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I am looking for video clip collection management software for Windows. Something like iDive on the mac.

The sort of features I'm looking for include:

  • Scans video library and builds a database.
  • Browse collection with preview clips.
  • Allow me to dynamically filter or view based on metadata (e.g. clip attributes,folders, tags, ratings).
  • Allow me to apply ratings and tags to clips.
  • Launch clip from catalog with external configurable video player.

Note: This is for miscellaneous video clips (like avi, mpg etc), not DVD's or movies.

I have looked, can't find anything!

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Windows Media Player will catalog videos on your system, with metadata, and ratings. – Steve Jan 28 '11 at 8:07
Have a look at this question on some media center software – Sathya♦ Jan 28 '11 at 9:50
have you tried any programs from this other SU question? If not, try some of those and report back what did and didn't work – Ivo Flipse♦ Jan 28 '11 at 9:51
To clarify: Windows media player (and other media players) have some inbuilt management capabilities...but I'm asking for an independent collection manager that can call an external player. The other media center software solutions are designed for whole movies, rather than video clips, not good solutions for that. – Nicholas Feb 1 '11 at 20:25
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Could you also clarify what do you mean by "video clip", as distinct from "whole movie" ? – harrymc Jan 5 '12 at 6:17
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Google Picasa:

  • Scans video library and builds a database.
    • Yes
  • Browse collection with preview clips.
    • Can play the full clip, but not only a preview
  • Allow me to dynamically filter or view based on metadata (e.g. clip attributes,folders, tags, ratings).
    • Not on metadata, but on tags, folders, names
  • Allow me to apply ratings and tags to clips.
    • Tags: Yes
    • Ratings: Only favorite or not, but could be done via Tags
  • Launch clip from catalog with external configurable video player.
    • Yes

http://picasa.google.com/intl/en/ I think that's as close as it gets, couldn't find any better software for it till now.

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This is the kind of program I was looking for. I didn't know that Picasa also does Video Clips. A lot of people kept on bringing up XBMX and Media Center software, which is great for Full Length movies, not video clips. – Nicholas Jan 10 '12 at 2:42
"Launch clip from catalog with external configurable video player" -- seems like previous version of Picasa did this, and the latest version (3.9) plays the video by itself :-( – haimg Jan 11 '12 at 17:54
@haimg: I installed the latest version a few days ago. If you right click a clip you can select "open with..." (or something like that, don't have it here right now). What I did not find was an option for a default player. – Feroc Jan 12 '12 at 8:39
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You can use Windows Media Centre with the following useful plugin's to produce a fully functional media database with meta data, correct configuration of the below plugin's results in downloads banners and art, IMDB.com content and ratings. It also allows you to view the library in differently as well as linking items by producer/actor/actress/genre etc.

Unfortunately all content will be played through Windows Media Centre as I am unsure how to configure it to launch in an external player

Media Centre Master

Media Browser

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Media Monkey or XBMC comes to mind. XBMC allows for an external player here: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=External_players

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Both MediaMonkey and XBMC cannot use an external video player. – haimg Jan 7 '12 at 15:38
Please provide more info and links to these software – wizlog Jan 7 '12 at 23:12
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Fast video cataloger does exactly what you are asking for, http://www.videocataloger.com

•Scans video library and builds a database.

yes

•Browse collection with preview clips.

yes and you can configure how and start playing from the time in the clip.

•Allow me to dynamically filter or view based on metadata (e.g. clip attributes,folders, tags, ratings).

Does all of that

•Allow me to apply ratings and tags to clips.

Yes

•Launch clip from catalog with external configurable video player. Can play in external program or in integrated videoplayer.

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