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Quoting nanoron:
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If you are worried about them going belly up, I believe you can export your My Movies database as XML or CSV, which should allow you to move to yet another app.
Can you export even if the site is down, though? You could make sure that you always have an up-to-date export, but few people are that anticipatory. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 30441 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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Bottom line is that we are clearly being left in the dark on purpose, but we are also being supported, at significant cost, also on purpose. And for the latter, I am grateful.
Yeah, I agree. Some people have suggested that maybe Ken just got tired of DVD Profiler and left without a word. I don't believe that for a second. My initial thought was that maybe it was a legal thing. Now I lean more towards Ken being physically unable to continue for whatever reason. I don't know why the site is still up and running, but like you I am grateful that it is. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 30441 |
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Yep, updated to iPadOS 18 and the app seems to work just the same as it did before.
iPadOS itself, on the other hand, seems a bit buggy. Works with a few bugs on Ipad Air, but iPad pro seems to have bigger problems. Probably a good idea to hold off until 18.1. | Posted: Topic Replies: 23, Topic Views: 15238 |
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This is a specialized tool that I wrote when I started to update British releases with rating details from BBFC. Its function is very simple. When you copy a string to the clipboard, this tool automatically catches it, capitalizes it according to the rules, and then re-pastes on the clipboard. The result - when you copy something and then paste it, it has automatically been properly capitalized.
You can, of course, use it to capitalize anything, not just BBFC's rating details.
The window shows the capitalized string, if you want to verify it before pasting.
Or you can minimize it and just trust it to do its job ...
There is no help file, but all details are available at the download page. | Posted: Topic Replies: 2, Topic Views: 4580 |
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Quoting nanoron:
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Does Lowpro's comment "My Movies v5 and higher went to a mandatory sync model" mean they store your database online instead of locally? If so, what's wrong with that?
It means that one would be totally at the mercy of MyMovies online database being available. There would be no way to use the program at all if it went offline. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 30441 |
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I think that mediadogg has explained quite well why writing a DVD Profiler replacement would be a momentous task. But there is another thing that he touched upon, but didn't really highlight. Unlike programs like PKZIP and VLCPlayer, DVD Profiler is not just a stand-alone program, it also features an intricate background system and server storage. This is not something that a voluntary group of programmers can manage. It takes money, and a business to set it up.
Would it help if DVD Profiler was made open source? I'm not sure. It is written in Delphi, and that's not a very popular language nowadays, I believe. Open access to Invelos' database would have been nice, but that would still be dependent on Invelos' website remaining available. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 30441 |
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Quoting Lowpro:
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My Movies v5 and higher went to a mandatory sync model.
Ouch! That was not the case when I tested it quite some time ago. I don't like that. And I don't like Collectorz. So what can be my backup plan if I do have to abandon Profiler in the future?  | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 30441 |
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| I admit defeat. I have withdrawn those contributions. | Posted: Topic Replies: 10, Topic Views: 11096 |
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| We don't include additional for anything else, so why should we include Additional Visual Effects? | Posted: Topic Replies: 5, Topic Views: 7749 |
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Quoting Nexus the Sixth:
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I see no problem entering it as it is. No need to consult other sources when its plainly written on the cover.
Yes, it is plainly written, but does that make it Rating Details? If it is not in this format, do we take other descriptions that is plainly written on the back cover as Rating Details? Where do we draw the line?
Does this "reflect BBFC rating info given at the time of release"? How do we know? This is obviously something that is written by a third party, probably someone at the media company. Is this really what Ken intended by Rating Details? Shouldn't Rating Details be defined by someone who has intimate knowledge of BBFC:s decision making, i.e. someone at BBFC? | Posted: Topic Replies: 10, Topic Views: 11096 |
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| Needless to say, if the majority thinks that I'm in the wrong, then I will withdraw my contributions. | Posted: Topic Replies: 10, Topic Views: 11096 |
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| Please see my new poll. | Posted: Topic Replies: 12, Topic Views: 13509 |
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I seem to have stepped into a hornets nest here. It regards entries like this:
My view is that Rating Details should be the details supplied by the rating agency (in this case BBFC) together with the rating. So I have replaced texts like this with the actual wording on the BBFC website, if available.
The data in the illustration is said by some to "reflect BBFC rating info given at the time of release". But that's subjective. The fact is that it is not data supplied by BBFC. If it is not supplied by BBFC, then it is simply a product description, not a rating detail. That's how I feel.
What say you? | Posted: Topic Replies: 10, Topic Views: 11096 |
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