GCStar is a cataloging/collection management application. It is an open-source project that currently works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms. GCStar allows you to manage your collections of books, movies, series episodes, and many others. The input of data is carried out very easily. You can add movies by simply typing their names. Then you can fetch information about those movies from an array of different information sources, like IMDB, CulturaliaNET, MovieDB, etc. When you fetch information, you will get the most important aspects about a movie. The year, cast, genre, director, length, country is the data grabbed by default. GCstar's main window consists of a list of movies (or any of the other supported elements) on the left, and the information about the selected movie on the right. The application also has support for borrowed items, you can track those items so you don't forget who had them and when you lent them. Besides the fact that GCstar is a true multi-platform application, there is something else that makes it an ideal platform to keep your collections in the place: its importing and exporting functionality. GCStar can import movies from several different kinds of databases and it can even import a text file with the names of the movies that you want to import.
v1.6.1 [Aug 10, 2010]
Main Changes :
- New option to change the way items are sorting while in image view.
- New plugin to import many items with a barcode scanner, or from an Android device. More information about using a barcode scanner.
- Country field in movies collection is now a list, allowing multiple countries.
- Export/Import/Fetch/Extract changes
- Amazon book plugins now use the Amazon Web Service, for more reliable plugin operation
- New plugin for batch importing with a barcode scanner. It can be used with GCstar Scanner for Android or any barcode scanner acting like a keyboard.
- New plugins to fetch information from websites
- Images thumbnails are now cached. This results in a dramatic speed up of loading collections when hi-resolution pictures are used.
- Chinese (Traditional) translation added
- Language strings are now collection dependant. This results in a nicer user experience, replacing strings like "New item" with "New movie", "New game", etc.
- New right click context menu on file chooser control, with the option of choosing a folder instead of a file. Useful for dvd rips stored in folders, where the folder path needs to be passed to an external program.
- Added Update button to items, which refreshes the current item's
- Fields with a history have an auto-completion feature when user starts to enter text.
- Books collections can now link to a local or online 'digital version'
- Music collection : new fields - Press rating
Bugs fixed :
- Set focus to the title field automatically after adding an item
- Correctly handle foreign characters in external filenames under Windows
- Correctly sort numeric fields used for grouping in image lists
- It was not possible to delete a unique item in image mode
- Fixed bug with image caching
- HTTP return code 302 managed correctly
- Removed use of Switch.pm as it is deprecated
