How would I go about splitting my collection into different collections?
For example, I would like to be able to set up one for films/TV, a second for music DVD and a third for DVD-Audio etc.

Whilst I am at it, is DVD-Audio supported? The numbers are not recognized, and again adding hundreds of these manually would be a terrible hassle

There are two ways of doing it. Which way you choose is yours to choose.

1. Within your database, create custom collections for each type. You can create your own collection beyond the standard ones via the menu: Collections -> Other -> Edit collection categories...
Once created, you can move your profiles around. You can also mass move them by flagging the ones you want to move, then via the menu Collections -> Flagged -> Move to.

2. Create a different database for each collection. You can create different databases via the menu File -> Open database...  It is however it bit more cumbersome to move profiles between databases (easiest way is to dump it into a backup file, and restore from that backup in the other db). But it is a good solution if you want to catalogue part of your collection really privately, for instance.

About DVD audio: your collection can be any of anything you like. I've even seen someone's wine collection done this way, by clever use of the translation files. However, the central online database from which you can download profiles is DVD video only (which includes BluRay and HD DVD). Nothing else, no laserdisc, music, games, ...

Quoting neilwilkes:

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Thank you for the fast replies - it is greatly appreciated even though it is not really what I wanted to hear.

I can see why. In one case, the answer was exactly what you want, but perhaps you didn't recognize it. In the other case (Edit: answer was correct about DVD-Audio, according to Rules), but the "Nothing else ..." threw me.

(1) Using custom collections, YOU CAN in fact make separate collections within the same database for the three categories you mentioned. You can do this literally in minutes. Go back and read the answer for details on how, but the bottom line is YES.

(2) You can use DVD Profiler to catalog any DVD. Period. In fact you can use DVD Profiler for anything you want, but it was designed to catalogue DVDs and BDs.

Now, there is an Online Database, user supported, that is a repository for approved submitted catalog entries. The Contribution Rules spell out in detail what is allowed to be submitted, and how to do it. But so long as you don't care about submitting DVD catalog entries (profiles), you can catalog anything, and certainly any DVD, that you want.

Quoting eommen:

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@mediadogg: the "Nothing else..." referred to the online central db in the previous sentence.

  Right. I tried to edit after I noticed my mistake, but I probably should have just deleted my whole post, rather than restating yours. Sorry about that.