Blu-ray Upgrade
-- Maybe

Box-Set

Box-Set Content

Category
-- Movie
-- TV Show
---- Complete Series Box
---- Season Box
------ Virtual Box *1
---- Season Disc
---- Series Completed
---- Series Special
------ Pilot Episode
-- Special Interest

German Movie

German Audio

Guilty Pleasure

Purchase Item *2

No Collection Number

Never Seen

Pilot Marathon

Profile Edited
-- Cast
-- CoO
-- Crew
-- Discs
-- Genre
-- Running Time
-- Prod Year
-- Region
-- Video Format

Have Soundtrack

Verse *3
-- Babylon 5
-- DC
---- Superman
-- Friends
-- Galactica
-- Jack Ryan
-- JAG
-- Jersey *4
-- Life on Mars
-- Marvel
-- Star Trek
-- Stargate
-- Whedonverse
---- Buffyverse
---- Firefly
-- Whoniverse
-- Xenaverse

Watchable Profile *5


*1 I profile TV shows by season and disc, even if the complete box does not have individual packaging for the season. Then I simply create a manual profile.

*2 This is the profile that I actually bought in the store and which contains a purchase price. Naturally, it's always a root profile and contains zero to many child profiles.

*3 This way I can find titles that are named totally different but exist in the same fictional universe: JAG + NCIS, Friends + Joey

*4 The Jersey world contains all Jay & Silent Bob movies, from Clerks to Clerks II.

*5 This is a profile that you can actually watch on your player. It's the one that contains a collection number and a watched date.

I have 2 custom categories - VHS and Criterion Wishlist.  I am also using my Ordered category for my Anime collection.

As far as tags go, here are the non-history ones:

- AFI Top 100
- Cast Crew Audit Needed
- Empire: Top 100 World Films
- GLBT
- Hammer Films
      -- Dracula Series
      -- Frankenstein Series
- James Bond
- Oscar Nominee
      -- Best Actor Nominee
      -- Best Actress Nominee
      -- Best Director Nominee
      -- Best Documentary Nominee
      -- Best Foreign Film Nominee
      -- Best Picture Nominee
- Oscar Winner
      -- Best Actor Winner
      -- Best Actress Winner
      -- Best Director Winner
      -- Best Documentary Winner
      -- Best Foreign Film Winner
      -- Best Picture Winner
- Screener
- Sherlock Holmes
- Time: Top 100 Films
- Yuletide

I also have an extensive tree of tags related to history in the movies.

- Ancient History in the Movies
      -- Prehistoric Humans
      -- Mesopotamia
      -- Egypt
      -- Biblical Epic: Ancient Israel
      -- Classical Greece
            -- Homer
            -- Aeschylus
            -- Sophocles
            -- Euripides
            -- Aristophanes
      -- Hellenistic Greece
      -- Roman Empire
            -- Plautus
            -- Terence
            -- Petronius
            -- Seneca
      -- Biblical Epic: Life of Christ
      -- Biblical Epic: Early Christian

- Medieval History in the Movies
      -- Pagan Late Antiquity
      -- Christian Late Antiquity
      -- Barbarian/German Impact
      -- Byzantium
      -- Vikings/Nordic
      -- Byzantine Commonwealth: Georgia
      -- Byzantine Commonwealth: Russia
      -- Islam
      -- The Celtic World
      -- Feudalism & Knighthood
      -- Law
      -- Crusades
      -- Medieval European Literature
      -- England
      -- England: Arthurian
      -- England: Robin Hood
      -- Scotland
      -- France
      -- France: Joan of Arc
      -- Spain & Portugal
      -- Italy
      -- Scholars & Scholasticism
      -- Heresy & Mendicancy
      -- Urban & Rural Life
      -- Christian Spirituality
      -- Medieval Women
      -- Homosexual and Trans Characters
      -- Renaissance
      -- Reformation & Catholic Reform
      -- Expansion Overseas
      -- Mongols
      -- Medieval China, Japan, India
      -- Medieval Fantasy
      -- Modern Period, Medieval Themes

- Modern History in the Movies
      -- The Roots of Western Culture
            -- Europe Expansionism & Colonialism
            -- The Renaissance
            -- Reformation
      -- The Ancien Regime
            -- Absolutism & The Modern State
            -- Constitutionalism & Modern Politics
      -- The Scientific Revolution
      -- The Enlightenment
      -- The French Revolution
      -- The American Revolution
      -- The Industrial Revolution
      -- The 19th Century
            -- Conservative Order Transformed
            -- Liberal Tradition
            -- Nationalist Dream
            -- The 19th Century in America
                  -- The Civil War
            -- The Imperial Project
      -- The Socialist Analysis
      -- Cultural Anxiety
      -- World War I
      -- The Soviet Experiment 1918-1989
      -- Interwar Troubles
      -- World War II
      -- The Holocaust
      -- The End of Empire
            -- Israel & The Middle East
            -- Algeria & North Africa
            -- India
            -- South and Central Africa
            -- Japan
            -- China
      -- Modern Science and Its Conflicts
      -- Post-War Themes: 1945-1989
            -- Cold War
            -- Third World Poverty & Oppression
            -- Post-War Britain
            -- Post-War America
            -- The Vietnam War
            -- Lesbian & Gay Rights Movement
            -- Faith & Modernity
      -- Visions of the Future
      -- Gulf War & Military Actions
      -- War on Terror

I'm also working on a tag tree for my nature documentaries, which right now is just Nature Doc with child tags for the continent.  I expect that tree to grow though.

I have a couple extra categories-one is for movies I've sold or donated (all double dips that I didn't need anymore as the one I replaced it with had all the extras) and one for movies I watch but don't own. This is for rented movies mainly, so I can keep track of what I've seen and if I liked it enough to own it.

For Tags, I have a handful. I keep track of those I've edited, but not submitted, I have one for holiday movies, James Bond, Star Trek, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, I have a tag for movies that I get stuff with so I can see what came with it (physical swag like a toy or book).

Is there a way to copy the Tags from the program without writing them out by hand?

Thanks; I'll give it a try and share tomorrow

For tags I don't really use it much. I used tags primarily to keep track of my editing. If I see a profile with 2.40 checked ticked; then I know I haven't edited it for ages and it probably needs another look.
The Book, Soundtrack are for my custom HTML page that shows if I have the book/soundtrack to the film. Same for Trailer. I find that profile offers everything else as standard - or am I missing something?

2.40 checked
3.0 checked
3.5 checked
3.6 checked
3.8 checked
3D (which I'll be removing soon)
Book
Checked by Me
Don't Sub
EPGL
Soundtrack
Trailer
TV Show - Fully Edited

I notice a lot of people use Tags for things I have used custom genres for. Maybe someone could explain why tags are better?

My custom genres:
Biograph
Christmas
Creature Feature
Ghosts
Period Drama
Slasher
Stephen King
Super Hero
Time Travel
Vampires
Werewolves
Zombies

Also, why are some people using their Ordered or Anime etc? Wouldn't a custom collection be better? I have 3 custom collection (all counted in Owned) My Colleciton, My Partner's Collection and Blu-rays.

I only use Custom Categories:

HD-DVD
DVD
Blu-Ray
VCD
Films on Hard Drive
Ordered

Donnie

Quoting W0m6at:

Quote:
They allow nesting.

Why is this important? I really not getting the benefit of this.