Catalogs media such as Blu-ray and DVD while fetching information from IMDB and Yahoo!
Media Companion is an extensive and complete management application for your video collection and provides a way to organize and sort through your movies.
Aside from other catalog apps which allow you to import VHS, DVD or Blu-ray titles, Media Companion can scan a directory containing your movie files and then compile all of the information it can about your collection. It accesses a wide variety of different online databases like IMDB, TMDB, MPDB and Yahoo! to populate its database with information about your collection.
One of the best features of Media Companion is its integration with XBMC, a popular media server. All of the information in the Media Companion database is shared with the DLNA-compliant media server meaning you have access to it through your portable devices, modern televisions and your gaming console the the PlayStation or Xbox.
The majority of what Media Companion does is fully automated, so there's not any weird configuring to do.
With its support for both movies and TV shows, Media Companion is a comprehensive solution for organizing your media and accomplishes that with the help of several online free database.
Features of Media Companion
- Automatic Media Updates: Scrapes websites for media updates and downloads them automatically.
- Backup & Restore: Backup and restore your media library.
- Custom Categories: Create and manage custom categories to organize media.
- Database Exporter: Export media library to various file formats.
- Media Player: Built-in media player for easy playback and streaming.
- Metadata Processor: Automatically adds and updates metadata.
- Movie Manager: Easily manage and organize movies and TV shows in one place.
- Movie Poster & Fanart: Download high-quality posters and fanart for movies and TV shows.
- NFO Reader: Automatically reads movie and TV show NFO files to fill in missing information.
- Search & Filter: Search and filter media by various criteria.
- Season/Episode Management: Automatically organizes seasons and episodes of TV shows.
- Subtitle Support: Automatically downloads and adds subtitles to media.
- Tag Editor: Edit tags of audio and video files.
- Web Interface: Access Media Companion via a web browser.
Compatibility and License
Media Companion is available for free and released under the open source GPLv2 license on Windows from cataloging software. The license provides the options to freely download, install, run and share this program without any restrictions. The source code for Media Companion should be freely available and modifications are certainly permitted as well as the option to inspect the software.
StormyKnight accepts donations for the continued development of this free software.
What version of Windows can Media Companion run on?
Media Companion can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
Filed under:
- Media Companion Download
- Free Cataloging Software
- Open source and GPL software
- Movie Cataloging Software
