Add Titles with Mobile Batch Scanning to Collection Management for Windows
You can add a large number of titles to your collection quickly by using the barcode scanning feature in My Movies for iPhone, iPad, Android or Windows Phone. Instead of bringing all your movies over to your computer and adding them by typing in the title or the barcode, you can just bring your mobile device to your movie shelf and add your entire collection quickly.
Throughout this short guide there will be screenshots from My Movies Collection Management for Windows and both an iPhone and an Android smartphone.
Synchronizing your collection
First you must make sure that your collection is synchronized with our server. If you are starting from My Movies Collection Management for Windows, then you should upload your collection by clicking "Settings" and then "Synchronize Online and Mobile Collection". This will bring up the screen below, where you should choose "Upload to Server" and then click "OK". Before you use your mobile device to add a batch of titles, you have to enter "Settings" on the device and choose "Synchronize".
If your starting point is a mobile device, you have to choose "Download to Client" on the screen shown below. If you choose "Upload to Server", and your collection in Collection Management for Windows is empty, you will loose your entire collection! So please be careful when you synchronize to or from our software for Windows, as it could go wrong if you are not.
Adding titles
Adding a large number of titles at the same time is quite simple. On your portable device select the barcode scanning feature on the main screen. This will activate the device's camera and take you to the screen you see below.
Android device
Iphone device
To add more than one title on an Android device, you must tap the icon at the bottom left so it says "Multi scan" rather than "Single scan". On an iPhone tap "Off" in the bottom right corner so it says "On" instead. If you add a title using single scan, immediately after the barcode is scanned you will be taken to the next screen. By switching to multi-scan you can scan more than one title at once, and you can choose if the portable device is to vibrate, beep or not send any particular signal to indicate that the movie has been scanned. You also have the option to turn on the camera's light if lighting is an issue. When the barcode has been scanned, just pick up the next title and place the barcode in the appropriate position in front of the camera. Repeat until you are done, which you can indicate by tapping the icon at the top right corner of the screen on an Android or by tapping "Done" in the top left corner on an iPhone.
When you are done you will be taken to a screen where you can verify that all titles were scanned properly. This screen will also let you know if you scanned some titles that are already in your collection.
Once you have verified the titles tap "Add movie/titles" and you will be taken to the following screen. Here you have to choose which group you wish to add the titles you have scanned to. Usually it would be "Owned, for Keeps". This depends on your settings though; you might also not see any screen like this at all, or a more detailed screen where you can enter personal information.
After choosing which group to add the titles to you will be taken back to your normal collection listing, where you will be able to see the titles you have just added.
When your titles have been succesfully added to your mobile device, you have to synchronize your collection in My Movies Collection Management for Windows again. This time you have to DOWNLOAD your collection from our servers to your client for the changes to take effect.
