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I just got this response from iCollect Movies:
Yes, please send your exported collection from them over to us and we can import for you.
Sounds promising. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 23439 |
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Just got this from My Movies tech support:
This is still working in progress, as especially UI wise there are several things to improve - also the ability to upload the collection in zip is missing. But do give it a try:
https://themovie.network/Import
I haven't tried it yet. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 23439 |
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| iCollect Movies is another potential replacement. They claim you can send them a database from "nearly anywhere" and they will import it for you. However they don't specifically mention DVD Profiler. I've e-mailed their support folks for clarification. I'll let you know what they tell me. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 23439 |
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And a followup response:
We will up-prioritize the re-writing of the import feature for DVD Profiler - we are naturally very interested in getting as many DVD Profiler users to switch as possible.
We believe that our service offers by far the best option for those looking to switch with our data quality and coverage, and we know that many of the DVD Profiler users are of great value to our community.
I'm encouraged by their prompt responses. Let's hope they do a good job. I'll keep you posted. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 23439 |
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I then asked them this question:
Please explain more fully what you are suggesting I do. What would be the result of leaving the import at that point? A partial import stopping at the first problem item? A nearly complete import with only the problem items missing? The former is useless. The latter might be useable if there were not too items affected and they were somehow identified for later manual addition.
And got this response:
It means that when it shows a stopped progressbar, it is actually continuing in the background - so let it run and wait for an email. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 23439 |
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I got this response from MyMovies when I mentioned your and other's comments about the import hanging:
"There are indeed some files that the importer hangs on - we are working on writing a new importer.
But please do try the existing - note that you just leave it when the progress bar does not move."
Let's hope they fix it. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 23439 |
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| Just took the plunge and, while skipping 17.5, I updated my iPhone and iPad to iOS17.5.1. Everything seems to be working as before, though I have noticed syncing to my PC database seems a bit slower. This may be a temporary local network issue. I will update on this in a few days. | Posted: Topic Replies: 22, Topic Views: 18102 |
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| I bought a copy of MovieBuddy for my iPad for $5 to play around with. It only imports CSV files, however after a lot of tinkering I was able to import a test section of my library. Unfortunately, MovieBuddy uses IMDb ID and TMDb ID instead of UPC to retrieve film data. So while the import included the movie name and my personal data, it did not retrieve anything else. So in order for it to be useful, one has to include a film's IMDb ID and/or TMDb ID in the CSV import file. Right now, I don't know how to do that. Since I am not too keen on subscription services, I am considering subscribing temporarily to one of the apps you mentioned, importing my DVD Profiler data into it and then exporting a CSV file from it, which I then import into MovieBuddy, in the hope it will add IMDb ID and/or TMDb ID data. Whether this will work is anybody's guess. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 23439 |
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| I just tried to import my collection into MovieBuddy. While the xml to csv conversion is painfully achievable, MovieBuddy uses IMDb instead of UPC to identify entries. Since, as far as I can tell, DVD Profiler doesn't record IMDb, this is a non-starter. | Posted: Topic Replies: 49, Topic Views: 20350 |
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