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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantlammezak
Registered: May 26, 2007
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The question I have is, how is it possible that some USERS can put dashes between the ciphers like 5565-67-678-987. I have tried this but I can't do it . The problem with this is that when I try to enter A Film too my Collection and use UPC code it is not recognized, but the film is there in the database but with dashes.???
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
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Registered: May 19, 2007
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The dashes are not added by the users but by the program (possibly for better readability).
Those dashes do not influence the search by EAN/UPC.

If the EAN in your example is one of those causing the trouble could you give the title of this DVD too?
The EAN doesn't seem to be in the database, so I would like to crosscheck via title.
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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As Silence says.

Maybe additional: If you enter a UPC by copy and paste with dashes the program removes them automatically for entering.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantCorma
Registered: July 29, 2007
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Here are some examples of what lammezak might have came across. I guess it were simply slightly wrong UPCs and the most obvious thing to see first is that the profiler sets the dashes differently if it's 12 or 13 numbers:

Berlin, Berlin: Staffel 4 is in the database as 828767-127194 and 0-828767-127194
I think the second UPC with 13 numbers is wrong but it's created by the ASIN (amazon article numbers) to EAN converter here:

http://erwinmayer.com/labs/asin2ean/index.php

Pretty nice tool in combination with the ordered and wishlist features but not perfect because it seems like it always adds a 0 if an EAN has only 12 numbers and that 'new' EAN is perfectly accepted by the profiler but won't find the 'corrrect' 12 numbered profile.

This one is a bit harder to see:

Journey To Promethea: 912002-734565 & 9-120027-345654
In this case the first one with 12 digits is wrong. It's missing the last number and entering the full EAN didn't bring up a profile untill a few days ago when it was uploaded again with the correct number.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantlammezak
Registered: May 26, 2007
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Quoting Silence_of_Lambs:
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The dashes are not added by the users but by the program (possibly for better readability).
Those dashes do not influence the search by EAN/UPC.

If the EAN in your example is one of those causing the trouble could you give the title of this DVD too?
The EAN doesn't seem to be in the database, so I would like to crosscheck via title.


Sorry, it was just an example not a real UPC code.
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantlammezak
Registered: May 26, 2007
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Quoting VirusPil:
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As Silence says.

Maybe additional: If you enter a UPC by copy and paste with dashes the program removes them automatically for entering.


I am always using the keyboard never copy past.
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