Quoting skipnet50:

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The people to fear are those who desperately try and shut up those they don't agree

Sorry, Skip, but this is exactly how you behave.

Quoting surfeur51:

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Quoting skipnet50:

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The people to fear are those who desperately try and shut up those they don't agree

Sorry, Skip, but this is exactly how you behave.

PLEASE, I implore you both and everyone else who might be tempted to join in, please don't make this into a flame war. At least not in this thread. We're trying to help those who are new from DVD Spot, and that will just be harder to do if this thread is bogged down by a bunch of posts not related to the new users.

Please.

KM

Quoting klandersen:

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one of the time saving things I did, was to export my collection data and save it as an excel spreadsheet...

Then what I did was clicked on "add to collection" opened the spread sheet and copied the UPC...

It's too late for klandersen since he already did this manually, but for everyone else:

If you follow klandersen's method as he posted above, instead of copying/pasting the UPC what you can do is distill your list to just a file containing all your UPCs, and then use the Import UPC plugin, which is available in the download section above.

Useful links:
- Instructions for how to use it
- The forum thread about the plugin

If all you care about is getting your titles onto here, then the above should work fine for you. I believe what mediadogg is working on is a plugin that will also include some of your individual data for each profile. I've PMed him to be sure though.

KM

Quoting Astrakan:

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PLEASE, I implore you both and everyone else who might be tempted to join in, please don't make this into a flame war.

OK, sorry.

Skip, I apologize for my last post...

Quoting Astrakan:

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If all you care about is getting your titles onto here, then the above should work fine for you. I believe what mediadogg is working on is a plugin that will also include some of your individual data for each profile. I've PMed him to be sure though.

KM

Hi. Correct on all counts. Here is the answer I sent you by PM: (corrected typos)

"Right, I agree. I know about the UPC plugin. I do in fact attempt to capture what little personal info is there, and make a mapping to owned/ordered/wishlist.

Also, I am using a locality guessing technique to reduce the number of rejected profiles during the refresh. That's is usually the major reason, if the UPC is correct.

I'm also an advocate of alternative ways to do things. So, I think it is perfectly OK to add another tool to the bag. Depending on the users preference, they can cut/paste from excel, use UPC Import, use BulkEdit to import from XML or CSV, or just do it manually with a cheap barcode or even text scanner."

@reybr - good thinking. I have already explored that question with other developers. We are not sure what happens during the import. I guess I could disable my key and test it. But the feeling is that regardless, once the profiles get in there, the limitations will be enforced. If memory serves, you can manually put more than 50 DVDs in the free version - you just lose a bunch of features when you do.

@Motel Hell

If I don't hit a major snag, I should be releasing the tool soon. As you get to know Profiler better, you will make your own decision about "Plugins". Since they are unofficial add-ons, some people don't use them as a matter of principle. But iif you want to give it a shot - I'll support you. I also agree with the other suggestions - if you don't have a lot of personal info, just blast in the UPC's. Later on you can add personal info manually, or using BulkEdit or one of the several Cast/Crew Editors, custom head shots - man are you going to have fun!!!!    (and it's all for just $30 ....)

Quoting skipnet50:

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How dare you, xrad. There are users here to fear but i am not the one. Yes, I will keepall of our noses to the grindstone as best i canwhen it comes to the Rules and I always strive for consistency, but fear, hardly. The people to fear are those who desperately try and shut up those they don't agree

The people to be afraid of are people like yourself who launch absolutely uncalled for clearly malicious attacks on other users.

Skip

Skip, you need to take a chill pill.  I don't see how I slandered anyone.  But if you feel slandered, I offer you my apologies.  By the way, you are the only one to ever have given me a negative reputation vote.

I think you misunderstood me. Wasn't a complaint at all 

Hehe. No problem

I'll do the test you wanted though