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Any interest in that?

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Any interest in that?

I think this is a great idea. Your plugin is already helpful to find all technical informations, and creating directly a profile with contributable informations is the best way to avoid errors.  We could get rapidly profiles used as a start point for more information.

Unfortunately, it does not solve the main problem, which is how to get usable cast/crew data. And this problem cannot be solved without rules change. Either you follow rules and get unlinkable data, either you want correct linking and cannot contribute. Every user who chooses second solution cannot contribute more than your technical data, which is anyway a good thing. 

An automated process would be beneficial but if it's reliant on a program such as AnyDVD, as is BDInfo, then it won't be that useful to most users and may cause more problems than not.

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I typically only contribute the Basics  Cast/UPS/Cover Scans - Personally I am not going to fight people of crew stuff, and I don't particularly care for Crew info any way.

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I have some issues with BluRays submissions as I don't have a way to get disc id's. A few examples of this would be the Matric BlueRay collection with The Matrix, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Rebellion and Animatrix. It is a 4 disc Fan Favorite thing and I cant add the discs to build a profile for it.

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The reason I don't contribute new releases is because I seldom buy movies when they first come out.

I think this may be one of the big reasons contributions *appear* to have slowed down whereas (as Ken says) they have actually been quite consistent. I would guess that lot of people (certainly including myself) with large collections have realised that the difference in price between a DVD when they bought it and when they finally watch it is quite significant so whereas lots of us used to purchase on day of release we now wait until the price drops significantly (to a point where it probably won't drop much more) - in my case for DVDs about 1/3 RRP, BDs about 1/2 RRP saving significant money but meaning new releases don't hit the database so quickly.

Also (and this is backed up by mreeder50's comment plus my own observations of what *has* been contributed) collectors ie. the sort of people more likely to use DVDP (not the general public) have tended to move to Blu-ray for the blockbuster title releases so I often see the BD contributed quite early but the DVD not for months so if you enter the EAN/UPC for the DVD you won't see anything about the new title.

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I'm curious what the problems are that you refer to? I don't mean to try to change your opinion, I just don't understand the point, so I am asking merely for clarification, not to argue.

My comment wasn't meant to be a knock on your program and it would certainly be useful for some of us.  However, if this were to be integrated into the DVD Profiler program, as a standard feature, I can see it causing more issues than not.  It's likely most users won't purchase the required software to take advantage of this feature.  I could also see users being confused as to why a feature isn't working properly if they don't have the required third-party software.  Then there is also the legality aspect of such programs, from the studios' perspective, in the US.

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It seems that the most prolific contributors want it just as it is - do it by hand or die trying! 

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Thanks again. But my original automation idea has gone the way of the proverbial ""lead balloon". It seems that the most prolific contributors want it just as it is - do it by hand or die trying! 

Well, DVDPca was a great idea. However, it doesn't (and can't) help with the really tedious stuff; cast, crew, studios and overview. I find DVDPca helpful when there are lots of subtitle tracks and audio tracks. But since I mostly profile older and/or minor titles, that is seldom a problem for me.