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Movie Collector (Windows)

v19.1: Update your IMDb Ratings / Votes in one go!

Feb 20, 2019

The Movie Collector v19 release was just 2 months ago, but I have another big update for you now. Depending on how much of an IMDb junkie you are, today’s v19.1 update may even be a bigger deal than v19 itself πŸ™‚

What’s new in Movie Collector v19.1

As you probably know, we have signed a more comprehensive (and also much more expensive) content licensing agreement with IMDb, which gives us access to more and fresher IMDb data.

Today we’ve released the first new features made possible by this new agreement!

New: IMDb Votes field

This new field indicates the number of votes on which the IMDb Rating is based. It is a good indication of 1. how popular the movie is and 2. how trustworthy the rating is.

  • The IMDb Votes field is automatically filled in when you Add a Movie from Core. (Note: similar to IMDb Ratings and Links, getting IMDb Votes from Core requires an active Service Plan)
  • It is also shown in the yellow IMDb box in your movie details panel, right below the logo and rating (for the Flex, QuickSilver and Carbon templates).
  • Tip: add the IMDb Votes as a column in your list, so that easily see for all your movies or even sort on it to order your list by the movie’s popularity.

New: Update your IMDb Ratings and Votes in one go

The new IMDb content license gives us daily updates of the IMDb Ratings and Votes, so let’s make use of that daily fresh data now!

  • Select some (or all) movies in your list, then right click and choose Update IMDb Ratings/Votes from the menu.
  • This will connect to our Core and retrieve fresh IMDb Ratings and Votes for all selected movies.
  • Don’t worry, this won’t take long. We have implemented a super efficient system that can update ratings/votes in chunks of 100 movies in one go.
  • When done, it will report the number of movies it has updated the Ratings and Votes for.
  • Note: using the “Update IMDb Ratings/Votes” feature requires an active Service Plan.

Other changes

  • Several tweaks to improve the trial mode experience:
    • Bigger “+ Add Movies” button on the default toolbar
    • Improved “My CLZ Account” messaging when logging in with a CLZ Account.
    • New hints to Sync with CLZ Cloud after adding some movies.
    • Removed the ugly blue “hint box” that appeared when starting with an empty database.
  • FIXED: Occasional freeze/hang problems after a period of program inactivity.

Recent changes

v23.3: Cloud-sync your customized cast and crew lists Jul 25, 2023 v23.2: Now supports our new CLZ Scanner barcode scanner app Mar 30, 2023 v23.1: Movie trailers now appear as clickable thumbnails Nov 25, 2022 v23.0: Report screen after Update IMDb Ratings + Easier way to update ’em all Nov 08, 2022 v22: Configurable Pre-fill, more configurable Update from Core fields + WebP support Mar 08, 2022 v21.6 Improved Submit to Core system Oct 08, 2021 v21.5: Sync web-links and box set covers Sep 28, 2021 v21.4: Bar chart in folder panel background Sep 14, 2021 v21.3: New “Transfer Field Data” tool Aug 03, 2021 v21.2: New Link Movies with Core screen Apr 28, 2021 v21.1.2 Various improvements and fixes Mar 04, 2021 v21.1 Automatic Audience Ratings from IMDb Feb 15, 2021 v21.0: New: Pre-fill fields while adding movies Jan 11, 2021 v20.2: Now fully Big Sur compatible Dec 01, 2020 v20.6 Easier access to the Manage Pick Lists screen Aug 25, 2020 v20.5: Changing your folder field is now much easier Jul 30, 2020 v20.4: Faster image downloads, faster Update from Core Jun 24, 2020 v20.3: Faster Shelves View + 2 new Shelf Styles Jun 08, 2020 v20.1 Faster CLZ Cloud syncing! Apr 14, 2020 v20.2 Faster CLZ Cloud syncing! Mar 25, 2020 v20.0.4 Now syncs through our brand-new CLZ Cloud Sync-server Feb 04, 2020 v20.1 Improved Add Movie Files / Better Tag editing / Faster syncing Feb 04, 2020 v20: Folder panel improvements + new Statistics screen Jan 13, 2020 v20: Dark Mode support / New HDR field and many more sync fields Dec 10, 2019 v19.3: Now fully macOS Catalina compatible! Oct 09, 2019

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