Movie Explorer scans all your internal, external and network drives for digital movie files like MKV, M4V, AVI and MP4 and saves them in an attractive movie catalog for off line browsing, searching, tracking, sharing and more.
Get started quickly
• Add movie files by indexing your local drives and network shares
• Movie Explorer matches your digital cinema movie files automatically with movie titles using metadata provided by TMDb
Find and play what you like
• Find movies using the search box, or one of the many sidebar filters
• Search for an actor or director and find all other movies you own with this actor or director
• Play movies using the default media player
• Or use any other media player, using the ‘Play with’ feature
Explore for more
• The special Info view shows you all movie metadata, actors and more in a separate window
• Enjoy original poster art work and high res movie stills using the Gallery view feature
• Open directly the related IMDb page for a movie, show, actor or crew member
• Files view shows you important details like video format, bit rate, audio channels and more
Upgrade to Movie Explorer Pro, with a PRO subscription
• Add Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD and DVD discs by scanning their barcodes, using the built-in FaceTime camera
• Or simply add your discs by using an external USB barcode scanner
• Import your Apple TV Library or import from CLZ Movies, Coollector or My Movies
• Catalog your TV show files and discs, and manage them using the special TV Shows view
• We offer monthly and yearly Movie Explorer PRO subscriptions
• You can try Movie Explorer Pro by using the free 14-Day Trial
• The trial is fully functional and ends automatically
Track what you’re watching [PRO upgrade]
• Mark movies and episodes as watched, or unwatched
• Use global filters to show only unwatched, watched or Watchlist items
• Rate and review movies and episodes, and filter on your own ratings
• Add movies and episodes to the Watchlist for easy access
• Automatic update of the Watchlist when you set an episode to Watched
• Sync Watched, Paused and Watchlist status with Trakt.tv
Define your own filters and lists [PRO upgrade]
• Add your own custom filters to the sidebar, using Queries
• With a Query, you can interactively define your own selection, using multiple criteria
• Use Lists to make your own collections of movies, shows, actors, directors and more
• Queries and Lists can be separately exported to PDF, HTML and CSV
Share your collection [PRO upgrade]
• Export your complete collection, or a selection, to beautifully designed PDF or HTML files
• Or export your technical collection data to a CSV file, compatible with Excel and Numbers
• Share individual movies to Mail, Messages, Notes and any other supported standard share option
• Lend Blu-rays and DVD to friends, and keep track of what you've lent out, and to whom
State of the art
• Runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs
• Touch Bar support for all major views
• Full Dark Mode and Accent color support
• Keyboard friendly navigation and interaction
About PRO upgrade subscriptions
We offer monthly and annual subscriptions. Subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew after unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. After cancelling a subscription, the app will continue as standard version with standard data when the current subscription period ends.
• Privacy policy: https://betamagic.nl/privacy.html
• Terms of use: https://betamagic.nl/support/movieexplorer/terms.html
Support and feedback
If you need support with this app, please visit the online documentation and support pages, or mail to support@betamagic.nl to get in contact with the developer. Please send your comments, tips, suggestions, complains or compliments to feedback@betamagic.nl. Thank you!
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Updated review - Excellent software
Steven Haines
Update: I have just had the pleasure of working with the developer to help him track down a bug. Having done this sort of testing with several developers over the years, I have to say that dealing with Ron was an absolute pleasure. He was efficient, very personable, and clearly understood what he was doing. And, yes, he did track down the problem. This is a really good piece of software from a developer who deserves our support.This is an excellent piece of software for organising your video files of movies and TV shows. The In-App purchase of the TV Shows Add-on is well worth the price.The application is remarkably accurate, flexible enough to deal with slightly different naming arrangements, and makes it easy to find files that need some work on their names through an excellet Show in Finder feature. It provides access to rich information without swamping the interface with a flood of detail.The developer is very responsive and suggested a workaround to an issue of how to manage extra featurettes associated with movies. There are always things to be improved such as the aforementioned extras, how to better associate movie length specials with their home TV series other than making up episode numbers, and simultaneous or queued scanning of sources, but none of this detracts from an solid, functional and comprehensive application.Highly recommended.
No complaints with this one!
Spotbanana
Within a few minutes it had scanned a couple of external drives for movies and TV shows and provided a cool catalogue, including information about each movie, of 761 movies and TV shows. This does what it says, and has a really nice interface. Recommended.
review for earlier version 181
everynameis
The interface is well designed and the software is well thought out it is the best of its type except for one fatal flaw - it does not like some mp4 files and doesnt recognise them if you convert them to either avi or mkv it is fine - however it becomes a real problem if you are importing lots of files - I gave up and just designed a database. Until the mp4 issue properly addressed I can’t recommend this software
Developer Response
Please contact support@betamagic.nl before writing a review with a technical problem. The problem you describe can probably easily be fixed by disabling setting 'Read embedded metadata' in the Files section of the Movie Explorer preferences.
• You can now refresh multiple file locations in one batch operation (PRO).
• Drag-and-drop your own disc cover image to the Disc cover preview (PRO).
• Use an external webcam or iPhone as barcode scanner (PRO).
• New app icon with icon styling support when using macOS 26.
Version 2.8
The developer, Ron Elemans, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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