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| Registered: November 7, 2007 | | Posts: 7 |
| | Posted: | | | | Guys... (To all)
Not sure if this stays within the ethos of DVD profiler, but as HD space keeps getting cheaper, a load of our (mine at least) DVD end up on the hard drive either as an image or an AVI file to play on my laptop when traveling.
My feature request, would be to link a profile to a physical location on the HD, and then have the ability to play it directly within the app (or at least for it to call an external application to play the DVD)
If DVD Profiler did this (and it may do, I just have not found it yet), then this would be by far the best video media application on the market... Well to be quite honest it already is... ;-)
Rgds
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 366 |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | Or use a HTML window. |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,456 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting nolesrule: Quote:
Write a plugin. Done. It's called LoadDVD. Will play anything from just about anywhere, including mediachangers like the Sony VAIO VGPXL1B1/2/3. Of course, it would be cool to have the function integrated into the base product, but why bog Ken down with "device support". Plugin makes it easier for a grunt like me to focus on it. | | | Thanks for your support.
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Hey, new product!!! BDPFrog. | | | | Last edited: by mediadogg |
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| Registered: May 15, 2007 | | Posts: 25 |
| | Posted: | | | | Personally I think right now this goes away from the ethos of DVD Profiler. It's a way to catalogue your collection. A bunch of DivX movies simply doesn't come part of my collection. Maybe one day when we all download movies but not now.
It could probably do with a new title though. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Um...you don't even need a plugin. It's a simple matter of enabling html in the notes option and then adding an html link pointing to the file in your profile notes. The file will open with whatever program you have associated with that filetype just by clicking the link. Easy as pie. That's what I've done for all my movie trailers that are stored locally. They're all saved as avi and I've got a "Play Trailer" link in each profile's notes section. Looks something like: <A HREF="C:\TRAILERS\2001.avi">Play Trailer</A> |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
Um...you don't even need a plugin. It's a simple matter of enabling html in the notes option and then adding an html link pointing to the file in your profile notes. The file will open with whatever program you have associated with that filetype just by clicking the link. Easy as pie. That's what I've done for all my movie trailers that are stored locally. They're all saved as avi and I've got a "Play Trailer" link in each profile's notes section. Looks something like:
<A HREF="C:\TRAILERS\2001.avi">Play Trailer</A> I use the code below in a HTML window. Quote:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
<DP NAME="HEADER_VARS" Language="JavaScript" Comments="True" IncludeCast="False" IncludeCrew="False">
//-->
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language=javascript>
window.onload = window_onload;
function window_onload() {
var i;
myloop: for (i = 0; i < DP_Tags.length; i++) {
switch (DP_Tags[i]) {
case "ztrailer/WMV":
idPlay.href = "F:\\Trailers\\" + DP_CollectionNumber + ".wmv";
break myloop;
case "ztrailer/MOV":
idPlay.href = "F:\\Trailers\\" + DP_CollectionNumber + ".mov";
break myloop;
case "ztrailer/VOB":
idPlay.href = "F:\\Trailers\\" + DP_CollectionNumber + ".vob";
break myloop;
}
}
if (i >= DP_Tags.length) {
// Remove link if there is no trailer tag
idPlay.removeNode(true);
}
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<A id=idPlay href="#">Play Trailer</A>
</BODY>
</HTML>
I used to do the same as you but I became tired of having to put the link in each profile. Now I just rename the trailer with the collection number it has in DVDP then put it in 'F:/trailers'. Also useful if you need to change the location of your trailers.  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | I...ummm...okay, you can do that too.  Crap, now I've got to redo all my links.  Seriously though, that's a heck of a lot more flexible than what I was doing and I'll be adopting it soon. The interesting thing is that once I start, I can never really renumber my collection. Something I would have to watch out for as I tend to do that every now and again as I replace older titles and create holes. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 404 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
I...ummm...okay, you can do that too.
Crap, now I've got to redo all my links.
Seriously though, that's a heck of a lot more flexible than what I was doing and I'll be adopting it soon. The interesting thing is that once I start, I can never really renumber my collection. Something I would have to watch out for as I tend to do that every now and again as I replace older titles and create holes. Don't know the extent of the all the variables, but wouldn't it be easier to use UPC number instead of collection number, and rename the files that way? | | | The Other DVD Forum
Why do people who know the least know it the loudest? |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | It would become a mess with child profiles, depending on how the variables are exposed. As it stands, I can already see issues when a single profile contains more than one movie. If I happen to have two trailers associated with one profile this might misbehave. |
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| Registered: January 3, 2008 | | Posts: 2 |
| | Posted: | | | | Am now ripping all of my DVD's onto my file-server, as a backup of the DVD and to have the whole movie library on my network so I can play it directly on my projector with a few klick's on my keyboard.
Am using winamp for my music collection and are now looking for a program that can do the same with my DVD collection.
I want to be able to search for a movie.
When I get the search result I want to be able to see info about the movie, a link to a trailer and a link to the movie itself.
Each movie is stored in a seperate folder and are a full ripp with no compression.
As I have between 250-300 DVD's it will be a lot of work to set everything up.
Now, can anyone please tell me it this is the program for the job?
I really dont want to do this job twice if I dont have to... |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | An HTML window (or a few, depending on how you want it to look) should be able to do what you want it to do. Simply adapt the Trailer HTML window to point to the movie files instead. Have a look in the Layouts forum for other variations and ways of doing this.
You could also look into the LoadDVD plugin (try the plugins forum), which can also play DVD files from a hard drive. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Teza:
There are many such programs available...but you aren't going to get them for anywhere close to $30. Beyond the concept of Profiler. I doubt seriously if you would be willing to pay Ken several hundred dollars for what you want to do, but that is what they cost. Thought the plug-in is a way around.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video | | | | Last edited: by Winston Smith |
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| Registered: January 3, 2008 | | Posts: 2 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
Teza:
There are many such programs available...but you aren't going to get them for anywhere close to $30. Beyond the concept of Profiler. I doubt seriously if you would be willing to pay Ken several hundred dollars for what you want to do, but that is what they cost. Thought the plug-in is a way around.
Skip Could you give me a example or two on these programs please. Am actually willing to pay quite a bit to get a program, if the program is exactly what I need/want. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Cinemar is one option that quickly comes to mind. DVDLobby Pro actually supports DVD Profiler, IIRC. |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,456 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Teza: Quote:
Quoting skipnet50:
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Teza:
There are many such programs available...but you aren't going to get them for anywhere close to $30. Beyond the concept of Profiler. I doubt seriously if you would be willing to pay Ken several hundred dollars for what you want to do, but that is what they cost. Thought the plug-in is a way around.
Skip
Could you give me a example or two on these programs please.
Am actually willing to pay quite a bit to get a program, if the program is exactly what I need/want. Somebody already told you the best program - for $30 (DVDProfiler) - you get what you want, with multiple options even: HTML windows, or a plugin (or both). When my wife goes to play a moviie, she doesn't know or care whether it comes from the HTPC hard drive or my 200 disc DVD changer. She just clicks on the toolbar icon (one for each disc, trailer, etc. in the DVD profile) | | | Thanks for your support.
Free Plugins available here.
Advanced plugins available here.
Hey, new product!!! BDPFrog. | | | | Last edited: by mediadogg |
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