Getting started with your MovieCollection

What MovieCollection is

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Private

Access is limited to your invited users. It’s designed for private communities only.

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Your Instace, full Control

The application operates on your own server or a server of your choice, remaining entirely under your control.

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Overview & Management

View your collection from anywhere, check some metadata or decide on which movie to watch next.

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Movie nights with firends

Plan and Manage movie nights with your Friends. Send invitations or let them join themselves.

What MovieCollection is not

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Not a Streaming Platform

MovieCollection doesn’t host or stream movies. It’s just management software.

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Not a Ticket Shop

You can't buy or sell tickets for events or movie theaters. No commercial use.

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Not Click-and-Go

It is required to setup a Server to host the App and initially manage files.

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Not Automatic

Movies and metadata are managed manually to give you full control and prevent a third-party dependency.

Requirements

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If you rent a preconfigured Windows web hosting package from a hosting provider, it already meets all the requirements.
You can start setting it up immediately.

Requirements met:

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Based on .NET 8.0 and Windows

The application is built with the .NET 8.0 runtime and thus requires a Windows server instance to be hosted.

What is .NET?

IIS or Kestrel web server

The Windows server must be able to host a Kestrel web server instance or run Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).

What is IIS?

MSSQL Database Server

A Microsoft SQL database server is required with read & write access. The connection is esthablished using the connection string for the respective database. The database does not need to be hosted on the same Server.

What is MSSQL?