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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 2,694 |
| Posted: | | | | I have been working on a TV series and doing the cast & crew lists using the new features of 3.0.3.
I can cut and paste the cast lists to help speed up things when entering the individual episode information, but I can't edit the crew lists at all. Even after pasting the crew data from disc one into disc two, and trying to edit it to match disc two data, I ended up having to delete all of it and enter the data one episode at a time in real time.
Is there any reason the crew lists can't be made to work exactly the same as the cast lists? | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964 Make America Great Again! |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 756 |
| Posted: | | | | John, have you tried copying the crew lists out of DVDP to MS Wordpad as "plain ascii XML" (if that makes sense ). You can see the structure of the data & dividers iand then cut and paste the common crew for each episode. Then you copy the whole lot back to DVDP, and make any adjustments needed for individual episodes (I've even done this bit in Wordpad). | | | Chris |
| | Ron | DVD Obermotz |
Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 168 |
| Posted: | | | | nice tip, I have just started doing some cast and was going to start some crews on the weekend. | | | Premium member since 29 August 2002 ----
Proud owner of a Phillips 42PFL7862D since 27 Oct 2007 :-D |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,005 |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 2,694 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Mole: Quote: John,
have you tried copying the crew lists out of DVDP to MS Wordpad as "plain ascii XML" (if that makes sense ). You can see the structure of the data & dividers iand then cut and paste the common crew for each episode. Then you copy the whole lot back to DVDP, and make any adjustments needed for individual episodes (I've even done this bit in Wordpad). No. The problem is that the cast and crew sections don't work the same way. I can go in and edit the cast and add to the list, even between dividers, but you can't do that with the crew. So, its pointless to copy the crew data from the first disc of 13 episodes to the crew section on the second disc of 13 episodes, because you can't do any cut and past. Its far faster to just start from scratch and enter the data from each episode in turn. You ought to be able to edit both lists identically. I could use an external program like Tom's I suppose, but I'm standing on principle here. I shouldn't have to use another program to make Profiler work better. | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964 Make America Great Again! |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 810 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
No. The problem is that the cast and crew sections don't work the same way. I can go in and edit the cast and add to the list, even between dividers, but you can't do that with the crew. Why can't you? Just add what you need and then move it up or down until it is where you want it. Quote: So, its pointless to copy the crew data from the first disc of 13 episodes to the crew section on the second disc of 13 episodes, because you can't do any cut and past. Its far faster to just start from scratch and enter the data from each episode in turn.
You ought to be able to edit both lists identically. I could use an external program like Tom's I suppose, but I'm standing on principle here. I shouldn't have to use another program to make Profiler work better. Maybe I am missing some fine point here, but it works fine for me with 3.0.3. pdf | | | Paul Francis San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,394 |
| Posted: | | | | I have to agree with both John and Paul. John's right that it's a real pain to edit the CREW section. Until someone pointed out (like Paul did above) that you can MOVE someone across dividers, I though you would have to delete everything from where you want to enter a crewperson to the end -- that you couldn't INSERT any missing data. But Paul is right, that you CAN move data across dividers. You just have to do it one at a time. And this is really a nuisance if you need to add someone to Episode 1 in a list of 20 or more Episodes. It definitely isn't as easy to do as it is in the CAST section. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole) Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. DVD Profiler user since June 15, 2001 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 756 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote: Quoting Mole:
Quote: John,
have you tried copying the crew lists out of DVDP to MS Wordpad as "plain ascii XML" (if that makes sense ). You can see the structure of the data & dividers iand then cut and paste the common crew for each episode. Then you copy the whole lot back to DVDP, and make any adjustments needed for individual episodes (I've even done this bit in Wordpad).
No. The problem is that the cast and crew sections don't work the same way. I can go in and edit the cast and add to the list, even between dividers, but you can't do that with the crew. So, its pointless to copy the crew data from the first disc of 13 episodes to the crew section on the second disc of 13 episodes, because you can't do any cut and past. Its far faster to just start from scratch and enter the data from each episode in turn.
You ought to be able to edit both lists identically. I could use an external program like Tom's I suppose, but I'm standing on principle here. I shouldn't have to use another program to make Profiler work better. Sorry John, but I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do. From DVDP, you can right-click/copy your crew data to wordpad, where it appears as "ascii xml". You can then edit it, cut-&-paste it as text, including dividers, and then when you've finished, "select all/copy" it back into DVDP. However you have to be careful to use the built-in crew roles (i believe they are called "credit subtypes"), otherwise DVDP rejects the data. is this not what you're trying to do? BTW I also use Tom's program as well....(note plug for TG-Software here.........just put the cheque in the post ,Tom ) | | | Chris |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 2,694 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting kdh1949: Quote: I have to agree with both John and Paul. John's right that it's a real pain to edit the CREW section. Until someone pointed out (like Paul did above) that you can MOVE someone across dividers, I though you would have to delete everything from where you want to enter a crewperson to the end -- that you couldn't INSERT any missing data. But Paul is right, that you CAN move data across dividers. You just have to do it one at a time. And this is really a nuisance if you need to add someone to Episode 1 in a list of 20 or more Episodes. It definitely isn't as easy to do as it is in the CAST section. I have tried several times to add to a previously entered episode on the crew side, and while it will let me enter the line, I can't move it across dividers at all. | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964 Make America Great Again! |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 810 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote: Quoting kdh1949:
Quote: I have to agree with both John and Paul. John's right that it's a real pain to edit the CREW section. Until someone pointed out (like Paul did above) that you can MOVE someone across dividers, I though you would have to delete everything from where you want to enter a crewperson to the end -- that you couldn't INSERT any missing data. But Paul is right, that you CAN move data across dividers. You just have to do it one at a time. And this is really a nuisance if you need to add someone to Episode 1 in a list of 20 or more Episodes. It definitely isn't as easy to do as it is in the CAST section.
I have tried several times to add to a previously entered episode on the crew side, and while it will let me enter the line, I can't move it across dividers at all. After you add the line, you need to click on it. It looks like it should have the focus, but until you click on it, it does not. This has been reported as a bug. pdf | | | Paul Francis San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 37 |
| Posted: | | | | Moving items across dividers works fine here, but only when I click on the arrow buttons. Using the keyboard shortcuts doesn't work. |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 2,694 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting CPreischl: Quote: Moving items across dividers works fine here, but only when I click on the arrow buttons. Using the keyboard shortcuts doesn't work. Keyboard shortcuts work fine for me on the cast side, as does the arrow buttons. The problem is on the crew side. I know about clicking on the line item, but it still won't cross the dividers. | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964 Make America Great Again! |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 37 |
| Posted: | | | | The arrow buttons don't work on the crew side either? Odd. |
| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,459 |
| Posted: | | | | This does sound very odd. I remember being able to move crew members across dividers. I did have to be careful as, if I remember correctly, they would lose focus after crossing a divider so I would have to click on them again before moving across the next. I'm at work at the moment, so can't verify, but can try it tonight. |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 2,694 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting CPreischl: Quote: The arrow buttons don't work on the crew side either? Odd. Well, now it does work. Don't know what the problem was, but I did a reboot after applying a Windows patch, and now the damn thing works! Still can't use the keyboard shortcuts though, and it would be great if it stuck the added/edited stuff into the episode under the highlighted divider. Then I could work on one episode and not have to move all the entries from the bottom each time. | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964 Make America Great Again! |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 37 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote: This does sound very odd. I remember being able to move crew members across dividers. I did have to be careful as, if I remember correctly, they would lose focus after crossing a divider so I would have to click on them again before moving across the next. Yup, that's what's happening here, too, when I use the keyboard shortcuts. Doesn't happen when using the arrow buttons, but clicking the mouse button 20+ times in a row is damn annoying. Quoting Rifter: Quote: Still can't use the keyboard shortcuts though, and it would be great if it stuck the added/edited stuff into the episode under the highlighted divider. That would be great indeed! |
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