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Registered: April 16, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 117 |
| Posted: | | | | I prefer to add dvds by title, not barcode. After entering the movie title I select the profile that either exactly matches my dvd barcode or the closest match. There is a Locality drop down box where you can select 1 country at a time. Can we have an option to preselect a number of Localities rather than having to search them one at a time? I live in Canada but often the dvds I buy can originate from either Canada or The U.S. Having the option to select multiple Localities would save me the pain of having to switch back and forth. Apologies if this has been requested before. I tried using the forum search function but it keeps timing out. KC | | | "Man who goes through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok."
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,493 |
| Posted: | | | | I have the same thoughts as KC .., If I only put in the bar-code ( of my Canadian locality ) I 'd get a profile that often has lousy scans/ no cast/crew different over view/ and many other abnormality.
Most Important - The two areas that must be looked at effectively is the SRP and the Ratings. These two areas separate the Canadian and USA locality's. and as well if the cover art is filled with French Language the Original ( in hand) art will be substituted .. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,197 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Kinky Cyborg: Quote: I prefer to add dvds by title, not barcode. After entering the movie title I select the profile that either exactly matches my dvd barcode or the closest match. There is a Locality drop down box where you can select 1 country at a time.
Can we have an option to preselect a number of Localities rather than having to search them one at a time? I live in Canada but often the dvds I buy can originate from either Canada or The U.S. Having the option to select multiple Localities would save me the pain of having to switch back and forth.
Why not just preselect region 1? It should only bring up the Canadian and US profiles if I'm not mistaken. | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 13,202 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Kinky Cyborg: Quote: I prefer to add dvds by title, not barcode. If I may ask, why? Entering by barcode will get you the exact release you have, assuming it is in the db, and you won't have to worry about any of the other stuff. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free. - Citizen G'Kar |
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Registered: April 16, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 117 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting KinoNiki: Quote: Quoting Kinky Cyborg:
Quote: I prefer to add dvds by title, not barcode. After entering the movie title I select the profile that either exactly matches my dvd barcode or the closest match. There is a Locality drop down box where you can select 1 country at a time.
Can we have an option to preselect a number of Localities rather than having to search them one at a time? I live in Canada but often the dvds I buy can originate from either Canada or The U.S. Having the option to select multiple Localities would save me the pain of having to switch back and forth.
Why not just preselect region 1? It should only bring up the Canadian and US profiles if I'm not mistaken. I was under the same impression at first but if the United States was selected as my locality then the Canadian entries are omitted and vice versa. | | | "Man who goes through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok."
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Registered: April 16, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 117 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote: Quoting Kinky Cyborg:
Quote: I prefer to add dvds by title, not barcode. If I may ask, why? Entering by barcode will get you the exact release you have, assuming it is in the db, and you won't have to worry about any of the other stuff. I used to do it that way but then more often then not my barcode would not be in the database and so I would end up going back to the Search by Title tab anyways. I just found it saved time to just search by title and see if I could spy the corresponding UPC that matched my DVD and if not then select the closest match. I didn't even realize until some time later that I was not seeing all the Canadian database entries unless I selected Canada as the Locality, which then made all the US entries disappear. | | | "Man who goes through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok."
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Registered: April 16, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 117 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote: I have the same thoughts as KC .., If I only put in the bar-code ( of my Canadian locality ) I 'd get a profile that often has lousy scans/ no cast/crew different over view/ and many other abnormality.
Most Important - The two areas that must be looked at effectively is the SRP and the Ratings. These two areas separate the Canadian and USA locality's. and as well if the cover art is filled with French Language the Original ( in hand) art will be substituted .. I definitely compare the quality of the artwork when selecting a profile. The SRP has little use to me as I don't track it and while I've noticed a difference in the rating systems between the two countries that isn't important enough to me to be a deal breaker of any sort. | | | "Man who goes through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok."
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Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,018 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Kinky Cyborg: Quote: Quoting KinoNiki:
Quote: Quoting Kinky Cyborg:
Quote: I prefer to add dvds by title, not barcode. After entering the movie title I select the profile that either exactly matches my dvd barcode or the closest match. There is a Locality drop down box where you can select 1 country at a time.
Can we have an option to preselect a number of Localities rather than having to search them one at a time? I live in Canada but often the dvds I buy can originate from either Canada or The U.S. Having the option to select multiple Localities would save me the pain of having to switch back and forth.
Why not just preselect region 1? It should only bring up the Canadian and US profiles if I'm not mistaken.
I was under the same impression at first but if the United States was selected as my locality then the Canadian entries are omitted and vice versa. KinoNiki's suggestion was to select region 1 and leave Locality set at Any. Thus, you should get all US, Canadian and Quebecan profiles. | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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Registered: April 16, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 117 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting dee1959jay: Quote: Quoting Kinky Cyborg:
Quote: Quoting KinoNiki:
Quote: Quoting Kinky Cyborg:
Quote: I prefer to add dvds by title, not barcode. After entering the movie title I select the profile that either exactly matches my dvd barcode or the closest match. There is a Locality drop down box where you can select 1 country at a time.
Can we have an option to preselect a number of Localities rather than having to search them one at a time? I live in Canada but often the dvds I buy can originate from either Canada or The U.S. Having the option to select multiple Localities would save me the pain of having to switch back and forth.
Why not just preselect region 1? It should only bring up the Canadian and US profiles if I'm not mistaken.
I was under the same impression at first but if the United States was selected as my locality then the Canadian entries are omitted and vice versa.
KinoNiki's suggestion was to select region 1 and leave Locality set at Any. Thus, you should get all US, Canadian and Quebecan profiles. I just looked at that and yes it would work as it does include Canada, and U.S.... and Italy, and Germany, and Brazil, and Spain, the Netherlands, etc... So really going that route doesn't confine entries to Region 1 releases. Again, it will work but really one should be able to filter more precisely. KC | | | "Man who goes through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok."
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Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,018 |
| Posted: | | | | The ones you got from outside region 1 are most likely multi-region releases which include region 1. Unticking the "Include no region" box might help somewhat, but you will still have the releases that are e.g. encoded for regions 1-3. | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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