Hello,

Can you provide the title of a common Boxset that you think should need a child? I am asking this cause it could help us giving you a tangible example!

Of course you first read and then follow our Contribution Rules and make sure that what you contribute complies with the rules.

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What I did for that is this:

1 - I have added the 'main box' (which is the one who has the UPC code)
2 - I took each disc of that set and did a search on invelos (all those discs are in the DB) and added them under "Box Set Content"
3 - Under Discs: you do not add any discs here because they are going to be in the 'Box Set Content'
(this is based on the rule)

The same for any seasons of Simpsons and SouthPark (they have the same type of packaging). (for North America any who!)

Remember though that when you will add a box set, you will be offered to add (if they exist in the database) the associated disc(s) to the box.. very useful.

Rule of thumb is not to add, in a box set, Data inside 'discs' only in Box Set Contents...

If you submit something, know that the 'Gods' will evaluate what you send and what you want to avoid is to 'insist' to repeatedly sending bad information.. If you do some correction to a movie already on invelos, check the votes you will get, especially the 'no'.. some of the guys will actually type very valuable reasons why it is rejected! (Do not take it personally like I did the first week haha)!!!

Hope that help on this basic.. Lastly, as mentioned.. read and understand the rule!! (Some Bible thumper will keep reminding you on those haha.. it is for the good of the system!)

Kind regards,

Eric

Quoting lostmule:

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What I did for that is this:

2 - I took each disc of that set and did a search on invelos (all those discs are in the DB) and added them under "Box Set Content"

Where am I searching? Online or in the program?

When you're adding a disk in the program, you can search by title.  Check through the Simpson's list and see if some of those disk IDs aren't sitting there.

Quoting HankTheTurtle:

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OK I think I've got it. It seems like searching by name is the easiest way to go about it if the discs are already in the system. But if they aren't, are the only options to make a whole profile yourself, or wait for somebody else to? Or is there some way to duplicate all the information from the parent profile without manually going through every last detail?

When adding by title, ensure that: You change the UPC and Country of Origin and redo the 'imprint' of the discs so they are assigned to the correct UPC and Disc ID you are trying to add to your database (That is if these are different from the one of invelos).. then if those UPC, ID were not on Invelos, submit them so other user can benefit from your work!

Regards,

Eric

To me it seems that the "children" were not linked in the "Box Set Content" ....

so if by inserting each disc in your DVD player (computer) and you try to 'add by disc' does not found a match on invelos, you will have to add manually. But again, I would check Box Set Content!

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Quoting javajoe96:

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2nd, why is it not letting me add the disc by dvd rom scan, instead saying that it is already in my collection when it is actually refering to the whole box set and not a disc. Iis it because the existing boxset has disc scans of all the discs in the profile?

I believe that is the reason.  As the discs are scanned and included in the "Disc Info" section of the master box set profile, the software will likely not allow you to add the same ID's again.

If you are creating child profiles, I believe you should remove the disc ID's from the "disc info" of the master box set profile in your collection, as they will be the main identifiers for the child profiles.  Then create the individual child profiles using the Disc ID and manually adding the appropriate information per the rules.

I'm not sure what the "best" method is to create the child profiles.  I recently completed several for the "Mr Belvedere Seasons One & Two" set and used the process described above.  They have already been accepted by the screeners, so I guess they were OK.

I believe there is a way to copy/clone profiles so you don't have to manually enter everything again.  I don't have access to Profiler at this moment to find the correct steps, but I think there is a way.

There seem to be many box sets in the database where the child profiles are not attached, but they do exist.  I just finished entering my entire collection (2,000+ discs) and found many TV sets where the child profiles were in the database, but not attached to the box set.