I'm thinking about rescanning my entire 2300+ collection from scratch. I know, over the years, there have been things missed, lost and replaced/sold, but not removed that have never been updated in my DB and figure this is probably the most efficient way to fix all of that in one swoop. How would I go about purging my current DVDP database?

Thanks.

BulkEdit has a little function called "ScrapeGoat" - icon looks like binoculars.

With it, you can view your old online collection from your new database and just put a check mark against those DVDs that you want to keep. No need to re-scan. Once you have checked them, you click Scrape with "Add to Collection", whatever category you want. At your convenience, you need to run a download / refresh from the online, because ScrapeGoat only puts in the minimum skeleton profile to get you started. Or, you can click "Refresh Flagged" and ScrapeGoat will issue the download command for you.

Maybe will save some scanning?

By the way, this works for any online collection - just type in the user name. Only thing the plugin is doing is grabbing the profile ID and basic info to create the skeleton. It does not use any personal data.

Another way to get "clean" copies of the online profiles, is to create a "Flag Set" from the old database, of the ones you want to keep. Then, from the new database, you can "Add multiple" and use the Flag Set file, which is just a list of profile IDs.

Hopefully, you can get a good head start on the new database by doing a bit of an audit and just checking off the physical DVDs that you want to keep in the new database. Then go ahead with your scanning of the others.

Right, just trying to save you a bit of work. Sounds like the big picture is that you are really doing an audit. In that case, if you have pile of DVDs in front of you, as you pick one up, you could either scan it immediately, or take a peek at the checklist and click on the items that match the DVDs. And then scan the remainder. Then pick up another batch of DVDs. Something like that? I'm not entirely sure which would be faster.

Quoting LJG:

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At one time, there was a plugin that was designed to help you audit your discs. You'd use a scanner to read the bar codes and it would compare it to your database.

DVD Inventory?

Quoting DJ Doena:

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Quoting LJG:

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At one time, there was a plugin that was designed to help you audit your discs. You'd use a scanner to read the bar codes and it would compare it to your database.

DVD Inventory?

Maybe? Sorry, just saw this... It's truly been enough time that I really don't remember what the program looks like. It did seem similar, though. I know I was able to use a scanner with it and it made checking a whole lot easier than going one by one!