A solution that would make both sides happy is non-existent. It is just not possible in this situation.

The way I described is the closest possibility to making both sides happy. Sure... some things would have to be done locally... but the way I described would be the least amount to be taken care of locally and have to be locked.

The way they describe would put much more work to be done locally only on the other side.

on their side sure some cast and crew may have to be done locally. But their way pretty much every field would have to be done locally on our side.

Also the updates to cast and crew they worry about may not be a concern with the next update... as Ken himself said he is trying to do away with Birth Years and Common names (the updates they mentioned being worried about).

So as I just explained... I am trying to make it as fair as absolutely possibly for both sides. So yes.. I am considering what others want... not just myself. Unfortunately making EVERYONE happy is just impossible in this situation.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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A solution that would make both sides happy is non-existent. It is just not possible in this situation.

I'm not a programer so I don't know what can or can not be done.

But, it seems to me that it shouldn't be that difficult to allow one to accept only Parent profiles, and/or Side A data and/or Side B data or all of the them.

Quoting Ace_of_Sevens:

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Production year, video and audio are usually the same, but the cast, crew and runtime will be different.

True, but (to me!) even if the cast and crew are different what extra info would this give? You search for all occurrences of actor "A" and it comes up in a film then you know he was in the film, and who he plays... OK. Whether or not you have side level profiles you just get he appeared in "such and such" a TV series on this disc/side... it still won't tell you which episode.

Then again I don't use disc level profiles by this same argument so I suppose I'm not who the proposed change is aimed at!

Quoting Winston Smith:

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Kulju
you've been using the program how long and you don't know what I am talking about. Wow

Perhaps it is simply the fact that he, like so many others, doesn't see it as a problem.  Do extra profiles...Movie Box Set Parents, TV Box Set Parents (both season and series), etc...throw off the 'Total DVDs' count?  Sure, but some of us don't see that as a problem because we know that, while labeled 'DVDs', it really counts profiles.

Quoting Winston Smith:

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you've been using the program how long and you don't know what I am talking about. Wow

Yes, I don't any idea what are you talking about, please explain. If you mean that the amount of disks doesn't match with profiles, that's why we have "Count as" feature.

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Duh. But that is a feature of the program. We still have users asking why profile count i s different

That doesn't make it a problem...at least not for everyone.  As I said in the Rules Forum, those people that want side level profiles probably don't care that it adds a phantom disc and, since they are optional profiles...all disc level profiles for TV sets are optional...those that don't want them don't have to use them.  If you don't use them, your count won't be off and the problem no longer exists.