Movie Explorer

Steps

Follow these steps to import the metadata of your purchased Apple TV movies and TV shows:

• In Movie Explorer Pro, select File > Import Apple TV library in the menu.
• Change the suggested name for the new location if necessary.
• Change the scope, if necessary.
• Start the import by clicking on the Start button.

Tips

• To update an existing Apple TV library import, simply repeat the steps above, make sure the Action dropdown is set to Update existing location.
• Before you start importing metadata from Apple TV, make sure you are logged in to the Apple TV app. Once you see you purchased movies and TV shows in the Apple TV app, you should be able to import the metadata in Movie Explorer Pro.
• If you want to play purchased movies or episodes in Movie Explorer Pro, you must download these items in the Apple TV app. Also the import location needs to be updated after downloading.
• The metadata of TV Shows in Apple TV Library is often incomplete or incompatible. To correct this, you can use the Validate Imported Media dialog, as discussed in the How to validate imported data section below.

Notes

• The Apple TV library import feature is not able to detect modern audio and video metadata like Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision.
• To correct the audio and video properties of an Apple TV library item, select the item in the Media Inspector (via main menu View) or in the Files view, and choose menu item Edit Technical Metadata from the context menu.

Steps

Follow these steps to export your CLZ Movies library:

• In the CLZ Movies app, open the settings panel by tapping or clicking on the hamburger menu icon on the top left.
• Tap or click on View my CLZ Cloud. This will open your CLZ Movies catalog in the default browser.
• In CLZ Cloud (Collectorz.com Movie Cloud), tap on the hamburger menu icon on the top left.
• Click or tap on Export to XML and follow the instructions to save a XML file in your download folder.

Follow these steps to import a CLZ Movies export file into Movie Explorer Pro:

• In Movie Explorer Pro, choose File > Import > CLZ Movies Library from the menu.
• Choose if you want to update an existing Discs location or that you want to import the CLZ Movies Library into a new location.
• Click on the Select CLZ Movies Library Export File button, and select the exported XML file as discussed above.
• Movie Explorer Pro will close the dialog and import the data in the background.
• When finished, open the Disc Validator via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs, to check if there are discs that could not be imported because of missing data.

Tips

• To update an existing CLZ Movies library import, simply repeat the steps above, make sure the Action dropdown is set to Update existing location.
• Make sure that your CLZ Movies library has been synced with CLZ Cloud before you export the library.

Notes

• The import function imports DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray 4K discs with a barcode.
• Movies or TV Shows without an IMDb identifier in the export file are being skipped.
• Digital files in the export file are being skipped. Use File > New Location to add digital files to Movie Explorer Pro.
• TV Show discs with incomplete season information cannot be directly imported. The missing data can be added in the Disc validator, which can be opened via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs.
• Collection discs are only directly imported when a corresponding collection in TMDb exists. Other collection discs must be manually associated with a custom collection in the Disc validator. This can be opened via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs.
• More info about custom collections can be found in the Collections section of the Movie Explorer Help, which can be opened via the Help menu in Movie Explorer Pro.

Info

The import function for CLZ Movies in Movie Explorer Pro is based on CLZ Movies version 8.5.5.

Steps

Follow these steps to export your Coollector Movie Database library:

• In the Coollector Movie Database app, select a personal list in the list selector bar. In most cases this will be the ‘Owned’ list.
• Click on the Export This List button.
• Select the Export to JSON option.
• Select the ‘Original Title’, ‘IMDb Id’ and all checkboxes in ‘Owned Videos’ section. Do not select other checkboxes.
• Click on the Save as button and store the JSON file in an easy to find location on your Mac.

Follow these steps to import a Coollector export file into Movie Explorer Pro:

• In Movie Explorer Pro, choose File > Import > Coollector Library from the menu.
• Choose if you want to update an existing Discs location or that you want to import the Coollector Library into a new location.
• Click on the Select Coollector Library Export File button, and select the exported JSON file as discussed above.
• Movie Explorer Pro will close the dialog and import the data in the background.
• When finished, open the Disc Validator via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs, to check if there are discs that could not be imported because of missing data.

Tips

• To update an existing Coollectors library import, simply repeat the steps above, make sure the Action dropdown is set to Update existing location.

Notes

• The import function imports DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 4K discs with a barcode.
• Blu-ray 3D discs are imported as standard Blu-ray discs, unless you have manually changed the media type into ‘Blu-ray 3D’ before exporting. You can also change the media type after the import in Movie Explorer Pro.
• Movies or TV Shows without an IMDb identifier in the export file are being skipped.
• Digital files in the export file are being skipped. Use File > New Location to add digital files to Movie Explorer Pro.
• TV Show discs with incomplete season information cannot be directly imported. The missing data can be added in the Disc validator, which can be opened via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs.
• Collection discs are only directly imported when a corresponding collection in TMDb exists. Other collection discs must be manually associated with a custom collection in the Disc validator. This can be opened via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs.
• More info about custom collections can be found in the Collections section of the Movie Explorer Help, which can be opened via the Help menu in Movie Explorer Pro.

Info

The import function for Coollector in Movie Explorer Pro is based on Coollector Movie Database for macOS version 4.22.6.

Steps

Follow these steps to export your My Movies library:

• In My Movies, select item File > Export > XML File in the menu.
• Store the XML file in an easy to find location on your Mac.

Follow these steps to import a My Movies export file into Movie Explorer Pro:

• In Movie Explorer Pro, choose File > Import > My Movies Library from the menu.
• Choose if you want to update an existing Discs location or that you want to import the My Movies Library into a new location.
• Click on the Select My Movies Library Export File button, and select the exported XML file as discussed above.
• Movie Explorer Pro will close the dialog and import the data in the background.
• When finished, open the Disc Validator via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs, to check if there are discs that could not be imported because of missing data.

Tips

• Make sure that your My Movies library has been synced with your My Movies account before you export the library.
• To update an existing My Movies library import, simply repeat the steps above, and make sure the Action dropdown is set to Update existing location.

Notes

• The import function imports DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray 4K discs with a barcode.
• Movies or TV Shows without an IMDb identifier in the export file are being skipped.
• Digital files in the export file are being skipped. Use File > New Location to add digital files to Movie Explorer Pro.
• TV Show discs with incomplete season information cannot be directly imported. The missing season data can be added in the Disc validator, which can be opened via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs.
• Collection discs are only directly imported when a corresponding collection in TMDb exists. Other collection discs must be manually associated with a custom collection in the Disc validator. This can be opened via menu item File > Validate > Scanned Discs.
• More info about custom collections can be found in the Collections section of the Movie Explorer Help, which can be opened via the Help menu in Movie Explorer Pro.

Info

The import function for My Movies in Movie Explorer Pro is based on My Movies 2 version 2.11.

Introduction

The Apple TV Library import function depends on metadata in the Apple TV Library that is matchable with the metadata in TMDb. However, the metadata of TV Shows in Apple TV Library is often incomplete or incompatible. For example episode numbers that are a combination of season and episode numbers, like '104' representing episode 4 in season 1.

To match Apple TV Library metadata of TV shows with data in TMDb, you can use the Validate Imported Media dialog. When you use the Apple TV Library import function, this dialog is automatically available when necessary after the import has been completed. The correction dialog is also always available afterwards via the application menu.

Layout

In Movie Explorer Pro, select File > Validate > Imported Media in the menu to open the Validate Imported Media dialog. A split view with three sections appear, from left to right:

• Sidebar Imported TV Shows, shows all imported TV shows that needs to be corrected.
• Table list, shows the unmatched episodes of a selected TV show in the sidebar. It has two column sections:
• Imported Episodes section shows the uncorrected Apple TV Library data. The Title column represents the imported episode title.
• Matched Episodes section shows corrected data. This section is initially empty. The Year column represents the first air date of the first season of the matched TV show.
• Side panel Matched Episode Details at the right side. With this panel you can edit selected data in the Matched Episodes section in the table list.

Steps

Follow these steps for each TV show in the sidebar, to correct the TV shows metadata of your purchased Apple TV media:

1. Select a TV show in the sidebar and double-click to open the Search matching TV show dialog. In this dialog you can search for a matching TV show in TMDb. After selecting a TV show, season and episode numbers will be automatically assigned to episodes as much as possible based on the available data.
2. Select a season, after multi-selecting unmatched episodes that belongs to one season. Use the Season dropdown to select a season. Repeat this for other unmatched seasons for the selected TV show.
3. Select an episode for each unmatched episode. Select the correct episode from the Episode dropdown, to complete the match with TMDb.

Finally click on the Add to Catalog button to add the corrected episodes to the catalog. You can do this at any time, you do not have to wait until all episodes are matched. The button is enabled when at least one episode has been matched with TMDb.

Tips

• To select multiple episode, click on the first episode, and hold-down the mouse button while moving the pointer to the last episode.
• When you have previously imported data with the Apple TV Library import function before version 2.7, you must refresh the Apple TV Library location in the sidebar before you can use the Validate Imported Media dialog. To do this, select the Apple TV Library location in the sidebar, and choose Location > Refresh in the menu.
• You can auto generate episode numbers when you select 2 or more episode related to one season from one TV show, by clicking on the Auto Fill Episodes button.The numbering will start with 1 for the first selected episode. This button is disabled when you have selected more episodes than available for the selected season.
• To check the TMDb data of selected and matched episodes, click on the View Metadata in TMDb button.

Notes

• After selecting a TV show, the app will copy valid imported season and episodes numbers to the Matched data section. The app will also match as much as possible seasons and episodes based on the content of episode titles. You can override these preselections.
• All changes are saved in the database, even if you close the dialog by clicking on the Cancel button.
• To remove matched data of selected episodes, right-click and choose Reset Matched Data in the context menu.