If a series has dual-sided DVDs (e.g. a lot of Universal releases), is it okay to profile it by side instead of disc?

I say yes. The whole idea of disc-level profiles is to break series in more manageable parts. Breaking a season into six parts gives you a lot information than breaking into three parts. Thus, the purpose of the rules is better fulfilled than profiling by sides instead of discs.

If a series is already entered by disc, is it okay to break it up into sides?

Again, I say yes. The rule's purpose is fulfilled better this way and the alternative is to have a profile with eight episodes for the whole discs and a separate profile with the latter four duplicated. This doesn't help anyone. Therefore, it's best to delete the side B data from one profile and create a new profile containing this data.

I've seen this go both ways in having stuff accepted. It seems mainly driven by the whims of whoever bothers to vote.

Unfortunately the rule for disc level profiles can be read both ways in this case.

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Individual profiles for each disc may be submitted if desired, but this is not required.

It says individual profiles for each disc. Some read it as a profile per disc... others read it as there can be 2 profiles per disc. So until such time it is clarified by invelos... everyone's opinion is just as good as anyone else.

I can personally see how it is being read by both groups... so would love to see a clarification. But on a personal note... I much prefer 1 profile per disc for TV Series sets.

Quoting Ace_of_Sevens:

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I think the rules were written back before DVD-18s for TV were a thing.

Regardless, the rules are clear for TV series...use disc-level profiles, not side-level.

See the section here that says Disc Level Profiles.  A disc is a physical thing.

It is quite unambiguous.

Quoting tweeter:

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Quoting Ace_of_Sevens:

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I think the rules were written back before DVD-18s for TV were a thing.

Regardless, the rules are clear for TV series...use disc-level profiles, not side-level.

See the section here that says Disc Level Profiles.  A disc is a physical thing.

It is quite unambiguous.

It is true... that section of the rules is called Disc Level Profiles,.

Than again, the rules also mention two movies, each on one side of a disc, is a boxset. So  you could make a case in seeing each side as a profile

Paul

I've done a lot of my british dual-sided TV discs with one profile per side and never got heat for it.

Some people prefer one profile per season and some want the data a little more detailed. So I see no problem for the latter to use as many profile identifiers as are available.

If I have to remove the disc from the drive to watch another episode, for me it's the same as putting in a whole different disc.

I think the best approach to handle dual sided discs is to simply use dividers. To do it using children would have some minimal benefits but it would also introduce phantom non-existent discs which the program would be counting as real.

Quoting bigdaddyhorse:

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It's funny as if a 2 movie set has both films on one side, it's considered a solo disc for profiling.

Not so much "considered" as more "there is no other way (right now)" as we simply have one unique-key to few to profile two movies on one disc-side discrete.

cya, Mithi