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File/Backup Database will create a backup file that contains everything, including cover scans.
Store that file on a Cloud drive, an external hard drive, a USB stick or something similar. You can store it on a secondary internal drive on your PC, but that means that if you have a crash and need to restore on a different PC, you'll need to remove that disk and connect it to your new PC. So some kind of external media is best.
And then when needed you can use File/Restore database to restore everything from that backup file. And as a plus, you're not depending on Invelos' site being accessible when you need to restore.
You should, of course, keep your backup reasonably up-to-date. | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 4271 |
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Local images are not uploaded to your online collection. The online collection is not suitable as a primary backup if you have custom images. What you should do is to use the backup function in DVD Profiler, and keep that backup on a different media than your Profiler database, i.e. not on the same disc in case of a disc crash. Cloud storage like OneDrive or Google Drive is perfect for this.
The online collection only displays the images that are part of Invelos' online database. Storing all the images from all users would require enormous disk space, and most of those images would be the same as Invelos' images anyway. | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 4271 |
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Quoting hammon:
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There are a lot of newer titles not showing up now FALL GUY, NARC, MUTE WITNESS, GODZILLA X KING KONG, LA FEMME NIKITA are just a few. I have tried adding them as both "name" and "UPC" and none of these come up.
In the case of Godzilla x King Kong it is probably because the title is actually Godzilla x Kong. As for the other titles, the database is user built, so probably nobody has contributed a profile. If you own any of these titles, why not do a good deed any contribute them yourself? | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 6059 |
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Quoting AiAustria:
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If you are interested in automating this, have a look at the second FAQ...
The drawback is that you have to restart Profiler. | Posted: Topic Replies: 87, Topic Views: 22485 |
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| Yeah, but you need to combine the command with Ctrl-down, and I don't see how you can do that through HTTPJolie. But maybe I'm missing something? | Posted: Topic Replies: 87, Topic Views: 22485 |
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It might be worth a try for someone who is really miffed at having to wait for that download.
For the record: I have absolutely no problem waiting for a minute while refreshing the online profile list, I'm not craving for an automated process. I merely noted that if a lot of us are downloading those files several times a week, that causes unnecessary traffic to the server. That alone could have been a reason for Ken to fix it. But alas...
Yeah, I got that. I just wanted to point out to anyone interested (if any) that it might be technically possible.
If anyone is actually interested, give me a shout and I can test it. | Posted: Topic Replies: 87, Topic Views: 22485 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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I am curious as an experiment. Could you provide the Profile ID(UPC.Locality). We have tools that access the online database internally. It would be interesting if those tools can see pending profiles.
Gunnar if you want to experiment, I think there are a couple of internal commands that I could add to HTTPJolie if the existing ones don't do it.
My experience from testing TurboCLT indicates that the current commands do not see pending profiles.
Might be interesting to see if it can be done. | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 6059 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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There are already tools by GSyren that might be able to help. For example, with his tools, you could schedule the refresh overnight or on whatever schedule you choose. Then you would not have to wait when you are ready to work.
Yeah, I guess it might be possible to cobble together some AutoItX commands that would trigger "Online / Refresh Online Profile List" while simulating Ctrl down, and schedule that from DvdpScheduler. It's not something that I have tried, and the drawback with DvdpScheduler is that you have to keep your PC logged in. There is no way for any program to control DVD Profiler if you're not logged in.
It might be worth a try for someone who is really miffed at having to wait for that download. No guarantee that it will work, though.
When experimenting with sending commands through AutoItX it might be wise to have a recent backup of you database, just in case. Actually, it's a good idea to always have a recent backup. Better safe than sorry. | Posted: Topic Replies: 87, Topic Views: 22485 |
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I'm a bit ashamed to have to ask this, but I have never seen a situation like this before.
[Gérard Bonn=6/48 ; Gerard Bonn=3/163]
I was under the impression that number of titles ruled over number of profiles. But the rules really doesn't say either way. I assume that this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything.
In this case, the contributor went with Gerard Bonn=3/163, and that makes sense. That means that there are 48 profiles that need fixing, rather than 163. But the fact that the CLT displays number of titles first seems to imply that Ken thought this was the important number.
Does anyone know if Ken ever said anything about this? Any other thoughts? | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 3084 |
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Quoting Wizzid0:
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Since DVD Profile is basically dead in the water, does anyone know of another catalog program that uses Profiler's database? I currently have over 2400 DVDs cataloged in DVD Profiler and I hate the idea of re-entering all my DVDs.
There are no programs that can access Invelos' online database, if that's what you mean.
There are some programs that can import data from your collection, but none of them do it 100% perfectly.
The question that you need to ask yourself is why you want to go to another program at this time. The online database is still supported by Invelos, although fewer users update it. The desktop program works fine. There are a few minor bugs, but nothing that prevents you from using it.
If there is some feature that DVD Profiler lacks that some other program has, and it's something you really feel that you need, then that may be a valid reason to migrate. If not, then you can stay with DVD Profiler as long as it works, and you can always migrate at a later date.
The two alternatives that looks most promising (to me) is Collectorz that GeneInOrlando mentioned, and MyMovies.
But personally I'm sticking with DVD Profiler as long as I can. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 4402 |
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Quoting rando_commando:
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The profile had the front cover as the front and rear scans. I submitted my own rear scan from my own dvd. but had a no vote because it was larger then the front cover. Even though the scans get re-sized before they are released.
For DVDs the max size is 500x700 pixels, if I remember correctly. So a larger scan will be resized down to that. However, a smaller scan will not be upsized. If the voter could see that the scans were not the same size, then the front scan was less than 500x700, and thus the No vote was correct per the rules. You should have scanned both front and back. | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 5974 |
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| ^ What Anders said! | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 13100 |
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I do have it running, and i run DVD Profiler on administrator
Try it without running as administrator, or run DiscIdCheck as administrator, too.
The TCP connection only works if both programs are at the same level. | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 13100 |
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Quoting mreeder50:
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For example "The Princess Bride" Blu-ray and DVD using AnyDVD gives you one number; Add by DVD Disc ID gives another and DiscIdCheck gives another.
Odd, when I tested, Add by Disc ID and DiscIdCheck gave the same result. You didn't have AnyDVD running, by any chance?
I added a check for that in version 1.1, but it's not in 1.0, if that's the version you used.
Welcome to the Disc Id roulette! 
It reminds me a bit of the old joke - The best thing about standards is that there are so many to chose from! | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 13100 |
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Quoting Devion27:
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installed this and get this error code when I click check? not sure what to do next?
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at DiscIdCheck.MainWindow.btnCheck_Click(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) in C:\Users\gsyre\OneDrive\Documents\Visual Studio Projects\DIscIdCheck\MainWindow.xaml.vb:line 54
My guess would be that you didn't have HTTPJolie enabled in DVD Profiler. If you don't, you get a warning. But you can still click "Check", and that's something I should have prevented. | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 13100 |
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Yeah, I only listed optical drives, so the combo is just in case you have more than one. And the combo is editable just in case I misidentified a drive.
Anyway, glad it works now. | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 13100 |
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DiscIdCheck 1.1 | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 13100 |
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| Hm, according to the docs it should use the default optical drive, so I didn't think configuration would be needed. But I can add that. | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 13100 |
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I threw together a little tool that might possibly be helpful.
See this post in Plugins. | Posted: Topic Replies: 228, Topic Views: 38106 |
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Inspired by this thread in Contribution Discussions, I threw together a small utility that I call DiscIdCheck.
Put a DVD in your drive, select the corresponding profile in DVD Profiler and click "Check". If the disc id in the profile matches the computed disc id, the field will get a green background. If not, it will be red (or rather pink).
This version has a few limitations. It doesn't handle multi-disk profiles or double sided profiles. This may be added in a later version if anyone feels that this is a worthwhile tool.
You'll need HTTPJolie ver 1.70 or later.
DiscIdCheck 1.0 | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 13100 |
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I tested Dvdid, but the result looked strange.
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F:\Diverse\Dvdid>dvdid e:
e56318f7|66a52a53
I guess it could be a disc id if the | was removed. 
I suppose I'll have to test DJ's AddByDVDDiscID to see what that produces.
Update: Yup, it seems to be correct w/o the vertical bar. | Posted: Topic Replies: 228, Topic Views: 38106 |
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| That's what happens when an initial contribution is in Pending Review state. | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 6059 |
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Quoting andersmo:
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So is there a replacement for AnyDVD? Sort of - but they don't seem to work with DVD Profiler.
DVDFab Passkey is the closest there is. But it costs … | Posted: Topic Replies: 228, Topic Views: 38106 |
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JolieHelper comes with a help file for all HTTPJolie's commands. I mention this on the download page, but mediadogg felt the help file was the crown jewel and it's inclusion should be highlighted here.
I wrote the help file because I wanted something where the commands and their syntax was a bit easier to find than in the current command reference. I had valuable help from mediadogg.
Any views about the help file and/or about JolieHelper will be greatly appreciated. | Posted: Topic Replies: 2, Topic Views: 3511 |
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This tool is a companion to mediadogg's plugin HTTPJolie and to his tool Sample Client.
It lets you create commands for HTTPJolie that can be used from the Sample Client or from your web browser.
Or, if you do a little programming you can use the commands in your source code.
Read more about JolieHelper here, download it and try it. You may find it interesting, and hopefully also useful! | Posted: Topic Replies: 2, Topic Views: 3511 |