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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorParsec
Registered: June 15, 2012
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Just in case any new users need a little extra help with some things, the community here do add various things to a 3rd party wiki. While this isn't Invelos content, it has been written by knowledgeable members of the community. There might be some things to help you become familiar with DvdProfiler.

The Profiler Wiki - just click the link to have a look.
Some of the current help available on the Wiki includes:

Tips and Tricks

    Adding a manual profile
    Adding Covers
    Boxset HowTo
    Cloning Profiles
    Command Line Arguments
    Context Menus
    Create Collection Categories
    Create your own web links in the DVDP Online menu
    Create, edit and set Tags
    Credit Photos
    Custom Genres
    Data Recovery
    How to add discs to boxsets
    How to distinguish between letterboxed and anamorphic
    Image naming conventions
    Keyboard Shortcuts
    Making mass changes
    Merging Databases
    Running DVD Profiler on Linux or Mac
    Share or export your DVD/BD-list
    Sort Title
    Speeding up DVD Profiler at start

Common Problems

    Correct the displayed date-format
    Delete phantom profile
    Workaround for "Paste and Append Crew"-problem
    Unable to add certain profiles to a Box-set
    Tempnote.html-Problem

Supplemental information to the Contribution Rules

    List of historic and commonly used aspect ratios
    Documented Birth Years
    List of Official Studio Names
    Studios Reference
    Profiles with full cast-crew submitted

Other

    Collected Feature Requests
    Running DVD Profiler on Linux or Mac
    Details on the Skin System
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDevion27
Registered: April 3, 2008
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Is there a way to add the BY on the BY Thread on this wiki, i see that some were added on the wiki and i think this would be the best place to have them??
http://www.mulligansmovies.com/
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Hmm.. good point. Although the only way I could do it would maybe to put a link to the thread or to Kluge's page on the wiki. That's all I could do with my access.

Maybe Mithi has a better idea, he has more access on the wiki.
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i just think we need to work on the BY in the wiki, i see it as full potential
http://www.mulligansmovies.com/
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMithi
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Is there a way to add the BY on the BY Thread on this wiki,...

Absolutely, you'll just need a login, which I would be happy so provide.

Also see e.g. this posting from an earlier thread regarding birthyears.

cya, Mithi
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Added 'Profiles with full cast-crew submitted' to the Supplemental information to the Contribution Rules section - new addition.
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantgrandkenyon82
Registered: April 21, 2013
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I am new to this software and have uploaded all my movies.  When setting the sort list, I am having trouble viewing the movies in the order I want.  Is there a way to have sequels of movies show up together in your list?  For instance, I have the entire James Bond collection and would like all the titles to show up grouped together.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
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This would work using the correct sort-title.

For sequels I usually use "Franchise Title" followed by the number (e.g.: James Bond 01 for Dr. No)
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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Quoting Lewis_Prothero:
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This would work using the correct sort-title.

For sequels I usually use "Franchise Title" followed by the number (e.g.: James Bond 01 for Dr. No)



Is the "franchise Title" something I can add via a drop down menu or do I just type it in next to the title?  I assuming you do this via "edit profile?"
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKathy
Registered: May 29, 2007
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Quoting grandkenyon82:
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Is the "franchise Title" something I can add via a drop down menu or do I just type it in next to the title?  I assuming you do this via "edit profile?"


Yes - you can organize your collection any way you want it.

For each title go to Edit > General Information > Basic Information > Sort Title.

Type in whatever title you want - for example James Bond 01.

Once you've changed the titles go to the top of the page to Collection > Reassign Collection Numbers > Reassign All Collection Numbers > Order by Title > Tick Okay.

This will change you collection to the way you want it.

Good luck!
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorperryoakridge
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Quoting grandkenyon82:
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For instance, I have the entire James Bond collection and would like all the titles to show up grouped together.


I had this similar problem with the James Bond movies as well as others in a series or franchise.  I started out as Lewis suggested by changing the Sort Title field (not the DVD Title!) to:
Bond 01: Dr. No
Bond 02: From Russia with Love
... (and so forth)

But this became hard for me to follow and insert with as I was slowly building a Bond collection, and buying out of sequence.  What ended up working best for me was to use the Production Year as the sequence number.  So now my Sort Title field looks like this:
Bond 1962: Dr. No
Bond 1963: From Russia with Love
... (and so forth)

This made it easier to insert titles into the sort without having to know a specific sequence number.  I also now use the same technique for other franchise series like Indiana Jones, Star Trek, and for concert videos of the same artists that occur in different years to keep them in sequence.

Hope this idea will work for you too! 
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nice post......  




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nice post......

A warm welcome to you, james30.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMithi
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The Wiki is experiencing some technical problems, so for the time being instead of the mainpage you'd have to
go to either Tips and Tricks, Basic Info or Common Problems

I emailed the owner and hope he can fix it ASAP.

Problem is fixed.
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wohl mehrfach im Beta-Forum angesprochen und angeblich lt. Ken behoben, wird nach wie vor eine völlig veraltete Übersetzung von mir mit dem DVDP mitgeliefert. Diese besitzt zwar einen anderen Dateinamen, jedoch waren die Damen und herren von invelos so intelligent und haben den internen Namen beibehalten. Nach Installation meiner aktuellen Übersetzung erscheinen daher im DVDP-Sprachauswahlmenü 2 (ZWEI) identische Einträge "Deutsch (German) - ZZ". Egal welchen ihr wählt, DVDP wählt fast immer den falschen! Daher muss im User-Ordner "Documents\DVD Profiler\Translations\" die Datei "German.dpt" gelö
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
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Post by smithjon above is a carboncopy of a previous posting by MichaelZZ in the Translation forum and should be treated as spam.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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