DVDPca V05 Available

This version is available at the same download link. I no longer have any interest in bug reports regarding prior versions. What would be interesting of course is if 0.4 fails, but 0.3 doesn't. That would be sad news.

Changes:
- Tested with all IFOs sent via email to correct or prevent crashes during IFO scan.
- "Author" and "LeadPerfromer" consolidated into "Cast" field
- "Studio" and "ReleasedBy" consolidated into "Studios" filed
- Only crew available (sometimes) is Director
- Hidden code for creating a profile comes alive when working in plugin mode, still in test

Usage Notes:
- In order to prevent crashes, I sometimes have to take drastic action, such as skipping a title with "bad" data, or supplying a "0" when I am asked to compute a ridiculous value or to get that value from an invalid location
- In order to do a mapping to DVDP fields, I sometimes have to make an intelligent guess when I get conflicting data.
- As mentioned several times before, certain metadata is optionally encoded on the DVD. I can't get it if it is not there. Also, there is some evidence that this can be affected by the disc drive being used.
- The choice of runtime is simply - the longest one. This may NOT correspond to the title where I have gotten the best list of audio tracks and subtitles. The raw data is there to help you improve on my guesses if you think mine are wrong, but the only thing that will be used to create a profile is on the "Mapping" side. Focus on that. Tweak it as needed. Perhaps the automation will improve as we learn more. It will never be perfect because by defintition it can't be - sometimes the data is not there - sometimes the person who creates the cover gets it wrong - sometimes the DVD encoder gets it wrong - sometimes I will get it wrong, etc. ... (You, the contributor will never get it wrong. Or you will be subject to my vastly improved light sabre skills - now that I have, oh yes, Kinect Star Wars  )

Still Working On:
- Plugin version, including the ability to quickly create a profile as the beginnings of a contribution
- Aspect ratio detection
- Inclusion of code from BDInfo

And finally, please understand that the methods I am using rely on being able to read files with standard programming, such as you could do in Windows Explorer. Ther is no decryption or cracking or any such business going on. Firstly, I'm not smart enough, and secondly I have no interest in doing that. If you can't access the files on your computer, then neither can DVDPca.

Quoting SpaceFreakMicha:

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System.NullReferenceException on "Der Babynator" with 0.4. (Did not happen with 0.3)

You already have the ifos (8717418025151)

Fortunately, this isn't related to the IFOs. It is a GUI error that you can bypass by putting a selection in Aspect Ratio before running. Will fix soon.

.4 Still says it gives me an error on Alatriste, but it actually works.

Quoting mediadogg:

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I will add " "Media Co," although I have seen cases where the listed name appered as a Studio in a profile. Any ideas on how I can tell the difference? Maybe with the built-in dropdown values. If I find a name in both, I'll put it in both places. The contributor will have to fix it.

I would think that the Media co, which after all produces the DVD, is more likely to be encoded in the disc metadata than the studio, which produced the movie. In the case of The Adventures of Don Juan, the studio is Warner Bros. Pictures and the Media co is Warner Home Video. I would therefore suggest that the field where you found Warner Home Video be considered by default the Media co field.

Quoting mediadogg:

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Check V0.5. Done quickly, but I hope it is OK. I'm eager to get back to working on the plugin version.

Thumbs up! No more exception error for Don Juan. And thanks for the addition of Media co.

Quoting GSyren:

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Looks like I'm getting Locality: United States regardless of actual locality. V0.5

I'm not sure what you mean. Locality must always be manually set in order to run the "create profile" menu. I'm not aware of having set it previously.

On the other hand, do you have an idea of how I could deduce locality from the raw data?

Rather than defaulting to US, I could default to something else - any thoughts?

Quoting mediadogg:

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I'm not sure what you mean. Locality must always be manually set in order to run the "create profile" menu.

Looks like GSyren stepped into the same trap as I. The fields are scattered among those that do get filled in automatically by the tool so some kind of distinguisher might be helpfull, either by arrangement or text color (e.g. black for manual, blue for read from disc)

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On the other hand, do you have an idea of how I could deduce locality from the raw data?

aaaaaaaahhhhhh ... (running away with flailing arms) 

What KinoNiki said ... simply can't be done for european releases unless DVDPca learns to read the covers and the minds of the distributors.

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Rather than defaulting to US, I could default to something else - any thoughts?

When run as a plugin, can you read the default locality from DVD Profiler?

cya, Mithi

Quoting mediadogg:

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What does Profiler consider to be the "default locality"?

I believe it is defined by the user in the program options: