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Can DVD Profiler answer this question, "Who is the actor that prevails in your movie collection?"
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantjamestech
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Can DVD Profiler answer this question, "Who is the actor that prevails in your movie collection?"
Why?...I wanted to reply in THIS thread at Blu-ray.com but I have way too many movie to be able to know the answer to it.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorJimmy S
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Not in DVDP itself but some plugin can do it.

I use Simple Statistics for that, you can get it here.
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Can DVD Profiler answer this question, "Who is the actor that prevails in your movie collection?

I vaguely remember a plugin that queried the database and took a lot longer when you also loaded cast/crew data.
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Can DVD Profiler answer this question, "Who is the actor that prevails in your movie collection?"

Database Query can do this also.

cya, Mithi
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Thanks guys, so is there any chance that these plugins can do any software damage to DVD Profiler or are they safe to go ahead and use?
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Thanks guys, so is there any chance that these plugins can do any software damage to DVD Profiler or are they safe to go ahead and use?

As a plugin developer, I can tell you that there is no higher objective for us than to "do no harm." The plugins mentioned here have been made by trusted members of the community. I use one of them myself.

That being said, in general, no software can be considered totally "safe." The user, you, are responsible for backing up the DVDP database, backing up your system, and using adequate anti-virus and firewall precautions, and then being sure to only put software on your system from trusted sources. (@Blair - I think you added a valuable additional perspective - its all good!  BTW I don't type fast - I'm just bored and alone - my wife is out of town and I don't feel like programming, so I'm just trolling Forums ...)
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I've never used Simple Statistics (so I have on idea how it works, be it inside or outside for Profiler), but I trust Jimmy's judgment that it is safe.

Database Query has been around for a quote a while, tested and used by a mass of users with no one to my knowledge describing "software damage." As described, however, it can take quite a while to load cast/crew data (several minutes if your collection including wishlist and other folders) is very large.



EDIT: Stop typing so fast, mediadogg! You always beat me to the punch 
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Can DVD Profiler answer this question, "Who is the actor that prevails in your movie collection?"

Database Query can do this also.

cya, Mithi



Thanks a lot guys, I went ahead and installed this app, now how in the heck do I find the answer to my question?    There are like a jillion options and I can't figure it out.

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I went ahead and installed this app, now how in the heck do I find the answer to my question?    There are like a jillion options and I can't figure it out.

Click on "Begin".

Just kidding.

Then:

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Thanks, I think I got it, LINK.

So it also says "Query Results - 3591 rows" is that how many credited actors there are in my collection?
I do not see a list of the actors that only appear once in my collection, it looks like it found the actors that are credited 2 times or more.  ?? Thanks a bunch guys, BTW I get hammered all the time for not putting my collection in at Blu-ray.com but why? DVD Profiler is the best!  :whip: emoticon
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42 Clint Eastwood's! I am jealous! I only have 5 but for some reason The Man with No Name Trilogy
did not come up, he is of course the star of those!
5 the app found were....
Dirty Harry
Gran Torino
Milllion Dollar Baby
Pale Rider
Unforgiven
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42 Clint Eastwood's! I am jealous!


Keep in mind that these numbers can be (can be, not are!) misleading. For example, I have the first season of Rawhide (you know, the song from Blues Brothers ) and that alone ups my Clint Eastwood count by 6 to 16.
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42 Clint Eastwood's! I am jealous!

And rightly so. After all we are talking about profiles.
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42 Clint Eastwood's! I am jealous! I only have 5 but for some reason The Man with No Name Trilogy
did not come up, he is of course the star of those!
5 the app found were....
Dirty Harry
Gran Torino
Milllion Dollar Baby
Pale Rider
Unforgiven


Sounds like you haven't added the child profiles for the No Name Trilogy. The parent profile of a box set usually does not contain any cast or crew data.
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42 Clint Eastwood also but my tops is Jackie Chan 68
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Sounds like you haven't added the child profiles for the No Name Trilogy. The parent profile of a box set usually does not contain any cast or crew data.


I guess that would explain it then. I guess I am proud of my collection then because my 542 DVD collection is literally 542 DVDs, and that is counting box sets as 1. So I gotta add the child profiles to get an accurate prevailing actor count eh? That kinda sucks.
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