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Registered: May 18, 2014 | Posts: 1 |
| Posted: | | | | How does DVD Profiler react when something you scan isn't in the database? I need to buy a wireless scanner and scan a massive DVD collection that isn't in the same room as my computer. If something hangs DVD Profiler to wait for me to do something about an unrecognized bar code, I might scan a thousand titles and come back to find that only three have been entered.
And then, if I'm in another room scanning movies, how will I know which ones aren't recognized by the DVD Profiler database so I can put them aside and bring the stack with me to the computer so I can add them manually?
I just need to know if I can do this all in one sweep or if I'm going to have to bring armloads of DVDs to the computer so I can make sure each title is actually added and doesn't need manual entry.
Thanks for any info! |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,217 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting DamonT: Quote: How does DVD Profiler react when something you scan isn't in the database? It asks you for title etc. Quote: I need to buy a wireless scanner and scan a massive DVD collection that isn't in the same room as my computer. DVD Profiler can import UPCs as lists, that would be my way of doing it. Scan a ~100 titles at a time into a simple text-file and then load this via the Add DVD dialog. If a title is not recognized you have t go back to the batch you just scanned and try to find it. Thinking about it, you have the text-file so you should be able to lookup the UPC before the unrecognized (Alt&F10) and the title behind that on the shelf is the culprit. Quote: I just need to know if I can do this all in one sweep or if I'm going to have to bring armloads of DVDs to the computer so I can make sure each title is actually added and doesn't need manual entry. This would work also. cya, Mithi | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
| Registered: May 18, 2014 | Posts: 1 |
| Posted: | | | | I was hoping for at least some kind of audio cue that a DVD was not accepted. If it could be like that, I would keep scanning for positive beeps and I'd toss aside negative beeps for manual entry. But if a "not found" entry hogs the entry space without letting the scanner enter a new code, scanning in all these movies is going to be very annoying. |
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 5,734 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting DamonT: Quote: I need to buy a wireless scanner and scan a massive DVD collection that isn't in the same room as my computer. If something hangs DVD Profiler to wait for me to do something about an unrecognized bar code, I might scan a thousand titles and come back to find that only three have been entered. A warm welcome to you, DamonT. | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
| Registered: December 27, 2009 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,131 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbb: Quote: Quoting DamonT:
Quote: I need to buy a wireless scanner and scan a massive DVD collection that isn't in the same room as my computer. If something hangs DVD Profiler to wait for me to do something about an unrecognized bar code, I might scan a thousand titles and come back to find that only three have been entered. A warm welcome to you, DamonT. a warm welcome to all the 1-post spammers? |
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 5,734 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting ateo357: Quote:
Quote: A warm welcome to you, DamonT. a warm welcome to all the 1-post spammers? Not to all the 1-post spammers, I did not reply to Matthaeus. But I've learned the lesson Invelos Forum Moderation taught me: Refrain from occasional spontaneous replies, bbbbb, be polite. | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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