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| Registered: September 2, 2007 | | Posts: 39 |
| | Posted: | | | | There is an entry for this title in the database. It is flagged region 2/4, contains three complete season boxed sets (with individual URLs). Disk level profiles are available for the 4 disks in each season.
I have just purchased what appears to be a repackaged version. The top level URL and cover art are different and the cover info says region 2 only. It now contains 6 thin cases, each with 2 disks covering half a season. These have no individual URLs. The disks within them appear to share ids with the disks in the original single season sets (which probably means either this is region 2/4 or the original was season 2 only).
I'm not sure how I should enter this. Changing the URL and cover art etc for the top level and resubmitting (effectively a new entry) is easy, but how do I handle the 2-disk url-free covers? Can these be submitted without a URL? Finally, the disk-level profiles have the cover art for the season sets. If I leave this it looks silly in the new ultimate collection, if I change it then I screw up people with the old collection.
Or do I just submit a new URL/art for the top level and let everyone with this set implement a local solution?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | If when you are saying URL you mean UPC?... then that should be changed for top level. Have you checked that UPC to see if it was already in the database? If not then add it with new scans (don't use scans of other set for this).
If it is the same disc IDs for the child profiles... leave it as it is. The online database must show the original release information. But you can scan the new covers and change yours locally only. Remember to lock your covers so it don't overwrite yours on the next update. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: November 24, 2008 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | There do seem to be two releases for the United Kingdom... EAN-5014437931832 - Released 29/10/2007 - Cat: PHE 9318 EAN-5014437156938 - Released 31/10/2011 - Cat: PHE 1569 http://www.bva.org.uk/node/713010 | | | | Last edited: by GreyHulk |
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| Registered: September 2, 2007 | | Posts: 39 |
| | Posted: | | | | #Addicted2DVD
URL, UPC, PVC bah - too many 3-letter acronyms.
Thanks for the prompt reply, but what do I do about the middle layer? Should I make the 12 disks direct children of the top layer box and just forget the UPC-free middle layer cases. That seems easiest but may be a little confusing for later users.
The new UPC iwas simply flagged as unknown when I first tried to add it. But see below
#Greyhulk
Now I am really confused. The second UPC is the one I have but it did not show up either in a search by UPC or name. I'll try forcing a manual profile update (it had updated automatically when I started DVDprofiler).
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Oops, I think I misunderstood Greyhulk - I thought he was saying both were in the database. | | | | Last edited: by LenG |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,217 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting LenG: Quote:
Or do I just submit a new URL/art for the top level and let everyone with this set implement a local solution? This! The Disc-ID-profiles are a case of "first/original release trumps". The inner covers are also incontributable, you could add the to your local collection as manual profiles. (e.g. I would only create 3 manual profiles for the 3 season as those are the ones counting for me) cya, Mithi PS As for the regions: Always(!) remember: change only information that you can prove to be wrong. And for information such as regions, the covers are no reliable source. Use tools like DVD Decrypter, DVD Info or mediadogg's Profile Contribution Assistant. | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Is there casing for the middle level on the set you have? If not then don't make one. If there is... does the middle level casing has it's own UPC? If not then if you do make one for it... it would have to be locally only.
A lot of sets I have like this has no middle (season) level packaging... so I just put all the discs as child profiles to the parent level profile. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: November 24, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes I meant two releases in the UK, but not necessarily both in the database.  If the 'middle-layer' cases have no barcodes, as you say, then submit each disc as a Disc-ID profile. You mention that they're already in the database as Disc IDs for the earlier sets. If they are, just download each disc as you identify them and put them under that new 'Box Set' barcode of yours. | | | | Last edited: by GreyHulk |
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| Registered: September 2, 2007 | | Posts: 39 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks Mithi, Greyhulk That's the easiest solution for me anyway  I'm not a purist - provided my local database shows me what I have I don't mind minor inaccuracies (I can always make a note) but I don't want to make submissions which screw things up for other people. For the record, AnyDVD confirms the disks are region 2/4 despite what both the cover and the disk label say. | | | | Last edited: by LenG |
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| Registered: September 2, 2007 | | Posts: 39 |
| | Posted: | | | | OK, one more question before I pull out what is left of my hair. I'm sure there is an obvious way to do this - so obvious that I can't see it.
How do I associate an existing disk-level profile with a new collection? They do not show up in the list of titles in the Box Set tab when editing and I can't see why not. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,217 |
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| Registered: September 2, 2007 | | Posts: 39 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ahhhh. I'm not going mad after all. I removed the single-season sets from the "ultimate" set but left them around, which prevents me from seeing them in the list. It is an odd restriction, but I don't suppose many people own two or more boxed sets which share common disks. Thanks again. But not for the wig suggestion  |
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