MyCine Database - A free catalog for the films and TV series on your Mac
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MyCine Database catalogs the films and TV series on your Mac, an external drive or a NAS. It fetches posters, cast and plots from TMDB, plays films in VLC and tracks watched episodes. Free, with no ads and no subscription, in 12 languages.
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Hi Product Hunt! I'm Benoit, retired, in Canada, and I've been coding as a hobby since the TRS-80.
The good movie catalog apps cost money, some of them every year, and many people can't afford that. So I made MyCine Database and I give it away: no ads, no subscription, no account.
Point it at your folders (on your Mac, an external drive or a NAS) and it reads what is there, then fetches the poster, cast, crew and plot from TMDB. For that you need your own free TMDB key. Films play in VLC and resume where you stopped. TV series get seasons and episodes, each with its own watched marker. Your own notes and ratings are never changed by a fetch. It runs in 12 languages.
It needs macOS 13 or later, on Intel or Apple Silicon. It isn't from the App Store, so the first time, open it from System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway.
I'd love to hear what you think.