Welcome to the Invelos forums. Please read the forum rules before posting.

Read access to our public forums is open to everyone. To post messages, a free registration is required.

If you have an Invelos account, sign in to post.

    Invelos Forums->DVD Profiler: Contribution Discussion Page: 1... 4 5 6 7 8 ...11  Previous   Next
What counts as a subtitle?
Author Message
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
Don't be discommodious
Registered: March 13, 2007
United States Posts: 21,610
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
I'll agree with you there, Antares. NOW explain why Subs would be handled in a DIFFERENT way. Everything in that statement could just as easily be applied to Subs...including the Easter egg.

Skip
ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here

Billy Video
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: Highest Rating
United States Posts: 17,334
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting samuelrichardscott:
Quote:
Let me explain it to you.

1) Ken amends the rules with the same thing he posted in the forum when he posts it. It takes him 14 seconds.
2) I submit.
3) It's accepted.
4) I don't have to ask for clarification, search forums, resubmit, wait another 3-5 days and use that time to submit other stuff.

I am the WINNAR.


Except it is just not the way it works here... no matter how much me, you or any of the users would love it to. So all you can do is either go with how it is done here... or decide not to with the results of no votes and declines on some of the contributions.
Pete
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAce_of_Sevens
Registered: December 10, 2007
Reputation: High Rating
Posts: 3,004
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
I don't see how Gerri's statement support you, Skip. She clearly said audio track selectable by the audio button should be included, which you have been arguing against. You could parse her statement to mean that if a DVD has only one audio track, you shouldn't list it because it isn't accessibel through the menu or the audio button, but that would be ridiculous. This situation is the same as burned-in or forced narrative subtitles.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantAntares
Registered: May 26, 2007
Reputation: High Rating
United States Posts: 599
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Woola:
Quote:
NOW explain why Subs would be handled in a DIFFERENT way. Everything in that statement could just as easily be applied to Subs...including the Easter egg.

Skip


Have you not been reading the posts by Sam that you have been replying to. He sums it up pretty well.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantDraxen
I see shiny discs...
Registered: March 13, 2007
Finland Posts: 681
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Addicted2DVD:
Quote:
If you click on the link it is about both Audio and subtitles


Yes, the thread title is about both, but all Ken's comments seem to be specifically about audio tracks.

And even with those, it appears clear that he is using the menu selectability only as comparison to the easter egg type subtitles. Nobody in that thread mentions forced subtitles - and I believe Ken simply didn't give them any thought as nobody brought that subtitle-type up in discussion.

Again, I would be VERY surprised if forced subtitles were outlawed in any future rule amendments. It would be really, really absurd.
Mika
I hate people who love me, and they hate me. (Bender Bending Rodriguez)
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsurfeur51
Since July 3, 2003
Registered: March 29, 2007
Reputation: Great Rating
France Posts: 4,479
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Draxen:
Quote:


But your quote of Ken is about audio tracks, not subtitles. Or am I missing something here?
...
The information people look for when checking whether some particular release has subtitles or not, is if they can (better) understand the movie as far as language goes. "Hiding" this information in online database, and denying contributing the info, just for the reason that you can't switch off the subtitles makes absolutely no sense.

 
We are here in complete non sense. People will find anything to try to justify their proposal of the most eccentric solutions to solve problems that do not exist. Except sabotaging the interest of online data, I hardly see why they do that. Or perhaps they only want to exist through endless logorrhoea.
Images from movies
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsamuelrichardscott
Registered: September 18, 2008
Reputation: High Rating
United Kingdom Posts: 2,650
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
If my submissions were to get declined on the basis of the subtitles, I will gladly resubmit (exactly the same) with a note for the screeners stating I am following the rules, I should not be expected to search forums when I am following the rules and that if the screeners believe it should be declined, respectfully ask the screeners to make sure an update to the rules is added and that until then, I would keep locally.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: Highest Rating
United States Posts: 17,334
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
As I said... I been here for a good 10 years now. Even though I would love it to... I do not see how it works around here changing now. And as I also said.. it is up to each of us how to decide to handle it. But if you purposely go against clarifications you are told about (I am talking in general here... any and all clarifications)... all I can say is you can expect plenty of no votes/declines on the contributions. And I am also sure any that is accepted wouldn't be long before someone submits a correction per the clarification pointing to said clarification.
Pete
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsamuelrichardscott
Registered: September 18, 2008
Reputation: High Rating
United Kingdom Posts: 2,650
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
But why should be people have to be pointed to clarifications in the forums?

I'm sorry, 'because it's been that way for 10 years' is no excuse for bad website management. If Ken expects the site to improve, he must also take his head out of his arse when it comes to the forums and the wording of the rules, especially considering how little time it would take.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: Highest Rating
United States Posts: 17,334
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Plain and simple... that is not our choice. It is Ken's site and it is Ken's online database... In my eyes we do not have the right to dictate how he must do things on his site... for his database.

In my eyes... the only right we have is the decision to either contribute per his rules/clarifications or decide not to. No more and no less.

Can we suggest how we would like to see it? Hell yes! that is no problem in my eyes. But to say plain and simple we will not do it your way... on your site... for your online database? Nope... I do not feel we have that right at all.
Pete
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsamuelrichardscott
Registered: September 18, 2008
Reputation: High Rating
United Kingdom Posts: 2,650
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
No we don't have a right to expect decent customer service. It's not like we paid for it or anything.

Let's all wallow and just accept it.

As long as people keep sticking up for poor decisions, the more Ken will not bother with the necessary improvements. If you want to see a change for the good, then you have to say so, instead of just letting it go by the wayside because 'it is what it is'.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsnarbo
Registered: March 13, 2007
United Kingdom Posts: 1,242
Posted:
PM this userDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Addicted2DVD:
Quote:
Plain and simple... that is not our choice. It is Ken's site and it is Ken's online database... In my eyes we do not have the right to dictate how he must do things on his site... for his database.

In my eyes... the only right we have is the decision to either contribute per his rules/clarifications or decide not to. No more and no less.

Can we suggest how we would like to see it? Hell yes! that is no problem in my eyes. But to say plain and simple we will not do it your way... on your site... for your online database? Nope... I do not feel we have that right at all.



DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: Highest Rating
United States Posts: 17,334
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting samuelrichardscott:
Quote:
No we don't have a right to expect decent customer service. It's not like we paid for it or anything.

Let's all wallow and just accept it.

As long as people keep sticking up for poor decisions, the more Ken will not bother with the necessary improvements. If you want to see a change for the good, then you have to say so, instead of just letting it go by the wayside because 'it is what it is'.


did you not read the last part of my post? I said we have the right to ask for changes that we want to see made... and I have publicly said I wanted updated rules on many occasions. But what I won't do is ignore Ken or Gerri's clarifications on this forum until it is in the rules.
Pete
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsnarbo
Registered: March 13, 2007
United Kingdom Posts: 1,242
Posted:
PM this userDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting samuelrichardscott:
Quote:
No we don't have a right to expect decent customer service. It's not like we paid for it or anything.

Let's all wallow and just accept it.

As long as people keep sticking up for poor decisions, the more Ken will not bother with the necessary improvements. If you want to see a change for the good, then you have to say so, instead of just letting it go by the wayside because 'it is what it is'.


Still doesn't give you the right to request Ken to get his head out of his arse. How would you like it if this was your site and I said that to you, if not me then anybody else in the forum. It's not down to customer service either. This is a one man operation, and you seem to be requiring that one man to be everywhere and do everything immediately, main program updates, mobile program updates, website management, customer service, rules updates, forum moderation etc, etc. Again this is Invelos a One Man operation not Microsoft.Com
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsamuelrichardscott
Registered: September 18, 2008
Reputation: High Rating
United Kingdom Posts: 2,650
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
If you're happy with a sub-standard service, more fool you.

I should note, I am extremely happy with the program and it was a fine purchase for the money, and one I don't regret. But for the owner to ignore it's users is disgraceful. If you expect rules to be followed, update the rules. I'll admit I was a bit strong in saying Ken should take his head out of his arse, but he should be making some effort. Really, how long would it take. Will the disruption of 10 minutes a day from development kill the program? No. In fact, it will go a long way in getting more sales.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: Highest Rating
United States Posts: 17,334
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
And I would agree that I would like to see it too. As I said... said it many times before. But you can't just ignore his clarifications on the forum and expect that to fly.
Pete
    Invelos Forums->DVD Profiler: Contribution Discussion Page: 1... 4 5 6 7 8 ...11  Previous   Next