Explained it in the other thread... neither option is really true for me since I do not actually compare the credits... so what would you say I would vote for? Comparing anyway since I take from both beginning and end?

I try to always make sure those listed in the opening are in the cast list of the profile in DVDP. On very rare occasions I will find one or two that are not.

99% of thie time I get them from end credits, but now always go back over opening to make sure everyone is counted for after getting them from the end. I didn't use to, but noticed a couple flicks had a name or 3 in front that weren't in the end creds, so I've doubled back ever since.

If it's a profile I'm auditing that already has cast info submitted, I'll do the checking first while the opening creds play and I'm waiting for crew like costumes.

I go directly to the end credits, but if it looks like someone might be missing (and I usually compare this with some other source such as IMDb to catch name variants) I of course go back to check the opening credits. But most often this is not needed.

I only do credits for TV series, so I start with the opening sequence before going to the ending credits.

Quoting surfeur51:

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For many contributions I made from scratch (essentially french movies from 60-90), there were no end credits, or only for minor actors. All main cast was in opening credits, without roles. Those had to be filled watching the movie.

Working with only end credits would loose all main cast.

Those films are exactly the reason why the rules, as they are written today, make sense not only for TV shows but for feature films as well.

Quoting DarklyNoon:

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I never thought there are persons in a movie that are credited in the opening and NOT also in the end credits, at least it never occured to me

Well, it certainly does happen. Having a quick glance through your own collection, for instance, 'True Lies' springs to mind as an example.

How I do this myself? I check both, of course - how else could I ever claim that I've done a full audit? Additionally, I don't understand why so many people claim they "go directly to end credits" - I virtually ALWAYS audit both cast and crew at the same time, so I'll automatically be going through the opening credits to scan for directors, writers, composers, editors, production designers and costume designers. As such, I virtually NEVER skip directly to the end credits - that only ever happens when I'm revisiting a previously-audited film to re-confirm a particular credit for some reason.

Quoting T!M:

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Additionally, I don't understand why so many people claim they "go directly to end credits" - I virtually ALWAYS audit both cast and crew at the same time, so I'll automatically be going through the opening credits to scan for directors, writers, composers, editors, production designers and costume designers. As such, I virtually NEVER skip directly to the end credits - that only ever happens when I'm revisiting a previously-audited film to re-confirm a particular credit for some reason.

I am not sure what is so hard to understand as the question was "how do you enter cast?"  As I explained in the thread that brought this up, when I audit a title, I enter crew from opening credits, then skip to the end for the cast and the rest of the crew.