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I'm surprised to learn that so many users have problems adding new titles to their database. It works just fine for me. This makes me think that there is one of two explanations:
1) This only affects some titles.
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2) There is a problem locally for those who experience this problem.
The second explanation seems the most likely. So probably something went wrong when you tried to access the online database while it was down. And it would seem that it's not something that gets fixed by a database repair.
So, in order to find out where the problem lies, I would suggest the following first step.
Create a new database (File / Open Database / New Database). Can you add a title to this new database?
Can anyone let me know if this works for you? | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 6158 |
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And now it seems to be in both places. Well, that works for me.  | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 6121 |
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| Most of the website seems to be OK, but the CLT now appears under pending updates, and if you select Database / Tools / Credit Lookup you get the "currently offline" message. This means that screen scraping tools like TurboCLT and CLTBoss won't work. Hopefully the CLT will be back to its correct place soon. | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 6121 |
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Quoting mreeder50:
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Well guys, for whatever reason HTTPJolie started working on my computer. I have had no problem getting the apps to use it.  
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| Death in Paradise, Series 13, on BBC iPlayer. | Posted: Topic Replies: 99, Topic Views: 27166 |
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Quoting GreyHulk:
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I'm still confused as to whether we know the common name for "Kenneth L. Johnson", the sound guy, or not.
For what it's worth, here's the TurboCLT results for all of them, filtered on sound roles.
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Not sure if this is any help, but I have a small utility that just checks if it can connect to TCP.
TcpCheck
It's perhaps a long shot, but if the connection fails, the error message might give a clue. | Posted: Topic Replies: 69, Topic Views: 15154 |
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Wait.
It's very hard to figure out the logic behind the times it takes. One thing that is clear is that contributions that have 0 votes take a lot longer than contributions that have Yes votes. I have a few contributions from January 27 that is still waiting, but I'm sure they will get processed eventually. | Posted: Topic Replies: 28, Topic Views: 10858 |
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Quoting mreeder50:
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HTTPJolie has never worked on my computer so I guess I can't use TurboCLT. 
Yeah, sorry about that. There is no way for me to access the necessary information without using HTTPJolie.
Btw, did you try the latest version of HTTPJolie? I know mediadogg made some changes that could perhaps help. | Posted: Topic Replies: 69, Topic Views: 15154 |
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TurboCLT 1.2.0
Someone thought that it was actually a good idea to not use production year, instead treating all profiles with the same title as one title. So now you get a choice. See Settings.
At the same time I fixed a couple of more minor bugs, and added some other features.
- You can now search the results for any random string.
- There is also a context menu item for opening the contribution notes.
- And finally, there is a context menu item named Display profile. It opens a window like this:
All is revealed in the updated help file. | Posted: Topic Replies: 69, Topic Views: 15154 |
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So I guess as far as MonoCheck is concerned, if you see that setting, turn it off.
(And if you don't see that setting, continue to not see it  ) | Posted: Topic Replies: 19, Topic Views: 25593 |
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Quoting rdodolak:
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^ That may not be applicable anymore as it doesn't show up as an option in my copy of Win11.
I wonder if that means that audio enhanceents are always on, always off, or even something else.  | Posted: Topic Replies: 19, Topic Views: 25593 |
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A tip:
When you download a profile, DVD Profiler does a refresh of your database. If you have a large database, this will take a little bit of time. So if you intend to download a lot of profiles in order to fix them, you might consider creating a new empty database just for this purpose. It will speed things up considerably. And you don't risk mixing them up with your regular database. | Posted: Topic Replies: 69, Topic Views: 15154 |
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Oopsie! Something got lost! 
Not sure how it happened, but TurboCLT was supposed to separate titles with different production years. Somehow that got lost. It may not be very often that someone is credited in two different films with the same title, but it happens, especially in remakes. So, this is fixed now. Example:
As a bonus, I have added a new function:
This downloads the selected profile and adds it to your collection. If you want to fix a profile that you don't own, you may want to add it to a collection other than "Owned". You select the desired collection in the Settings:
So, this is TurboCLT 1.1.0
PS: Just in case you don't know how to add Custom Collection in DVD Profiler, look at Tools / Edit Collection Categories. | Posted: Topic Replies: 69, Topic Views: 15154 |
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| It's pretty clear to me that several of the points under "Clarification / Adjustment to Rules" actually do overrule the standard rules. We have several "Do not ..." amendments. So it's not at all obvious that the bit about the overview doesn't also overrule the general rules. My impression is that "The standard rules do apply..." means where nothing else is stated. | Posted: Topic Replies: 17, Topic Views: 11666 |
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I think that Ken intended for standard rules to apply. I think we should apply standard rules. That said, I don't think that the rules make that clear. Let me explain:
If the box set cover contains a listing of contents with brief descriptions of each, enter it directly into the Overview field.
Now, if standard rules do indeed apply, then this sentence is superfluous. Such a listing should have been used for the overview anyway. So the inclusion of this sentence seems to imply that standard rules do not apply. It may not make much sense, but then again it's not the only thing in the rules that doesn't make sense. | Posted: Topic Replies: 17, Topic Views: 11666 |
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TurboCLT 1.0.4
Minor bugs in the context menu fixed. | Posted: Topic Replies: 69, Topic Views: 15154 |
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I need to mention that mediadogg's work has been invaluable. Not only has he made improvements to HTTPJolie in order to make TurboCLT possible. It was actually he who pointed out to me that web scraping the CLT pages was so much faster with WebView2 than with previously available web components. Initially I just wrote a small test, but it was so successful that I continued.
You may notice that the results from TurboCLT looks a lot like what you would get from mediadogg's CLTBoss plugin plus my CLTinfo program. The big difference is that TurboCLT is so much faster (and is a single program). It's possible that mediadogg comes up with an improved CLTBoss, and if so you have two different approaches to chose from. The problem that mediadogg faces is that the plugin environment imposes various restrictions that a freestanding tool doesn't have to deal with.
Anyway, a hugh thank you to mediadogg for his great work!
PS. The name TurboCLT is a bit tounge-in-cheek. It's certainly not super fast, but it is a lot faster than CLTBoss. For now, at least ... | Posted: Topic Replies: 69, Topic Views: 15154 |
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TurboCLT provides info from Invelos that is more detailed than the ordinary CLT.
Note though, that you must have HTTPJolie version 1.61 (or later).
Detailed info can be useful when there are more than one person with the same name. If, for example, you're looking for a sound guy that goes by either Greg Jacobs or Gregory Jacobs, you can see the various function separated. Gregory may not be as far ahead as the bare CLT figures would indicate. And you can filter on the various crew roles to make it even easier.
The regular CLT does not separate persons by birth year. TurboCLT does.
How many titles are these really?
You might also spot some profiles that would benefit from adding Original Title.
All in all, if you want to improve the Invelos database, there is a lot of information here to point out profiles that might need updating.
Get TurboCLT verson 1.0 here. As always, I recommend that you take a look at the help file. | Posted: Topic Replies: 69, Topic Views: 15154 |
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| Well, I don't agree that "clarifications" necessarily means "addendum to", but that's another discussion. | Posted: Topic Replies: 17, Topic Views: 11666 |
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Quoting Danae Cassandra:
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Since Ken will never be available to modify the rules again, we have to operate on what makes the most logical sense.
I totally agree. The reason for my question was that I was about to make a contribution where I replaced an incorrect overview with the overview from the back cover of the boxset (which did not include a list of the contents). Then I checked the rules and I became uncertain of how others interpreted the rule. So I thought I'd check here.
Now it seems that my original interpretation is in fact what you all also think, so I can go ahead with my correction. Thanks! | Posted: Topic Replies: 17, Topic Views: 11666 |
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Well, that is certainly what I would like the rule to say.
However, your interpretation makes the entire first sentence superfluous. By your reading of the rule, if there is an overview it should be entered as is, regardless of if it contains a listing of the contents or not.
I have a feeling that Ken may have meant it the way you read it, but he complicated it and made it ambiguous. | Posted: Topic Replies: 17, Topic Views: 11666 |
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Quoting the rules:
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If the box set cover contains a listing of contents with brief descriptions of each, enter it directly into the Overview field. If there is no overview on the cover, an overview from an included booklet may be substituted. Otherwise, enter an itemized listing of the contents only, without descriptions.
Does this mean that if there is an overview, but it does not list the contents, this overview should not be used, but instead just a listing of the contents without descriptions? | Posted: Topic Replies: 17, Topic Views: 11666 |
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One thing to note is that if you intend to import your movie ratings from DVD Profiler, and your PC's regional settings specify decimal comma rather than decimal point, then you may have a problem, because Letterboxd expects numerical values with decimal point.
I haven't tried Enhanced Titles, so I'm not sure if it can force export with decimal point. My guess is that it can't. I know that ProfilerQuery can not.
But the again, this won't be a problem if you're in a "decimal point country" (or if you're willing to fiddle with your regional settings). | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 4289 |
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You could use ProfilerQuery. Run a query with the required fields, then Save result to file, which will create a CSV file. Then edit the file to add the appropriate column headings.
One thing, ProfilerQuery saves with semicolon as field separators. Letterboxd needs comma separated fields. So either use a text editor to change all semicolons into commas, or load the CSV file into a spreadsheet and re-save specifying comma separators. And with 1200+ profiles, you might consider splitting the CSV file into several smaller parts. Just make sure you add column headings to each part.
Note though, that with just Title, Production year (and possibly Director) to identify the movie, it will be a bit of hit and miss, so check the summary before completing the import.
Feel free to PM me if you get stuck. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 4289 |