I’m trying to settle on the default fields for the video collection. I figure it will be mostly used for DVDs and maybe videocassettes, but I don’t want to limit it too much. Right now, my default fields are:
- Title
- Medium – DVD, VHS, VCD, or DivX
- Year – production or release year
- Format – PAL, NTSC, or SECAM
- Genre
- Region – DVD Region Encoding
- Nationality – country of release
- Rating – G, PG, PG-13, or R
- Cast – a 2-column table for the actors and their roles
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
- Composer
- Studio
- Language Tracks – audio language tracks
- Subtitles – subtitle languages
- Audio Tracks – I need a better title for this – it’s for DTS, Dolby, etc.
- Runnning Time – A numerical entry, running time in minutes
- Color – color or b&w
- Other Features – things like music videos, deleted scenes, etc.
- Widescreen – a checkbox
- Director’s Cut – a checkbox
- Plot Summary – a textbox
- Personal Rating
- Purchase Date
- Purchase Price
- Gift – a checkbox
- Loaned – a checkbox
- Comments
Of course, the user is free to add, modify or delete fields however they want. The default fields will be the ones that get translated, though, so I want to have a good set. I’ve looked at several other DVD Collection applications and these seem to be the common set of fields.