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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting icefyre: Quote:
Firstly, where do you get SRP from? that can not be found on the cases as I have purchase them either online, at stores lower than SRP, or at sales.
Other fields that you don't usually find on the cases neither in the on-screen credits are the following: -DVD Release Date; -Production Year (id est, the year of first theatrical release for movies, first airing for TV series); -Country of Origin (id est, the Country of the main production studio). | | | | -- Enry |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting icefyre: Quote:
Michael, I know I had the exact same problem. So it's okay to use michaeldvd.com.au if i'm only quoting RRP? so long as i'm not using it to update features, etc? Because i'm now afraid of spending time using websites that are not allowed. It's such a shame, because michaeldvd is usually 100% accurate. There are a few areas where you have to use an outside source. SRP is one of them. For those areas, simply list your source...and be specific that it is the source for the SRP only...and you should be fine. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
| | Registered: August 16, 2007 |  Posts: 113 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks again guys! most helpful. Yeah I haven't yet loaded every one of my dvds into dvdprofiler (and thus, it's currently under 700) as I got to a stage where I realised that there were errors in the profiles and wanted to fix them before I added more. Also there were many in my collection that don't even exist in the database yet, so i'll have to create new profiles for them. I didn't think you could "copy and paste" info? but that sounds like a darn good idea for cast and crew. If i link to an existing profile in another region, that has to be a good source. Heck of a nice tip there  I thought you had to add cast one at a time? When I get home i'll delete and re-download the database copies of the 30 odd profiles I have already gone through and start again  EDIT: where do you guys find the country of origin? | | | | Last edited: by icefyre |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
Quoting icefyre:
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Thanks again in advance, and I apologise for my original email... it was the result of a lot of time put into those submissions to see them declined. Although I will take ownership that it was my own stupid fault for not reading the submission guidelines and just using the functions in the program.
I am happy with the fact that it's a user based database, and you are right that $30 is well and truly worth it. Such a great program.
No worries, we were all new once.  Just once. Thanks to Joe Piscopo.  Rules 1. Follow the contribution Rules 2. When in doubt ask 3. Backup 4. Backup 5. Never EVER talk about Fight Club. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,592 |
| | Posted: | | | | I usually get CoO (Country of Origin) from the British Film Institute. http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/ftvdb/. A most excellent site for most film, tv related information.  Cheers | | | In the end; Winning is the only safety.
Kerr Avon
Blakes 7 Series 4, Ep. Blake. |
| | Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Sidrat: Quote:
I usually get CoO (Country of Origin) from the British Film Institute.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/ftvdb/. A most excellent site for most film, tv related information.
Cheers I don't know what criteria they use for determining the CoO of a movie. I would rather get the main production studio from the film's credits, then look for the country of that studio. | | | | -- Enry |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
4. After completed.., remove the downloaded second versions, and MAKE sure you Backup your data within your PC itself, but not to the C: drive / dvdprofiler (yellow folder) ... Make a new backup area which will be an extension '.dpb' to another drive ( if you don't have second or third partition areas??, then put it into another area of the C: Drive ).,, .
5. Then after that point - backup your data back to Invelos to your on line data bank, this way the program will see your 'data' and when it comes time to contribute any new info , the online data will flow, and communicate with your contributed notes more evenly..
Was there anything I might have overlooked or misunderstood .....  I have no idea what you are trying to do here? I would ask if you are wanting to create a new database - but I don't understand why you want to do that either..  | | | | Paul |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting icefyre: Quote:
I didn't think you could "copy and paste" info? but that sounds like a darn good idea for cast and crew. If i link to an existing profile in another region, that has to be a good source. Heck of a nice tip there
I thought you had to add cast one at a time?
No, all you need to do is find a profile with a complete cast and crew, go into Edit, and right-click on the cast and crew lists, you'll see an option to Copy All Cast/Crew. Select that then go into your own profile and do the same, selecting Paste All Cast/Crew. But please check them against the credits before submitting as even if they're in our database doesn't make them right! Quote:
EDIT: where do you guys find the country of origin? The country we're looking for is the country of origin for the main production company. This sometimes isn't as easy as it sounds - we're not talking about studios or distributors, but the production company. For example: the LOTR trilogy has New Line as studio and distributor (US), but the production company is WingNut - a New Zealand company. So the CoO for the LOTR is NZ. |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting EnryWiki: Quote:
Quoting Sidrat:
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I usually get CoO (Country of Origin) from the British Film Institute.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/ftvdb/. A most excellent site for most film, tv related information.
Cheers
I don't know what criteria they use for determining the CoO of a movie.
I would rather get the main production studio from the film's credits, then look for the country of that studio. I'm not a 100% sure, but I believe they use production companies like we do. At the very least it's a good starting point. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
Quoting widescreenforever:
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4. After completed.., remove the downloaded second versions, and MAKE sure you Backup your data within your PC itself, but not to the C: drive / dvdprofiler (yellow folder) ... Make a new backup area which will be an extension '.dpb' to another drive ( if you don't have second or third partition areas??, then put it into another area of the C: Drive ).,, .
5. Then after that point - backup your data back to Invelos to your on line data bank, this way the program will see your 'data' and when it comes time to contribute any new info , the online data will flow, and communicate with your contributed notes more evenly..
Was there anything I might have overlooked or misunderstood .....
I have no idea what you are trying to do here?
I would ask if you are wanting to create a new database - but I don't understand why you want to do that either..
I gave 'four' suggestions just in this quoted section alone,, which,, if not all are you referring to?? | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Quoting pauls42:
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Quoting widescreenforever:
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4. After completed.., remove the downloaded second versions, and MAKE sure you Backup your data within your PC itself, but not to the C: drive / dvdprofiler (yellow folder) ... Make a new backup area which will be an extension '.dpb' to another drive ( if you don't have second or third partition areas??, then put it into another area of the C: Drive ).,, .
5. Then after that point - backup your data back to Invelos to your on line data bank, this way the program will see your 'data' and when it comes time to contribute any new info , the online data will flow, and communicate with your contributed notes more evenly..
Was there anything I might have overlooked or misunderstood .....
I have no idea what you are trying to do here?
I would ask if you are wanting to create a new database - but I don't understand why you want to do that either..
I gave 'four' suggestions just in this quoted section alone,, which,, if not all are you referring to?? To be honest, I had the same response as Pauls42 when I read your post...that response being .  | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
I gave 'four' suggestions just in this quoted section alone,, which,, if not all are you referring to?? I think there is confusion because you've given advice on how to repair/restore databases however the OP's problem is that he was having submissions rejected and didn't know why. I don't think it's a problem with his database, just with incomplete profiles. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Are u guys kidding me or what,, This is the proper way to back up, and it is not for repair. If He ever has to just ..i.e. replace One scanned cover from his 700 odd movies,, it can be done. The reason for not putting it into the same folder on the C drive as Profiler currently lives is two fold. One it will be more protected if placed on a second drive due to virus's or crashed Hard Drive., and Two it keeps the library's separate. The backup should never be used,, but if you need the whole data or just pick and choose you can do this a lot more comfortably than downloading the whole works back from your Invelos library online which is, not your personal library per say, but the Data base library of your titles only. I would rather have all my notes and personal scans and even individual differant head shots kept separate from the main data base. If you re read my post to icefyre I never once metioned or suggested repair or data restore .. ??? edit: I'll change one word here from contribute to " Update " .. << and when it comes time to UPDATE any new info , the online data will flow, and communicate with your contributed notes more evenly.. >> | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | That's very helpful to know - but it's got nothing to do with the subject at hand, which is: how to get submissions approved. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
That's very helpful to know - but it's got nothing to do with the subject at hand, which is: how to get submissions approved. Oh ok,, then he can either use third party web sites or do them all by hand per disc individually.... or.................. he could do it the way I suggested .. <shakes head> | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Quoting northbloke:
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That's very helpful to know - but it's got nothing to do with the subject at hand, which is: how to get submissions approved.
Oh ok,, then he can either use third party web sites or do them all by hand per disc individually....
or.................. he could do it the way I suggested .. <shakes head> I am with everybody else here. Steps 1-3 tell him how to copy data from an existing profile so that he doesn't have to do it from scratch, but I have no clue how 4 and 5 are going to help him contribute. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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