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[...] still think an open field is better.

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Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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[...] still think an open field is better.

And that's the entire problem: the CLT will never be able to deal with an open text field. In order for the CLT to properly count the credits, it absolutely cannot depend on an open text field. But since the CLT draws on the original title field, that one needs to be formatted differently. I'll say it again: the easiest way out is no season/disc/whatever indicator in there at all - and move that bit of data to it's own, separate field. As far as I'm concerned, that can stay an open text field. We could also go deeper like Corne suggested, and if Ken wants to go there I'm fine with that as well, but simply moving everything that isn't truly part of the show's actual title out of the original title field will already do the trick.

For the record: I fully agree with you that we need to be able to retain what's on the cover, but we've got the title field for that, so that's not an issue. This is just about ensuring that the CLT stops counting a single TV credit, say, 36 times, and for that, we need to focus on the original title of TV profiles. But nobody is threatening to ignore title from the cover - I'm sure we'll always track that no matter what.

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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.

I like it. With that I would like to omit the season indicator not only from the original title field but also from the title field.

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I honestly don't think that Ken will ever move away from tracking what's on the cover. If the cover says: "The Addicted2DVD Show: The Complete First Season", then I'm sure that'll keep ending up in DVD Profiler no matter what. Even if it's not in one part, then maybe split up into separate fields with the first containing "The Addicted2DVD Show" and the second "The Complete First Season" - but even if we did that, Ken could still have it displayed as "The Addicted2DVD Show: The Complete First Season". In any case, I can't imagine Ken deciding to ignore the title from the cover. I certainly wouldn't want that.

My point here is that we're faced with a very basic problem: the inability of the CLT to deal with TV credits messes up to CLT numbers beyond belief - not just counting them two or three times, but often literally dozens of times. That very basic problem needs to be addressed. Now, there are several approaches to fixing a problem. One approach is to attach so many things to this essentially basic problem that ultimately the only solution would basically be re-building the program from the ground up - which isn't likely to happen anytime soon. Another approach is to say: yes, I'd like to see this fixed, but only if absolutely nothing changes. That isn't very likely either: obviously something needs to change in order to fix the problem...

So my suggested approach is to keep it relatively simple: introduce a new field for the season/disc/compilation/whatever-indicators of TV-profiles, and in doing so, keep the "original title" field free for just the show's actual title, and nothing else. I'm fine with any other method, including more elaborate ones, that would solve the problem as well, but IMHO this fairly simple alteration will already do a world of good for the accuracy of the CLT numbers.

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Well, if we would just dump the current linking system, the CLT system would no longer be needed and we wouldn't have the problem that T!M is referring to.

You guys are ignoring the real problem here!

And what do you suggest as an alternative?