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| Registered: May 22, 2008 | | Posts: 11 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a DVD that the DVD Profiler database doesn't recognize but it is in imdb. Is there a way to download the data from there or any other source rather than key it in by hand? | | | | Last edited: by Zogger |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | No, there is not. It is a copyright issue and something that IMDb does not allow. | | | 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 |
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| Registered: May 22, 2008 | | Posts: 11 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks and I looked at a number of other programs which catalog DVD's. Most of them got their info from imdb or Amazon so am surprised that it's a copyright issue. So is there any other place to obtain info legally? |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | The DVD?  |
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| Registered: May 22, 2008 | | Posts: 11 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | You will also notice that the other programs to which you refer are considerably more expensive than Profiler, this goes to cover the cost of licensing data from IMDb. Now let me ask you a simple question. If, in your view IMDb is the answer and they already exist, then why does ANY software need to be written, why clone the most inaccurate database in the world, you can track 10,00 titles at IMDb for free<shrugs> As for your specific question, this is a USER-built database...YOU are a user. So...when you run into a title that iis not in the database...you read our Contribution Rules, then you build the Profile to those Rules and Contribute the data...and poof you're title will be added...and don't forget to provide documentation to support your data. Skip  | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: May 22, 2008 | | Posts: 11 |
| | Posted: | | | | My bad for assuming I was buying something other than what I got, i.e., commercial software. BTW the other programs were all in the same general price range of $30-40. I bought this one over programs like Movie Collector because I liked the user interface better and the features seemed to be pretty much the same. Since I'm new to this arena I guess it's the price of learning and I'm not ready to head off in another direction yet. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, you did get commercial software. You just didn't get commercial software with ties to another database. Profiler uses it's own user built db instead of paying a fee to use IMDb's user built database. | | | 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 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | add dvd by title: One Eyed King from the dvd profiler menu: DVD from any region from any location there are 2 profiles (netherlands and italy) take the one that suites you most. change then the location and EAN or UPC from the dvd profiler menu DVD (the 2 at the bottom) note the EAN or UPC and use this to document your contribution (please follow the rules whilst contributing) replace the cover if you can by scanning to fit yours | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. | | | | Last edited: by ? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting spmilden: Quote:
My bad for assuming I was buying something other than what I got, i.e., commercial software. BTW the other programs were all in the same general price range of $30-40. I bought this one over programs like Movie Collector because I liked the user interface better and the features seemed to be pretty much the same. Since I'm new to this arena I guess it's the price of learning and I'm not ready to head off in another direction yet.  You made a good choice, Profiler is best program there is of this type, I have checked out all of them I can find and will continue to check them out as I find them. Profiler is built upon ACTUAL data which has a verifiable source for accuracy, the ACTUAL film, not some user-generated idea of what is or is not accurate, we also document all of our data in a form of bibliograpohy(Contribution Notes) that ALL users have access to for reference, not something that somebody pulled out of hat that has no supporting data attached to it. Profiler is predictably experiencing growing pains, but in the long-run this will be the single most accurate source for DVD/Film data avaialble and in many ways it already is. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video | | | | Last edited: by Winston Smith |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,279 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting spmilden: Quote:
software. BTW the other programs were all in the same general price range of $30-40. I haven't checked in a while, but last time I did you had to pay for upgrades with the other programs. With Profiler the upgrades to the program are free. | | | | IVS Registered: January 2, 2002 |
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| Registered: May 22, 2008 | | Posts: 11 |
| | Posted: | | | | Besides the program working well and meeting my functional requirements, the fact that there is an active community of users is a big plus. Thanks for all your comments! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | | Thorsten | | | | Last edited: by kahless |
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| Registered: May 22, 2008 | | Posts: 11 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,339 |
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