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Unless I am misunderstanding we need disc indicators in original title field for the same reason we would need season indicators. The people that uses original titles for the list would have multiple releases in the list with the same exact title.

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allow for separation of tv and film adaptations (or vice versa).

They tend to be separated by their production year. I'm afraid I don't understand what this has to do with the topic at hand... It seems to me what you're asking is: how does the CLT distinguish between two different productions with the same name? And if that's the question, then it doesn't matter if we're talking about TV shows or anything else. Your question could, for instance, also apply to the film 'Hairspray' (1988) and it's remake 'Hairspray' (2007). How does the CLT separate those two? Well, the answer is: by production year. For someone who's credited in both - John Waters, for instance - it's the different production year results in the two films being counted as two credits instead of one. Season indicators need not play any part in that.

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allow for separation of tv and film adaptations (or vice versa).

They tend to be separated by their production year. I'm afraid I don't understand what this has to do with the topic at hand... It seems to me what you're asking is: how does the CLT distinguish between two different productions with the same name? And if that's the question, then it doesn't matter if we're talking about TV shows or anything else. Your question could, for instance, also apply to the film 'Hairspray' (1988) and it's remake 'Hairspray' (2007). How does the CLT separate those two? Well, the answer is: by production year. For someone who's credited in both - John Waters, for instance - it's the different production year results in the two films being counted as two credits instead of one. Season indicators need not play any part in that.

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I'm totally dense on this. I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say the people that use original titles for the list.

Go to Tools/Options/Display, and then under "Title Format" you'll find the option to display your collection by original title.

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Quoting Merrik:

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allow for separation of tv and film adaptations (or vice versa).

They tend to be separated by their production year. I'm afraid I don't understand what this has to do with the topic at hand... It seems to me what you're asking is: how does the CLT distinguish between two different productions with the same name? And if that's the question, then it doesn't matter if we're talking about TV shows or anything else. Your question could, for instance, also apply to the film 'Hairspray' (1988) and it's remake 'Hairspray' (2007). How does the CLT separate those two? Well, the answer is: by production year. For someone who's credited in both - John Waters, for instance - it's the different production year results in the two films being counted as two credits instead of one. Season indicators need not play any part in that.

Didn't think about that. But then there's still a problem. For example The X-Files. The first movie of The X-Files has been released in 1998 and the first six episodes of season 6 aired in 1998... Both releases would be counted as the same when using only the TV series title as Original Title.

The season descriptor has to be entered. Another solution would be indeed a season descriptor field. I'm not sure how you would handle a single DVD with two seasons on it or other DVDs with episodes from more than one season (like the Are You Being Served? Series 1-5 box set).

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What about this: how does the CLT distinguish between two different productions with the same name and production year like I have explained above?

It doesn't. Never has: it's not something uniquely associates with this issue. Note, for instance, that the CLT doesn't distinguish between two people with different birth years either. Don't forget that it really only is an extremely basic tool. Of course we can ask Ken for a more elaborate CLT, but for me that really is an entirely different matter than the issue at hand, which is that different season and disc indicators in TV show profiles thoroughly mess up the CLT numbers.

Of course everything is somehow connected, and as such, we can expand every given problem to include basically EVERYTHING - and we indeed have a tendency to do that, making many feature requests into mammoth tasks unlikely to come to fruitition anytime soon (example: "give us a new linking system"). Instead, I have more faith in breaking things down into (somewhat) manageable pieces. Case in point: "give us a new field to store every form of season/disc indicator in". That would do a world of good pretty much immediately. Currently, the CLT numbers are often off by as much as 90% (!) as a result of the inability to deal with TV credits. If we can bring that error-ratio down down to just a few percent, then I'd be extremely pleased. Yes, the CLT will still be unable to distinguish between two different productions with the same name and production year, and yes, the CLT will still be unable to distinguish between two people with different birth years, but those really are different issues.

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I would propose a field like the subtitles field. In stead of language you can select (a) number(s) corresponding the season number(s). Just an idea.

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The only thing I would have against something like a checkbox for seasons is that you couldn't have it listed as it is listed on the case in our list. Where some has The Complete First Season... some has Season One... some has Season 1... Some has Season 01 or what have you. I do not want to loose the exactly as credited on case in the title field.

So an open text field yes... sure. But no... I don't want something where you just chose the number and loose how it is written on the cover.