Hmmm, the DVD Cast / Crew was intended to work the way you want it to I think. I even put code in to extract the path from shortcuts so that you can save space and not need to store multiple copies of pictures in folders representing aliases of a cast / crew member.

Here is my CreditPhotos folder. I do not have any DVDP credit photos for "House of Flying Daggers", but when I use the Slideshow for Displayed DVD Cast and Crew, the lovely Zhang Zhi is displayed in all her glory based on a match from the Cast / Crew and either a folder or picture found in CreditPhotos. Isn't this what you want?

0/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          024543148708
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          024543656135
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          024543759430
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          025193028327
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          031398105640
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          043396063914
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          043396117327
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          085391108092
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          097361181899.3
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          097361235547
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          097363337348
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          4942463602307.17
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          736991459496
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          7890552090771.23
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          794043107320
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          812491011652
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          828765750295
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Charlize_Theron
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Foster_Jodie_
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Michelle_Yeoh
07/20/2009  04:38 AM            16,100 Okonedo_Sophie_.jpg
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Theron_Charlize_
02/12/2009  02:21 AM            27,793 Theron_Charlize_.jpg
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Yeoh_Michelle_
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Zhang_Zhi
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Zhang_Zhi_
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Zhang_Ziyi
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Zhang_Ziyi_
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Zhi_Zhang
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Zhi_Zhang_
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Ziyi_Zhang
10/13/2012  04:15 PM    <DIR>          Ziyi_Zhang_

Well that was what I intended, and the way it seems to be working for me.

Here is a screen shot of my slideshow for Aeon Flux , showing photos being picked up from CreditPhotos and ScenePhotos (not head shots).

I'm not sure what the disconnect is. Maybe a bug in my actor name parsing???

By the way, the fun thing about the folders is that you can stuff a bunch of pictures of your favorite actors in it. So long as the folder name matches the artist name, all the photos inside the folder are added to the slideshow, regardless of how they are named.

Quoting StaNDarD:

Quote:
Ah, I see. You have the pictures inside a subfolder:
\CreditPhotos\Theron_Charlize_\Theron_Charlize_.jpg

But DVD Profiler expects these pictures without this subfolder:
\CreditPhotos\Theron_Charlize_.jpg

And that's how I stored my pictures.

Well actually I have both, so the fact that they are being found in the folder was masking that the ones outside are not. I consider it a bug, so it will be fixed.

So in summary, thanks to your efforts, I will make the following changes:

- Fix menu typos
- Add Playlist Path option to Media Player
- Add Load playlists by Profile ID menu
- Fix bug in finding images in CreditPhotos

Is that it, at least so far?

Whew! 

It might be awhile. I realize the risk is that you will add even more  to the list ...

But I prefer that somebody is using and loving the program. I appreciate your feedback.

LoadDVD Pro V2.51 Available

Due to a mistake in setting compile options, LoadDVD Pro V2.50 was not installing correctly.

This release has no functional changes. Apologies to StaNDarD for taking so long to nail this. Both LoadDVD and LoadDVD Pro had the same bug, and both have been updated to V2.51.

Now that I've gotten past that, I will start the next series of upgrades, and I will try to include as many of the ones you mentioned as I can. Thanks for your patience.

Quoting Lowpro:

Quote:
Download link isn't working for me (http://www.mediadogg.com/myfiles/loaddvdinstallv2.50.zip) which is still calling out and pointing to the 2.50 download.  Tried hitting up "http://www.mediadogg.com/myfiles/loaddvdinstallv2.51.zip" instead and that isn't working either. 

(Meant to post this in the LoadDVD thread.  Sorry.)

Refresh or restart your browser. Go to my web site (www.mediadogg.com) and click on the appropriate link. My site host has changed, so no telling what is stored in your browser cache.

Really curious how it goes. I'm pulling my hair out. Now all of a sudden, it is no longer installing on my own machine. I'm about ready to call GhostBusters.

Now all Ok. I think my laptop does have ghosts ... (or is it my brain?)

Quoting StaNDarD:

Quote:
- Fix menu typos
- Add Playlist Path option to Media Player
- Add Load trailers by Profile ID menu
- Fix bug in finding images in CreditPhotos
- Add automatic start option for DefaultPlaylist

If you make these changes, I would be perfectly happy - at least for the moment.

I'm finally making some changes.

On Load Trailers by Profile ID, do you want:

- upc.locality.trailer name.ext
- upc.trailer name.ext

- both???

Edit: No time to wait, so I coded both plus "formatted upc.trailer name.ext".

Fir example, these all work:

4942463602307.17.trailer.mp4
4942463602307.trailer.mp4
4-942463-602307.trailer.mp4