I did try to search the forums for references to digital copies however I kept getting kicked out to the login page.

I have a large collection - somewhere around 2000 DVDs and they all take up a lot of space - too much space I'm afraid. My solution has been to convert many of my DVDs to digital copies using Handbrake then box and store the physical DVD away out of sight where they don't take up as much space. I've also done this with any DVD my daughter - now 3 years old and counting would be watching. No more possibility of scratched DVDs or damaged DVD players. Has anyone known a kid to put toast into a VCR all those years ago?

Some movies I will keep on DVD - box sets and the "best of" movies that we may still play from DVD.

The problem is that I'd like to differentiate the movies I have kept on physical media and those that now reside on a file server ready to play using XBMC. Are there plans to add this capability or is there a way to do that currently either in the application or through plug-ins?

Yes, where I live I am currently permitted to make "back-up" copies so please, no comments that I am doing something wrong by converting my movies. I have the physical copies but they reside in boxes at a rented storage locker.

Thanks in advance for suggestions and a bigger thanks to the developers if this is a feature that can be added. My interim plan was to list digital copies as "Ordered" or "Wish List".

In addition my wife also purchases magazines from Poland and they come with "free" DVDs. I'd like to enter these in our collection and differentiate these also. While they don't take up as much space they are stored in plastic shoe boxes and it would be good to know that is where we need to look for the DVD when viewing our collection.

I think I would create a new collection category (just as you can have Ordered ,Wishlist etc), maybe name it Digital, and then move all those movies to it.

Quoting KinoNiki:

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I think I would create a new collection category (just as you can have Ordered ,Wishlist etc), maybe name it Digital, and then move all those movies to it.

This sounds like the easiest way to do it and it is the way I would do it as well.

Thanks for all the replies. I will have to look more closely through the menus within the software to see the newest features. I will try setting up a new Category for my digital copies and those DVDs from the magazine and see how that works out. I know there is other software out there but I've been happy with DVD Profiler - it has done what I need and seems it will do more with all the development work that has been done.

In time I will look to the LoadDVD plugin as well but for the time being I am content using DVD Profiler as an electronic card catalog. It is not that hard to look up a movie in Profiler, get the DVD or file ready then sit down and watch it.

That and any integration has to be wife-friendly - I'm not going to worry about my kids - they'll learn to do whatever is necessary I'm sure. I'm just happy they can't accidentally destroy our DVDs as they'll be stored safely out of reach and eventually I will never have to touch them except to convert to digital format.

Quoting Winston Smith:

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That simply means that such copies cannot be Contributed to the Online database, even though you could set them up by tags, or even as separate collections

I don't think that this is the topic of the conversation. The OP seems to be asking how he can track his copies locally only, not how to contribute them.

Personally, I would create a Custom Category, as you will then have them all separated in their own tab. Alternatively, you can also work with tags but that won't keep your copies separated from your originals.

Taro:

One never knows what is in a users mind. Simply stating what I stated,I believe made it clear to the user.

Disc ID, yes. The part of the UPC we track is typically the same for all issues of a magazine.