Supported Media:  

Extreme Movie Manager supports almost every video media ever created from Blu-ray to MP4 to VHS to LaserDisc. If your media can support video then Extreme Movie Manager has an option for it.

Features Set:  

DVD Upload

You can upload DVD information automatically or manually. Unlike the top two DVD Collection programs Extreme Movie Manager does not limit your database choices for automatic input. On the contrary, you can choose multiple databases from all over the world to query your movie titles and barcodes.

Unfortunately, this method of automatic upload really kills the software’s ease of use. When you select to add a movie you can type in the title or barcode, then you have to actually select a button to query the internet. From there you are given a huge, huge selection of movie websites to collect your DVD information from including Amazon, DVDEmpire, IMDB and so many more.

In the scrip query screen you can choose to “preview” your selected title to make sure it is the same movie you have, however, the preview screen is just a copy of the page your movie information is being pulled from. For example, if you choose to query Amazon, the Amazon webpage your movie is located on just displays in the corner no different if you actually went to Amazon.com and typed in your movie title.

This method of automatic upload also forces you to only upload or import one movie at a time.

DVD Details

Extreme Movie Manager, like most DVD Collection software, is at heart a database management program, which in the end has its pros and cons. Extreme Movie Manager’s pros include the ability to include every tiny piece of movie information possible, not just title, director, cast and summary; but you can also add awards, subtitles, custom fields and more.

For movies on your hard drive you can also specify codec, bitrate, resolution and more.

Search Filters

Like most DVD Collection software you can sort your movies by folder, genre, personal rating, year, media, etc. We were a little surprised that you can’t search by actor, at least it’s not part of the software’s default folders.

A couple of our favorite folders include Seen, Wanted and Loaned.

However, we did really like the included quick search. Just type in the title or actor you are looking for and Extreme Movie Manager will do the rest. But be aware, the quick search doesn’t play nice with misspelled words.

Additional Features

Extreme Movie Manager doesn’t necessarily have a “loan manger” per se, but you can keep track of titles you’ve loan out and by using the loan sort you can easily see what movies are currently in someone else’s hands.

Like the #1 DVD Collection program, Extreme Movie Manager encourages users to create plugins for their software. There are a few available including one that integrates the software with Windows Media Center. There also fun and interesting view you can use called shelf. This puts all your cover art on a virtual shelf and you can browse your collection on shelves.

Two features we would really like to see Extreme Movie Manager include in a future update is a random pick for those who just can’t decide, and the ability to create a database backup. Matter of fact, we are quite surprised we were unable to make a collection back up and it almost kept this software from getting our Bronze Award.

Import/Export

Extreme Movie Manager has multiple import and export option including CSV, TXT and HTML. We really like that you can import XML files from DVD Profiler and Movie Collector into Extreme Movie Manager. These export features kind of make up for the lack of backup, however, most exports don’t include cover art.