DVD Cover Searcher

If you lend a movie or game, its box may not be in the same pristine condition when your friend returns it. Its cover can be deteriorated easily, because it is just a piece of paper under a plastic sheet. If you find yourself in this situation, you can use DVD Cover Searcher to salvage your original cover. The software gives you access to an online library with numerous cover arts, for movies, audio CDs, games and PC applications.

DVD Cover Searcher is not free, but you can request an activation key for a 5-day trial. The software is compatible with most Windows platforms and it can be installed quickly, without any difficulties. It requires .NET Framework 2, which comes preinstalled with all modern Windows versions.

All you have to do is type in the name of a movie or game or part of it and hit a search button. The software will display their corresponding covers in just a few seconds. The layout of the user interface can help you perform accurate searches. You can search for a specific media type, like DVD or Blu-ray disc videos, XBOX or Playstation games, PC games and more.

A media type can be selected on the left side of the interface and you can set up your search parameters in the larger area on the right. Depending on your settings, the program will look for disc labels, full, front or back DVD case covers, in a specific language, for PAL or NTSC format. Alternatively, you can search for a cover by date. The search results are listed in a different section of the interface. You can preview the covers and their properties individually. If you find what you are looking for, you just need to click a Download button and DVD Cover Searcher will retrieve it right away.

Besides downloading covers, you can also give something back, by uploading your own covers to help the community. This is also a good way to back up your existing covers. If you have your covers on your computer, in JPG format, you can import them one by one, in a different section of the interface. Once you load the image, you can make various specifications, like media type, cover type, source, language and others. You can either upload the cover right away or send it to an upload queue if you wish to upload several covers in a single run.