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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 793 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Italo Disco: Quote:
"&imgtype=face" Nice! Didn't know that! Ken, it would be really nice if you could make DVD Profiler add it itself  Bit too long to manually add each time (I don't have that kind of patience), but it's a nifty trick! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,372 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just downloaded and restored the new version. Looks great!!!  Great big THANKS to everyone involved in this. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting lyonsden5: Quote:
Just downloaded and restored the new version. Looks great!!!
Great big THANKS to everyone involved in this. seconded!! | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 16, 2007 |  Posts: 4 |
| | Posted: | | | | Awesome!
I found this topic while I was using the HeadsImport utility...
Thank you very much!!! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm getting many "No" votes to my Harrison Ford birthdate contributions  , so if you feel like getting him correct in the database, you might want to check in on whichever titles you own. | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| Registered: May 13, 2007 |  Posts: 20 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
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Just downloaded and restored the new version. Looks great!!!
Great big THANKS to everyone involved in this.
seconded!! Same here. Thanks a lot for what must have been a huge amount of work. It's much appreciated Cheers |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 |  Posts: 262 |
| | Posted: | | | | I downloaded version 2 also and it worked quite well. I have manually added probably several hundred actors/actresses (mostly from TV shows - I have a large collection) that I will try to send on to the creators.
Thanks again.
Brian |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | Looks like there should also be multiple Alan Lees added to the database. There's one that shows up in Rear Window and Artists & Models, the one who is in The Two Towers in a cameo who designed the LOTR movies, and one that shows up uncredited as a casino patron in Four Brothers, if the DVDP database is to believed. While the LOTR Alan Lee (BY 1947) is readily available as a headshot, I'm having trouble coming up with the other two (and their BY, for that matter, to distinguish them). Anyone have these pieces of info/headshots? | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| Registered: March 22, 2007 | | Posts: 95 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting gardibolt: Quote:
I'm getting many "No" votes to my Harrison Ford birthdate contributions , so if you feel like getting him correct in the database, you might want to check in on whichever titles you own. Wondering how many films the silent-film Harrison Ford was in. I decided to look him up in IMDB instead. Acknowledging that IMDB may be wrong and often is, they have listed 87 films for the silent Harrison Ford between 1915 and 1932. Apparently he was one of the silent-era performers who never made the transition to sound. As more silent films make their wy to DVD (and I certainly hope they do) there may be many more films with the elder Harrison Ford in the database. But I'll bet dollars to donuts that no more than a handful of the thousands of Profiler users ever heard of that Harison Ford - so the NO votes aren't surprising.  | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.
DVD Profiler user since June 15, 2001 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ruineddaydreams: Quote:
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Another mirror of this file is available here.
Question for jykke and Juoquim before i install this one... - if only actors with head shots are present, does it just not touch actors without headshots that i have listed in credits for films in my db?
Nothing happens to headless people.
And regarding the listed 10 same name actors:
Before you restore, you can prepare your own database by adding the names manually. Eg. if you now only have the other James Brown in your database, make sure that he has birth year. Add the second James Brown too, together with BY, even if you do not have any DVDs where he performs. That way there shouldn't be any corruption. The names were:
Kenny Baker 1912 & 1934
Matthew Beard 1925 & 1989
Colin Farrell 1938 & 1976
Harrison Ford 1884 & 1942
Jim Norton 1938 & 1968
Tracy Reed 1942 & 1949
Kevin Smith 1963 & 1970
Liz Smith 1921 & 1923
John Williams 1903 & 1932
James Brown 1920 & 1933
I'm not sure what happens to such names who now has BY in your database but not in this master.
the BY in your database remains... meaning restoring this new master will get you the newer headshots / no nudity... but will not correct the YOB issue from the first master. I can confirm that we are still stuck with the Birt Years from version one. Anyone have any tips for getting rid of these without going through every actor in my local DB? |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,338 |
| | Posted: | | | | Telecine: for now... i dont think there is... i have been removing them on a profile by profile basis as i see them when making contributions...
as fun as going through the entire actor database sounds... i'd rather not... i will be waiting for Ken to announce whatever future plans he has for the YOB field... he has previously stated he was working on something to fix the confusion...
if you were planning on doing it manually... i would suggest doing a database repair first, which will remove all actors not in profiles - making the number of down arrow taps immensely smaller... then if you wish to have the full list (with headshots anyhow...) back - simply restore from v2... then i would suggest making a new backup for yourself... because it would suck to loose that much manual work. | | | | -JoN |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ruineddaydreams: Quote:
Telecine: for now... i dont think there is... i have been removing them on a profile by profile basis as i see them when making contributions...
as fun as going through the entire actor database sounds... i'd rather not... i will be waiting for Ken to announce whatever future plans he has for the YOB field... he has previously stated he was working on something to fix the confusion...
if you were planning on doing it manually... i would suggest doing a database repair first, which will remove all actors not in profiles - making the number of down arrow taps immensely smaller... then if you wish to have the full list (with headshots anyhow...) back - simply restore from v2... then i would suggest making a new backup for yourself... because it would suck to loose that much manual work. Oh joy! I have an idea for a small enhancement that would make sorting this out a lot easier (pun intended). If we could sort on the "Born" column in the cast area we could sort all of the actors with BYs assigned to the top then edit them one by one. Does anyone else think that this is the best way forward at this point? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kdh1949: Quote:
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I'm getting many "No" votes to my Harrison Ford birthdate contributions , so if you feel like getting him correct in the database, you might want to check in on whichever titles you own.
Wondering how many films the silent-film Harrison Ford was in. I decided to look him up in IMDB instead. Acknowledging that IMDB may be wrong and often is, they have listed 87 films for the silent Harrison Ford between 1915 and 1932. Apparently he was one of the silent-era performers who never made the transition to sound. As more silent films make their wy to DVD (and I certainly hope they do) there may be many more films with the elder Harrison Ford in the database. But I'll bet dollars to donuts that no more than a handful of the thousands of Profiler users ever heard of that Harison Ford - so the NO votes aren't surprising. Harrison Ford 1884 was a busy man, but not all that much of his work has been released on DVD. There's the Image double feature of Outside the Law/Shadows, Sally of the Sawdust (with WC Fields) and Foolish Wives by von Stroheim, all of which I have. Anyway, he needs distinguishing, unless you're willing to accept that the current HF is 123 years old (might be, actually).  | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Telecine: Quote:
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Telecine: for now... i dont think there is... i have been removing them on a profile by profile basis as i see them when making contributions...
as fun as going through the entire actor database sounds... i'd rather not... i will be waiting for Ken to announce whatever future plans he has for the YOB field... he has previously stated he was working on something to fix the confusion...
if you were planning on doing it manually... i would suggest doing a database repair first, which will remove all actors not in profiles - making the number of down arrow taps immensely smaller... then if you wish to have the full list (with headshots anyhow...) back - simply restore from v2... then i would suggest making a new backup for yourself... because it would suck to loose that much manual work.
Oh joy! I have an idea for a small enhancement that would make sorting this out a lot easier (pun intended). If we could sort on the "Born" column in the cast area we could sort all of the actors with BYs assigned to the top then edit them one by one. Does anyone else think that this is the best way forward at this point? A further note: If I remove one of these BY entries for an actor, the profile is flagged for contribution. Is there any way to reset the flag? Did I mention that I want to strangle the person who put them in for all these actors. |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 254 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Telecine: Quote:
A further note: If I remove one of these BY entries for an actor, the profile is flagged for contribution. Is there any way to reset the flag? Did I mention that I want to strangle the person who put them in for all these actors. I think that if you right click on the contribute icon you can select "Never contribute". That resets it.  | | | | "I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they'd never expect it." - Jack Handey |
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