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Which Media Types Allowed on iPad DVD Profiler?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantOzzie
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I have a growing collection of Downloaded Digital Videos from iTunes, that I would like to include in my Data Base.  On DVD Profiler in windows I see there is an option for DVD, Blu-ray or both.  I also see a drop down menu for other types of media.  I am using "Digital" and it does label the cover art on the PC version of DVD Profiler with the words "AppleTV", but this is not reflected on the iPad version.

Is "Digital" the label I should use?

Is there an icon it can display on the iPad version of DVD profiler to designate it as an Apple Video File?

Can I add my own icon so that it appears in DVD Profiler on the iPad the same way the DVD and Blu-ray icons appear?
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Yes...it is possible. I've created both Custom Categories and Custom Media Types for my iTunes Digital Copies. I still need to create an icon though for the Digital Copy Media Type to display just as the DVD and Blu-ray icons do. I know it can be done because I already created an icon for my Custom Media Type of Blu-ray 3D which displays in DVDP and DVDP iOS on my iPod Touch. Here are some screen caps of DVDP iOS on my iPod:

PIC SHOWING MY CUSTOM CATEGORY OF DIGITAL COPY


PIC SHOWING MY DIGITAL COPY MANUAL PROFILES


PIC SHOWING MY CUSTOM MEDIA TYPE BLU-RAY 3D ICON
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantOzzie
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Hey thanks for your images!

I created a Media Type "Digital" and synced it, but I am not able to add a custom icon in the size allocated (128 x 128) for mobile.  I did select "Mobile Devices (128 x 128) and pointed it to a PNG file that is 128X 128 but it does not show up like your green Digital Copy stack does.  I made it smaller 64 X 64 and it still will not show up like your green stack in the Digital category does like in your first image.  If I select one of the default icons it does work, so I imagine something is wrong with my png image, maybe color depth?

Now I was able to add a custom logo that shows up like your "Blu-Ray 3D" does on your last image, but on the iPad and iPhone the logo shows up squished in from the sides i.e. tall and skinny, on DVDP in the PC it looks normal.

Also just like in your image "Digital Copy" shows up as 0 total, and I have already added 12 in this category but it is not showing up?

Also I got rid of the category "Wish List & Ordered" since I do not use it.
Right now I have the following tabs:
Owned (1229)
All (1229)
Digital (0)  Trying to show actual number (12) but unable.
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I'll have to check on the icon images when I get home from work. But as far as your Digital Copy count goes, I purposely set my "Count As" to 0 so as not to artificially inflate my overall profile count. If you want your digital copies to be counted, you need to right-click on each digital copy title and "Personalize" each one changing the "count as" to 1.
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I would not want to inflate my count either, I was hoping that the "Owned" category would reflect the total count (DVD + Blu-ray + Digital) as I think it does now, and then have the "Digital" tab only show my downloaded movies but not have it double counted.


I have been playing around with various Apple TV logos, but still unable to stop it from getting squished.
This is the latest one I tried.
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You could do your profile count one of two ways:

1) Set your Digital Copy Category to "Not include in Owned Category" and set the "count as" on your Digital Copy profiles to 1.

or

2) Set your Digital Copy Category to "Include in Owned Category" and set the "count as" on your Digital Copy profiles to 0.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantOzzie
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Thanks 8ball, that worked like a charm.  I still have not figured out why the Digital AppleTV Logo looks fine on DVDP PC and gets squished on the sides when viewed on i-devices.
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You're welcome. Glad you got it sorted . Sorry I didn't have time to check out why your icon get's pintched on your ipad...things are a little crazy here at home. I'll test it on my iPod Touch tonight when I get home from work.
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Quoting Ozzie:
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I have been playing around with various Apple TV logos, but still unable to stop it from getting squished.
This is the latest one I tried.


Your icon is too large...that's why its not displaying properly on your iPad. I've reduced the width to 40x34 and now it displays fine on my iPod.



Edit: I take that back. It displays fine on the title list screen but its squished on the actual title screen. I can't figure out why. It does the same thing with my own Digital Copy icon.

DISPLAYS FINE ON THIS SCREEN



DISPLAYS SQUISHED ON THIS SCREEN

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantOzzie
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I have been away for work and have not been able to check back here till now.
I also tried the icon you made smaller and same issue pinched in on the sides.

I have tried other icons in carious small sizes but the results is the same when viewed on my iPad.
Hopefully we can figure this out.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantOzzie
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Any luck in unsquishing the image?

I have not been able to figure this out, I have to believe that it is something in the program that needs fixing rather than something we can fix.
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