If your digital music, video and TV collection feels like it’s starting to rival the archives of the British Museum and Guggenheim combined, then it’s time to get organised!
In this guide, we’ll show you how you can enrich your media libraries with metadata - data that describes other data.
You’ve seen those images of awesome looking media libraries online - generally attached to a premium priced media server, home theatre PC or custom installation service advert, right? Well, there’s no need to spend thousands of bucks, pounds or any other currency you may pick on getting your media library to look just as groovy. With the right tools, and a little bit of time, you can get the same effect on your own media collection.
That means automatically downloaded movie posters, plot summaries, cast and crew information, actor thumbnails and movie ratings from critics far and wide. The same for the TV programmes stored on your home server, NAS or PC. For your Music, grab track details, album information and reviews, track times, lyrics and high quality artwork.
It’s all out there - meticulously cataloged by enthusiast communities and free online services, as well as some of your favourite retailers. You just need to know how to get it - actually, you just need to know how to tell your computer to get it and then let it get to work.
This guide will give you the lowdown - for your movie and TV collection and your music library.
