Could it be the location that DVD Profiler is installed in? I've heard there could be problems with DVD Profiler installed in c:\Program Files (x86)\. I was under the impression that it should be located in the User\Documents folder.

Apturbo -  When in doubt .. Full Format will fix anything ....

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Can someone tell me the best way to "rebuild" a database without manually creating everything from scratch?  I've been having constant problems and I'm not going to get into anymore arguments related to hardware issues.  Let's not go there.  All I want to know is how do I "rebuild" a db so we can rule out any db issues?

Thanks.

ps.  Mediadoog, I am running the latest and greatest LoadDVD now... like what you've done with the little Play DVD icon, combining into one thus saving time to refresh on multi disc movies, although having a rough time figuring out how I'm going to automate playing with autohotkey now when trying to pick a disk in these situations.

Quoting apturbo:

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Can someone tell me the best way to "rebuild" a database without manually creating everything from scratch?  I've been having constant problems and I'm not going to get into anymore arguments related to hardware issues.  Let's not go there.  All I want to know is how do I "rebuild" a db so we can rule out any db issues?

Thanks.

ps.  Mediadoog, I am running the latest and greatest LoadDVD now... like what you've done with the little Play DVD icon, combining into one thus saving time to refresh on multi disc movies, although having a rough time figuring out how I'm going to automate playing with autohotkey now when trying to pick a disk in these situations.

Regarding LoadDVD the hotkeys should work. Didn't I include info about that in the announcement? I thought I fixed some bugs and made it work, even in the new scheme. Please try it and let me know.

Regarding "last ditch" rebuilding of a database, maybe BulkEdit?
(1) Open a new database
(2) Define as much as you can remember of custom categories, mediatypes, users, retailers, etc. This is overkill, but it can't hurt.
(3) Start BulkEdit and load the most recent copy of collection.xml or any CSV file that you created with CSV Export that includes the UPC
(4) If the load is successful, "Refresh Flagged" before you do any further editing. You can do this either inside or outside BulkEdit and it will cause a download of the official Invelos data, which will overwrite what was imported, giving you updated profiles with any personal data that was in the profiles. For maximum safety, backup the database and do a repair before editing, then backup again.

Let us know how it goes.

Mediadogg, what hotkeys are talking about, I don't know what you mean by "announcements".  If you do a ctrl+0 or ctrl+1 it works but in the case of multidisc you'd have to do something beyond this to select a disk in the group.  I'm hoping you are refering to something I'm not aware of that will make automating easier.

As for rebuilding the db, it doesn't appear there is anything much with in reason I can do other than the built in tool for fixing issues becuase I've got a lot of custom stuff I'm put into every movie like my own images, loaddvd settings (i.e. .iso file name, rs232 disk location, etc.).  If I use the built it fix tool after something goes wrong it generally takes care of the problems for a while then I have to do it all over again.  Also finding I have to rebuild thumbnails a lot to get rid of the blank red thumbnails.  I've done all the hardware tests and everything is fine, chkdsk /f /r, all that good stuff.  Put in new video cards, lots of things, I'm not having problems with any other software on my machine and haven't for a long time, just DVDP.

nope, never heard of it.

Mediadogg,

I assume this error is coming from your plugin... it happens every once in a while and no idea why, the message reads:

TITLE is "dvdpro.exe - No Disk"

BIG X .... "there is no disk in the drive.  Please insert a disk into drive Z:"

drive Z is a virtual drive, the message happens soon after initiating your plugin, i.e. playing a movie located on my pc

also cannot seem to close the error window either, i have cancel, try again, and continue, attempting to close and even taskkill doesn't work.

this error is not repeatable as it just happens once in a while, same movie will work fine second time a round after restarting dvdprofiler

thanks bud!

Quoting mediadogg:

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I will need to have all the details of what you are doing. That message is not being generated by LoadDVD, but rather by a program that is called as a result of attempting to play a disc in the virtual drive. How is the drive set up? How have you set up LoadDVD to work? What program association do you have set up for the virtual drive? What drive letter does DVD Profiler look at? Keep in mind that I know nothing about your system, how it is set up and what you are trying to do, so I only know what you tell me, and the quality of my debugging is directly related to having accurate information. Also, are you using LoadDVD or LoadDVD Pro - which version? Please post the details in the LoadDVD thread in the Plugins Forum.

okay, starting a new thread in plugin forum