The thing I would most is to be able to track my Video Game collection. I would like to have the program manage / keep a separate database of the video games, I would like to the video games to have their own collection numbers. Currently I use https://vgcollect.com/ to track my video games , it has a nice on-line database, but there is no stand alone program. It can export your collection (I can't remember if the the export is in CSV or XML format.)

The third type of collection I would like  to track is my books.

As far as collecting movies, instead of just front and back covers, I wish the program could handle images of the full cover and scans of the individual discs. Currently, I keep the  full cover scans and scans of the individual discs in the gallery, but I wish they would have their own fields like the front and back covers.

I'm not sure how typical I am of Profiler users, but the greatest features for me are:

(1) the collaborative attention to the building of accurate and useful profile information
(2) the ability to almost effortlessly download information for a newly obtained DVD
(3) the ability to integrate other aspects of the media such as trailers, reviews, cast / crew info, and the movies themselves
(4) a collaborative forum for sharing information and ideas
(5) ability to customize the program via layouts, custom views, HTML windows, docking windows
(6) ability to use filters and create reports
(7) ability to augment the functionality via plugins
(8) cross platform sharing on Android and iOS
(9) cross platform client / server operations using a windows based server

None of the things that you mentioned would be important enough to me personally to switch from simply using DVD Profiler itself as a standalone program, even if I had to write my own plugin for "cloud" operations.

The very useful notion of separating film data from product data could possibly be accomplished by use of the custom and alternate profile IDs which were created partly to allow people to implement a different concept of metadata organization.

If you were to invest your formidable skills towards preserving the legacy of accurate metadata and collaboration among dedicated individuals, I would vote for a forum / online to pick up the slack in case of that awful event you mentioned. Having a better standalone, IMHO, does not address the greatest risk of losing Invelos - it is the risk of losing the value of collaboration and customization.

If I was to add things I wish we had to Profiler now ...

The ability to correctly record the language of a film (none of this 'Other' crap) and to notate that a film has multiple languages - such as The Innocents (2016) which is in French and Polish, or The Great Match (2006) which is in Kazajo, Tamashek, and Tupi - in a single language track.

The ability to filter films in the iOS by country without having blank values for the non-major countries.

Like Gsyren said above, the ability to record more than 3 entries for country of origin and studio.

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The thing I would most is to be able to track my Video Game collection. I would like to have the program manage / keep a separate database of the video games, I would like to the video games to have their own collection numbers. Currently I use https://vgcollect.com/ to track my video games , it has a nice on-line database, but there is no stand alone program. It can export your collection (I can't remember if the the export is in CSV or XML format.)

What steps do I need to do, to start a separate database for my video games, that will have different collection numbers from my movie collection?

I want it  to be totally separate form my DVD collection.

There are a couple of users that have done this - way long ago. Try a forum search with "video games" or similar. Maybe you can find those old posts.

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What steps do I need to do, to start a separate database for my video games, that will have different collection numbers from my movie collection?

I want it  to be totally separate form my DVD collection.

File / Open Database / New Database

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What steps do I need to do, to start a separate database for my video games, that will have different collection numbers from my movie collection?

I want it  to be totally separate form my DVD collection.

File / Open Database / New Database

Thanks!
So simple, but I did know that (or if I did, I forgot).

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In that context, I have always dreamed of having a way to focus more on the artists.

Interesting! How would you envision that implemented? Would you be satisfied with a notes field plus links to external sites, or would you require some kind of structured data (to make it easier to search, perhaps?)

Oh man, please don't do any work on this!!!!    OMG I am not worth the effort. Please, any of your efforts focus on those guys who are the backbone of DVDP - the contributors!

But, following along just as a thought experiment, what I am thinking of goes way beyond a notes field. There was a thread a while back where somebody mentioned a site. I'll try to find it.  For example, often performers are members of groups prior to going solo. And they move around. So, who were the "XXX Band" in 1963? Or what groups did "Molly Milly" sing in from 2001 - 2008? Who were the members of Morning Musume in 2003? What bands did "Davey Drummer" play with before going solo in 1987?

Ability to save lots of pics and head shots. Links to and notes about trivia. Celebrity parent / sibling / spouse linkages. Stuff like that. Obviously there are tons of web sites devoted to that stuff. But it would be fun to keep tarck of a few of my favorites in the context of the movies or other media they have been a part of.

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If I was to add things I wish we had to Profiler now ...

The ability to correctly record the language of a film (none of this 'Other' crap) and to notate that a film has multiple languages - such as The Innocents (2016) which is in French and Polish, or The Great Match (2006) which is in Kazajo, Tamashek, and Tupi - in a single language track.

The ability to filter films in the iOS by country without having blank values for the non-major countries.

Like Gsyren said above, the ability to record more than 3 entries for CoOs and studios.

I completely agree with removing the Other crap and having all languages and subtitle languages available including "country specific" Audio Descriptive, Audio Tracks and Subtitle Tracks. Also more than 3 Genres.

You cannot play 3D only discs on a regular Blu-ray player so it should have its own Media Type. Difinitive cover types to match all the possible cover and slip covers out there.