Separate application for organizing videos?

I was wondering if anyone could recommend some software like iPhoto that could be used to organize video content in a separate library. I don't wish to clutter my iPhoto library with GBs of HD footage, and I'd like a simpler way of finding my videos apart from my pictures.
Also, would it be possible to break the association between my camcorder (Sanyo VPC-HD2000) and iPhoto so that the iPhoto import screen doesn't come up every time I sync the camcorder.

The soon to be updated yflicks (http://manytricks.com/yflicks/) is a handy movie organiser. There are others, search on MacUpdate.
BTW you know that when you import a movie to iPhoto it's automatically tagged with a keyword - movie - which makes them quite easy to find and sort separately from your photos.
would it be possible to break the association between my camcorder (Sanyo VPC-HD2000) and iPhoto so that the iPhoto import screen doesn't come up every time I sync the camcorde
You can do this with Image Capture (in your Applications Folder).
as an alternative (that I just thought of), is there a way to configure iPhoto so that every time it opens (without hitting any special keys) it would ask the user to select which library they want to use? Then I could have a separate library for just video on a different hard drive.c
What's a "special" key? It will do this if you simply hold the option (or alt) key while launching.
Regards
TD

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y offset e | int | 0 | 0 | range is 0 => 128
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