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DvdpScheduler 2.6.8
Well, it seems that the fix in 2.6.7 didn't work quite as intended. 
Trying to watch the progress window in DVD Profiler turned out to be a little more complicated than I initially thought. I found out that the progress window is always there, only it is invisible when not needed.
If HTTPJolie is used, I no longer check the progress window, because HTTPJolie will tell me when a command file is completed. When HTTPJolie is not used, I still have to check the progress window, but now to see if it is visible or not. That seems to work.
Please note that selecting to start DvdpScheduler on Windows startup is not a good idea if you use HTTPJolie. DvdpScheduler should be started after DVD Profiler is running, otherwise it will sense that HTTPJolie is not available, and disable HTTPJolie integration.
You can start DVD Profiler and DvdpScheduler in the proper order on Windows startup by using SlowStarter. Just make sure you give Profiler enough time before starting DvdpScheduler. | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 26502 |
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That usually means that your a local online list file has been corrupted.
Go to "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\DVD Profiler" and delete OnlineList.dod and OnlineListSel.dod. They will be reconstructed when you connect to Invelos. | Posted: Topic Replies: 2, Topic Views: 1235 |
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Quoting ObiKen (from another thread):
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MonoCheck is a very simple and effective tool for 2.0 audio tracks, however, there is one small caveat when using it.
On Windows 11, make sure "Enable audio enhancements" for the speakers is DISABLED.
To verify the setting on Windows 11, follow the procedure described below:
Press Win + R keys to open the Run Command dialog box.
Type mmsys.cpl and press Enter key.
Select Speakers and click Properties button
Select Advanced tab
In the section titled "Signal Enhancements", make sure "Enable audio enhancements" is DISABLED.
If its enabled then when the audio track is 2.0 mono, MonoCheck may end up displaying false-positives for stereo (that is, the left and right channels may appear non-identical in magnitude and asynchronous in changes).
This is no fault of the MonoCheck program, rather, it accurately reflects the consequences of Microsoft's manipulation of the 2.0 mono track into a pseudo-stereo track.
Important info that I wasn't previously aware of. | Posted: Topic Replies: 19, Topic Views: 20013 |
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Quoting rdodolak:
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I'll have to check out MonoCheck but you can also use Audacity to analyze the audio tracks.
I'm sure that there are several audio programs than can analyze audio tracks. But MonoCheck has an advantage. It's created especially for this purpose. It is dirt simple, and it's very small, so you can run it on top of your media player without obscuring anything important.
And ObiKen - many thanks for that info! I was not aware of that.
Edit: I just realized that I made an almost identical comment in the MonoCheck thread last year. I guess I have a one track mind ...  | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 2144 |
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| I had a PM conversation with Magmadrag a few days ago. He shared some of his personal problems. I can't discuss them here, but he said he would be unavailable for some time. So I think it's fair to assume that his silence is not a sign of disinterest or laziness. So please cut him some slack for now. | Posted: Topic Replies: 168, Topic Views: 10329 |
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| Just FYI, Kvack, MonoCheck is a good tool for finding out if a two-track encoding is actually mono. | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 2144 |
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Well, now the rest have been approved, so it's not too bad. But the fact that updates get approved faster than new contributions creates anomalies like this. And it's so unnecessary.  | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 1471 |
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Sigh!
The profiles that I changed from two movies to one of the movies has been released. The updated boxset parent has also been released. But … the new profiles that were created for the second movies from each of the old two-movies profiles, those have not been released.
Thus, if you accepts the currently released profiles, you lose half of the movies (until those are also released).
How stupid!  | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 1471 |
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The rules are clear that we should not contribute disc level profiles for such discs. Right now I'm profiling the movies included in the Hammer Film Noir box set (089859-055423). It currently does have disc level profiles, and I'm meaning to break those up.
The problem here is that there are disc level extras. Some of them pertain to a specific movie, like commentary, so they should be included in the profile for that movie. But some of them are more general. And if we don't make disc level profiles, where do we add these extras? Do we add them to both movies profiles? | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 1471 |
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| I don't think we should include "additional" anything, so No. | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 1775 |
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It looks like drag-and-drop works in the Edit Tags window. So if you create Continent tags you might be able to drag the Country tags there and thus make them child tags. You might want to create a small test database to try this out on, to see if it works the way you want it to.
I see that Marty beat me to this. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 1791 |
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DvdpScheduler 2.6.7
The timing of the backup didn't work as intended, instead it reported that the backup took less than a second. Wishful thinking.
Not a big problem unless you had configured another task to run after the backup, in which case DvdpScheduler would not wait for the backup to finish before trying to run that task. | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 26502 |
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Could be a firewall issue. Make sure port 32847 (or whatever) is allowed.
And as for support, yes it seems that community support is all we have. | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 2650 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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To make sure I understand, when used with DoubleDips, the benefit to the user is that they are not required to manage an XML export?
No, I only use HTTPJolie here for selecting profiles in DVD Profiler when the user double-clicks a row. I contemplated reading the data directly via HTTPJolie, but decided that it would be too slow. So, limited use here, but I find HTTPJolie immensely useful in other applications. It opens up so many possibilities. | Posted: Topic Replies: 9, Topic Views: 9344 |
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If you're wondering about the statistics, the reason that DoubleDip profiles is more than DoubleDipped titles is that some titles have been "dipped" more than once (like "20 Million Miles to Earth" in the illustration). 653 double dips? Yikes!  Maybe I should spend more time culling my collection, and less time developing software than no one but me seems to be interested in ... 
PS the printing subsystem is supposed to be able to print in color. It doesn't. At least not for me. I blame Syncfusion. Not that I consider it a great loss in this case. And I guess I can't complain too much since I don't have to pay Syncfusion for using their datagrid. | Posted: Topic Replies: 9, Topic Views: 9344 |
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DoubleDips 2.0
Version 1 had a nasty bug, and lacked some features that I thought it needed, so I rewrote it from scratch. It doesn't look much different at first glance, but it is faster and better, and it has printing facility.
If you're looking to get rid of some DVDs that you have upgraded to Blu-ray (or Blu-ray to 4K, or whatever), then this will help.
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Quoting Magmadrag:
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We all know that stuff we would like to own in our collection and never can understand why they are not released. Imo the problem since the streaming era began is that they simply produce too much fort TV and all the streamers. And mostly they got no idea if any collectors would buy. Sometimes they try, but if the first few seasons are sold too less, they quit releasing.
Yes, this is quite frustrating. One of my favorite shows back in the day was Fame. It was wildly popular, yet only two of six seasons were ever released on DVD, and it's not streaming anywhere (afaik).  | Posted: Topic Replies: 11, Topic Views: 4534 |
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It sounds to me like a "glass half full or glass half empty" situation. Sure, it would be nice if people did a complete audit of their discs before contributing, but I still think that something is better than nothing. As long as people don't knowingly submit incorrect data, I'm fine. Not everyone is interested in spending hours creating profiles. I wouldn't call it lazy.
As regards original title for TV shows, the rules don't really specify what it should be. While I personally agree with you that it should be just the name of the show, there have been many discussions about it, and it seems that there are reasons (valid or not) to include season info. However, the rules do say "In cases where the title is the original title, leave the Original Title field blank", so those who don't accept just the name of the show should probably leave the original title field empty. | Posted: Topic Replies: 5, Topic Views: 3151 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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Interesting. I will take a look at WebView2. If it solves the issues I had building CLTBoss, I will jump on it, because that would make the tool run at least 10 times faster.
That would be awesome! Fingers crossed! | Posted: Topic Replies: 66, Topic Views: 21804 |
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Guess what! I found more things to do to BirthYearCheck!
First of all, I replaced CEFSharp with WebView2. Among other things this means a much smaller download, and BirthYearCheck can now be run on both 32 bit and 64 bit machines. Anyone still running 32 bit Windows?
I also implemented AutoItX fully, so now the program will find DVD Profiler without having to know Profiler's main window title. And I styled the program a bit, but it's much less obvious here than in ProfilerMissing. Just trying to put a little bit of personal touch on my programs.
The search function in WebView2 is a bit different than in CefSharp, so please read the help file.
There are a couple of minor fixes as well.
BirthYearCheck 4.8
Refresh your browser if you still see the old version.
PS. If you already have BirthYearCheck installed, you might consider cleaning out that folder before copying in the new version, so you get rid of all the no longer needed CefSharp gunk. | Posted: Topic Replies: 66, Topic Views: 21804 |
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Quoting nanoron:
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Just updated to iPadOS 17.01 and iOS 17.01. DVD Profiler still seems to be working OK except for the black text on a black background in the search box of the Showcase tab on my iPad. Annoying, but not a major problem. I think we are good for another year.
If anyone notices anything else please report it here.
Thanks nanoron! Good to know. I haven't updated my iPad yet, but I will now! | Posted: Topic Replies: 13, Topic Views: 3592 |
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PprofilerMissing 2.3
I found a better way to identify DVD Profiler's main window than using the window title, so now this program works with any translated DVD Profiler without specifying the window title. A very minor improvement for most of you.
I also took the time to style the program:
And I added some very small fixes to the interface. So not any really important changes. | Posted: Topic Replies: 22, Topic Views: 15328 |
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Oops!
I screwed up. Twice!
1) The code that was supposed to test if HTTPJolie was available (and deselect it automatically if it was not) seems to have gone AWOL. This could cause ProfilerMissing to crash if you tried double-clicking a row. My sincerest apologies to anyone who had this problem.
2) I trusted a solution that I found on the Internet that showed how to ensure that a web page was always refreshed when opened. It seemed to work when I tested it, but I later discovered that it actually didn't. Apparently not everything you read on the Internet is correct! Who knew?
So, if you see an old version when you go to the download page, refresh your browser (usually F5).
Anyway, the test for HTTPJolie has been fixed.
And I have added another feature. Right-click in a row and you get a context menu with Search title in IMDB and Edit profile. The latter selects the profile in DVD Profiler and opens it for editing. It also open a small window that lists what is missing and positions it above Profiler. You can deselect that in Settings if you don't like it.
So, here is ProfilerMissing 2.2
PS: HTTPJolie really makes the integration a lot smoother. I highly recommend it! | Posted: Topic Replies: 22, Topic Views: 15328 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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And doesn't HTTPJolie have a profile update from xml?
It does, so that's not a problem. Implementing all the editing necessary is, especially since it is done better in Profiler itself than I could ever hope to do. | Posted: Topic Replies: 22, Topic Views: 15328 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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Wow this has the makings of a really nice editor. Can you in fact fill in missing info? Then send the updated profile to the local database?
Interesting thought, but ultimately a lot of work for little gain, I think. I will, however, add code to let the user select the profile and open it for editing. Not a great time saver, but it saves a couple of keystrokes. As I have indicated before, I don't want to try to do things that is better done in Profiler itself. | Posted: Topic Replies: 22, Topic Views: 15328 |