entry.

IMDb is an optional entry system in addition to the core data entry area.  Movies can be easily entered directly into AVCataloger by simply typing in the details and hit enter, add the next, and so on.  Chapter level detail can also be entered to enter information about each chapter of the movie, such as DVD segments, etc.

If there is one thing we all have, it's books.  Keeping track of what books we own, loan out, have read, or "want to buy" is something AVCataloger is designed to help you with.  AVCataloger is tightly integrated with Amazon.com's wealth of resources, tapping directly into their library and returning a wealth of information about the books you a cataloging.

Using the Amazon.com scanning system "Online Book Query", enter the ISBN, Title, or Author and click search.  Your query is sent to Amazon.com and the details are returned directly to AVCataloger in the predefined fields.  Modify as required and even append information such as your custom columns, and save directly to your AVCataloger database.  AVCataloger will show a custom icon for information retrieved from Amazon.com which you can click and open up a web page viewing the details of your book of interest.  This presents a unique option of not only cataloging your current collection, but entering books that you WANT to buy.  Add a custom column, for example "own" and make it a yes/no column.  For books you own, it will be checked, for books that you are entering as a wish list, do not check it.  You can then group your data on this column and it will be separated into two groups; a group that is "owned" and a group that is "not owned" aka on your wish list.  At any time, click the icon on the row that will take you directly to Amazon.com and purchase the book when you're ready to add to your reading list.

Book cover shots, if available, are also downloaded from Amazon.com's resources and entered directly into AVCataloger for you.  Manually cataloging books is just as easy and provides the flexibility of adding any custom columns, as required to suit your needs.  Track chapter level details for each book as well, also completely customizable separate from the parent data entry area.

If there is one area we are probably least organized, it's our software.  Do you have a good inventory of what software you own, what computer it's on, and most importantly, what is the serial/registration number?  AVCataloger comes to the rescue with a very easy interface for tracking your software, and for business use, what terminal contains which software license.

With AVCataloger, you can even track version level detail and any notes you have such as what was added, any bugs fixed that you may have reported, etc.  Scan a picture of your CD and store it with your software entry as it may be required to receive a rebate on a future purpose.  In fact, as with all data entry areas, scan in your original receipt and save with the entry for your records, whether for insurance purposes, rebates, or simply good record keeping.

AVCataloger provides two bonus tracking areas, one of which is the Loan Log.  Pioneering the concept of tracking loaned out items such as books as we found ourselves forgetting we loaned books to friends and needed a way to track who has what, how to contact them, and issue a reminder so we can remember to get our belongings returned.  The Loan Log is completely configurable as well as the other areas of AVCataloger making it easy to extend for any purpose, such as rental businesses.  As with all areas of AVCataloger, the limitation is the users creativity, it is designed for maximum flexibility in mind.

Have you ever listened to a song on the radio and thought you would like to buy that album?  We have, therefore we added a "wish list" or "shopping list" as you may call it, section to AVCataloger.  With just a few bits of information you can jot reminder notes and print out lists to take on your next shopping outing.  The AVCataloger Wish List section is modeled after the Microsoft Outlook "to-do" list area and is completely customizable to use as your imagination desires.