Media Logger

A GUI-based media logger application written with the AWT and Swing libraries. It will be able to track whatever movie and show is inputted and use the TMDB api to retrieve the information about the movie or show selected. The application can be seen as a portable wiki for movies and shows -- displaying the summary of the selected film/show.

Downloading and running the Application

Please go to output\artifacts\media_logger_jar and download the jar file. Double-click on the jar file to run it. You must have java installed in order for it to run on your computer.

Adding A Movie/Show

1. Type in the desired movie/show in the Media text field.
2. Decide on whether the media that you're adding to the list is a movie/show.
3. Click on 'Add' to add the movie/show to the list.

Deleting a Movie/Show

1. Type in the desired movie/show in the Media text field.
2. Decide on whether the media that you're deleting from the list is a movie/show
3. Click on 'Delete' to delete the movie/show from the list

Toggling Lists(Shows and Movies)

1. Click on either the 'Shows(Toggle)' or the 'Movies(Toggle)' to show a list of the entered media

Viewing Information about a certain media

1. Click on one of the entries found within the shows/movies list
2. A new window and panel will appear next to the main window that will show information in regards to the media selected.

Saving the entered movies and shows

1. Click On 'My Menu' and click 'Save As'.
2. A new window will appear. Choose a certain folder to store it and enter a certain name for it.
3. Click 'Save'.

Loading a media object(containing a list of shows and movies) to the program

1. Click on 'My Menu' and click 'Load'.
2. Browse to a folder containing the .ser file you have previously saved
3. Double click on the file or click it once and click 'open'.