How to Import Catalogs into Fast Video Cataloger¶

Fast Video Cataloger supports importing an entire catalog or only the keywords or the actors from a catalog. The import commands are found in the Catalog menu under import.

Import Keywords¶

The Keywords option imports all keywords from a selected catalog into the current catalog.

Import Actors¶

The Actors option will import all actors from another catalog into the currently active catalog. Once you have navigated, in the pop-up explorer window, to the catalog from which you wish to import actors, you will be presented with a list of actors to select from. If an actor has been imported before, it will be skipped. All actors can be imported regardless of whether they are used for a video or not.

Import Actors folders¶

The Actor folders option allows you to import actors into your catalog based on a specific folder structure on your computer.

Starting at a root folder, every subfolder in this root folder should have Actor information.

Name of subfolder = Actor name

The first image in subfolder = Actor portrait

If a folder does not contain an image, it will be skipped. The wizard will help you get through the choices.

Import All¶

The All option allows you to import all videos from a selected catalog into the current one. Metadata linked to each video will also be imported, including companion images, keywords, and actors. If a video is already in the catalog, it will be skipped.