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Registered: June 9, 2007 | Posts: 33 |
| Posted: | | | | <edit> Sorry, I've found my third question... Hello, 1) I've asked something in the "New Member Forum" and they said that it is better to ask here. I don't know if it is possible but I try... I would like to create a database with all the movies I've seen (not only those in my database)...crazy idea, I know. To do this, it could be useful to select an actor/director to have his complete filmography (at least those existing on DVD) but I don't have this select option. As when I enter a new DVD title, I have all the titles available, by country and type, it must be possible to select an actor/director in the main database, no ? It could be also useful to find all the DVD of an actor/director missing in a collection. But I don't know if it is realistic...thanks in advance for your advise. 2) And the last one : on the "Options" screen, the field "Origin" permits to select a country. Should it be possible to also have "all countries" available ? I don't know what is possible but thanks in advance for your answer(s)... Regards... Marc | | | Last edited: by Morti |
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 6,740 |
| Posted: | | | | DVDP is not really the tool for what you're looking for.
IMDb on the other hand does exactly this and when you have an account you can create your own watch lists. | | | Karsten DVD Collectors Online
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Great Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/2.png) | Posts: 1,272 |
| Posted: | | | | Letterboxd blows IMDB away IMO, at least for tracking what/when you watch films. | | | HDTV: 52" Toshiba Regza 52XV545U AVR: Onkyo TR-707 Speakers: Paradigm Monitor 7 v6, CC-190 & Atom Monitors Subwoofer: Definitive Technology ProSub 800 BD/DVD: Oppo BDP-93 (Region Free) HD PVR: Motorola DXC3400 500GB w/ 1TB Expander BD/DVD/Game: 250GB PS3 Slim DVD/Game: 250GB XBox 360 Elite Special Edition (Black) Game: Wii Remote: Logitech Harmony One w/ PS3 Adapter WHS: Acer H341 Windows Home Server | | | Last edited: by DoubleDownAgain |
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 4,606 |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 13,201 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting DoubleDownAgain: Quote: Letterboxd blows IMDB away IMO, at least for tracking what/when you watch films. For tracking what you are watching, I have to agree, Letterboxd is a great tool. | | | 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: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Great Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/2.png) | Posts: 1,272 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote: I took a look at Letterboxd, and I was surprised at how comprehensive it is. It took me quite a while to find a movie that wasn't listed. If it's not there, you can contribute it to http://www.themoviedb.org and it will show up the next day. | | | HDTV: 52" Toshiba Regza 52XV545U AVR: Onkyo TR-707 Speakers: Paradigm Monitor 7 v6, CC-190 & Atom Monitors Subwoofer: Definitive Technology ProSub 800 BD/DVD: Oppo BDP-93 (Region Free) HD PVR: Motorola DXC3400 500GB w/ 1TB Expander BD/DVD/Game: 250GB PS3 Slim DVD/Game: 250GB XBox 360 Elite Special Edition (Black) Game: Wii Remote: Logitech Harmony One w/ PS3 Adapter WHS: Acer H341 Windows Home Server |
| Registered: June 9, 2007 | Posts: 33 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting DoubleDownAgain: Quote: Letterboxd blows IMDB away IMO, at least for tracking what/when you watch films. I had a look yesterday and I think it is what I need... Thanks a lot for the link...I'm already busy...for a long time... ![](/images/emoticons/happy.gif) |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Great Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/2.png) | Posts: 1,272 |
| Posted: | | | | Glad to help, it's a great site. You can also export your data from the settings page. | | | HDTV: 52" Toshiba Regza 52XV545U AVR: Onkyo TR-707 Speakers: Paradigm Monitor 7 v6, CC-190 & Atom Monitors Subwoofer: Definitive Technology ProSub 800 BD/DVD: Oppo BDP-93 (Region Free) HD PVR: Motorola DXC3400 500GB w/ 1TB Expander BD/DVD/Game: 250GB PS3 Slim DVD/Game: 250GB XBox 360 Elite Special Edition (Black) Game: Wii Remote: Logitech Harmony One w/ PS3 Adapter WHS: Acer H341 Windows Home Server |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Great Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/2.png) | Posts: 1,272 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote: I took a look at Letterboxd, and I was surprised at how comprehensive it is. It took me quite a while to find a movie that wasn't listed. Saw you signed up, it's a great site. Just a FYI with a pro account you can import data. So if you've been tracking what you watched & rated in profiler, you could export it, format it and import into your letterboxd account. | | | HDTV: 52" Toshiba Regza 52XV545U AVR: Onkyo TR-707 Speakers: Paradigm Monitor 7 v6, CC-190 & Atom Monitors Subwoofer: Definitive Technology ProSub 800 BD/DVD: Oppo BDP-93 (Region Free) HD PVR: Motorola DXC3400 500GB w/ 1TB Expander BD/DVD/Game: 250GB PS3 Slim DVD/Game: 250GB XBox 360 Elite Special Edition (Black) Game: Wii Remote: Logitech Harmony One w/ PS3 Adapter WHS: Acer H341 Windows Home Server |
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 4,606 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting DoubleDownAgain: Quote: Quoting GSyren:
Quote: I took a look at Letterboxd, and I was surprised at how comprehensive it is. It took me quite a while to find a movie that wasn't listed.
Saw you signed up, it's a great site. Just a FYI with a pro account you can import data. So if you've been tracking what you watched & rated in profiler, you could export it, format it and import into your letterboxd account. I will do that. I already wrote a small program that converts the xml export into a csv file. I'm just wondering if I shouldn't split it into smaller files. It's over 4000 titles. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users. Gunnar |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Great Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/2.png) | Posts: 1,272 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote: Quoting DoubleDownAgain:
Quote: Quoting GSyren:
Quote: I took a look at Letterboxd, and I was surprised at how comprehensive it is. It took me quite a while to find a movie that wasn't listed.
Saw you signed up, it's a great site. Just a FYI with a pro account you can import data. So if you've been tracking what you watched & rated in profiler, you could export it, format it and import into your letterboxd account. I will do that. I already wrote a small program that converts the xml export into a csv file. I'm just wondering if I shouldn't split it into smaller files. It's over 4000 titles. Here is more info on the import process: http://letterboxd.com/about/importing-data/You do need to have a pro membership to import, I think it's $19 for the year but well worth it. Importing it easy, pretty straight forward. I would split them up, because you do review every entry, if it matches up with not problem it gets a big green checkmark, if there is an issue it gets a big red X and you can add/edit that film right there. I was tracking my movie watching since 2005 and imported it in. Another perk of being Pro is the Year in Review for every year in your diary: Here is my Year in Review for 2013 | | | HDTV: 52" Toshiba Regza 52XV545U AVR: Onkyo TR-707 Speakers: Paradigm Monitor 7 v6, CC-190 & Atom Monitors Subwoofer: Definitive Technology ProSub 800 BD/DVD: Oppo BDP-93 (Region Free) HD PVR: Motorola DXC3400 500GB w/ 1TB Expander BD/DVD/Game: 250GB PS3 Slim DVD/Game: 250GB XBox 360 Elite Special Edition (Black) Game: Wii Remote: Logitech Harmony One w/ PS3 Adapter WHS: Acer H341 Windows Home Server |
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 4,606 |
| Posted: | | | | Thanks Brent. Yeah I know it's $19 a year for Pro. I can live with that. I dread looking at your stuff there, though, because it gives me way too many ideas... PS Apologies to Morti for hijacking the thread. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users. Gunnar |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![Great Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/2.png) | Posts: 1,272 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote: Thanks Brent. Yeah I know it's $19 a year for Pro. I can live with that. I dread looking at your stuff there, though, because it gives me way too many ideas... Well worth it! And they are always working on new things... hoping they will add the ability to make lists of people, like IMDB. They have a feedback site where you can read, vote and suggest changes Quoting GSyren: Quote: PS Apologies to Morti for hijacking the thread. Me too, although they did create an account and appear to be using the site! ![](/images/emoticons/thumbup.gif) If anyone has any questions, feel free to pm me! | | | HDTV: 52" Toshiba Regza 52XV545U AVR: Onkyo TR-707 Speakers: Paradigm Monitor 7 v6, CC-190 & Atom Monitors Subwoofer: Definitive Technology ProSub 800 BD/DVD: Oppo BDP-93 (Region Free) HD PVR: Motorola DXC3400 500GB w/ 1TB Expander BD/DVD/Game: 250GB PS3 Slim DVD/Game: 250GB XBox 360 Elite Special Edition (Black) Game: Wii Remote: Logitech Harmony One w/ PS3 Adapter WHS: Acer H341 Windows Home Server |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 485 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Morti: Quote: <edit> Sorry, I've found my third question...
Hello,
1) <...> would like to create a database with all the movies I've seen (not only those in my database)...crazy idea, I know. To do this, it could be useful to select an actor/director to have his complete filmography (at least those existing on DVD) but I don't have this select option. <...> 2) And the last one : on the "Options" screen, the field "Origin" permits to select a country. Should it be possible to also have "all countries" available ? <...> Marc Going back to the OP: regarding your first question, solution(s) have already been presented by others. I'd like to add that DVDprofiler focuses very much on what you own and what you can identify, primarily by EAN/UPC or otherwise by title. You cannot select by actor or director from the central database. You can select by title to create a list of the movies as desired, even if you don't have them. That brings me to your second question. In DVDprofiler speak: Origin denotes the location of the producing company / companies that made the film. Locality denotes generally the country where a film was available for sale by means of a DVD, BluRay or HD DVD. By consequence, a title may occur repeatedly in the central database, for every country it was available for retail or even within a country if there have been several different releases. When selecting a title, it therefore makes no sense to list "all countries" for origin but it does for locality and actually that option is present. Just play around on the Add Title screen, via Title tab. What locality to select for your collection of seen movies depends on your taste. When available you can select your home country, via the preview options you can select the most elaborately documented version etc. | | | Eric
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 | Posts: 33 |
| Posted: | | | | Hello, No problem for digressions...it happens often and the information was interresting. Finally I use IMDB...I can't find a useful solution for the filmography of an actor but with the search by Year and by Country, I have a part of the solution...another way... For my second questions, in fact it is confuse... There are 2 fields where I found Belgium (my country) : in the Tools/Options/Origin and in the screen when I want to add a movie manually by title as Locality. On this field, Belgium is indicated by default (why and how can I change it to All Countries ?) and I thought it comes from the value in Origin... If I can choose All Countries by default in Locality, it is OK for me. But actually, I see only the movies available in Belgium and I have to change this parameter every time I enter a new movie...that's all... Am I clear ??? Thanks for your help... Marc |
| Registered: May 30, 2008 | Posts: 445 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Morti: Quote:
I would like to create a database with all the movies I've seen (not only those in my database)...crazy idea, I know. Not so crazy to me -- I'm doing something like that right now with Profiler. I have multiple custom collection lists. One of them is titled "NF/AM/Roku/PPV/SHO", and which always shows (0) as the total, because when I add a movie to this category, I set the "count as" value to "0". Most of the abbreviations in the category title are easy enough to guess at: NF=Netflix, AM=Amazon, PPV=Other pay per view, SHO=Showtime. Then I set a watch by event to indicate when I saw it, and make whatever other comment I want to keep track of. Then when I select "Tools" -> "Edit Users" -> ("username") -> "Viewing History" I see the movies I've watched and when. I've added about half my Netflix viewing history to this back to 2003, and have ratings histories for several thousand other movies which I set in Netflix that I can add as well. These would all be "watched prior to date 'x'", sort of. For the television series that I know I watched at the original air dates, I can (haven't yet) go back and add a watch event to the specific disc that contains that episode. It's very time consuming, but I might get 'round to it one of these days. My other major category, which is now just historical as well, is "Traded / Returned / Other", and this is where I track all the movies I once had and traded away on Swap / Swaptree (now defunct) movie swapping sites. I used to buy lots of movies off of Craigslist and yard sales as "trade bait" so most of them were never watched, but some of them were, and they'd get watch history in that category as well. Have to check out "Letterboxd" to see what it offers. |
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