What 2257 compliance software do you use?

[bboy121]

And does anyone know of any good FREE software I could use? Could I just make a database from Microsoft Access? Thanks.

[Lee]

Just create a database with Access, thats all we do and it works great so far.

Regards,

Lee

[gaybucks_chip]

I don't know of anything that's free that's worth having. There is one on sourceforge or freshmeat that's specifically for 2257, but I remember looking at it and not being impressed.

You can do it in Access and I know of one producer doing it in Excel, but if you want to be fully compliiant, you'll need all your cross referencing and that's where, unless you're really good at Access, it get complicated.

We ended up writing our own specs for a PHP-based application which handles all of it, but it was quite a clusterfuck getting it to the point we feel comfortable with it. I think it's probably easier if you're only a web based company or only a DVD studio; having both just complicates things.

[cezam]

we wrote our own php based app. as pointed out above there's a free app on freshmeat but i didn't like it.

[bboy121]

for how to create a 2257 compliant database using Access, would they? :drunk:

[gaybucks_chip]

for how to create a 2257 compliant database using Access, would they? :drunk:

Writing a tutorial on how to do it would be almost the same as doing it. In fact, one of the commercial apps that used to be out there (and has now disappeared) was an Access app

[derekt]

We use excel.

For our record keeping, we have a file cabinet per item.
Meaning:

File Cabinet A:
2257 by DVD

File Cabinet B:
2257 by Stage Name

File Cabinet C:
2257 by Real Name (This is the master cabinet).

In