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Can we have 2 seperate collections ?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantpiouk1
Registered: June 19, 2007
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I would like to have all my dvd together and bluray's seperatly , is this possible ?
if so how ?
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKathy
Registered: May 29, 2007
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It's really easy to have multiple collections. But, you will only be able to access one at a time.

Go to the top of the DVDP screen and touch "File".

A box will open up - now press "Open Database".

Now touch "New Database". You can name this whatever you want "Blu-Ray" for example.

A prompt will ask you if you want to create a new database. Press "Yes" and you will now have the 2 databases available for both of your collections.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLJG
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Or, if you don't want to keep separate collections, but just really keep the 2 medias apart, you can create a custom tab in profiler.  So along with owned, ordered, wish list, you could create one called blu-rays and use the owned for dvds or vice-versa.  Go to collection, other, then edit collection categories to add a new collection tab.
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Thanks guys this is exactly what I was looking for 
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKathy
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Or, if you don't want to keep separate collections, but just really keep the 2 medias apart, you can create a custom tab in profiler.  So along with owned, ordered, wish list, you could create one called blu-rays and use the owned for dvds or vice-versa.  Go to collection, other, then edit collection categories to add a new collection tab.


I completely forgot about custom tabs...and I use them! 
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLJG
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LoL. It's all good. I probably would have forgotten to mention the actual 2nd database, myself. So between the two of us we would've covered it either way!
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorhansost
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Hi, I wonder if it possible to have 2 multiple collections "on line".

// Hans
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMithi
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Hi, I wonder if it possible to have 2 multiple collections "on line".

Apart from having a second account: no, not at Invelos.

If you have webspace with PHP and SQL you could use either phpDVDProfiler or
phpMyProfiler but be warned, they need a little technical knowledge.

cya, Mithi
Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantCorma
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I've just created a second collection with only one profile yet. Sadly it  seems like it's not that easy to keep them completly separate. Full backup of #2 also includes all gallery images of #1.

It seems like it can be fixed by backing up flagged Titles only. But it's only a mattter of time  untill I will forget to flag everthing and mix gallerys of #1 and #2. Is there a better way to solve that problem?

The only other way I can imagine is not to back up the gallery and use Winrar on the ScenePhotos folder. Extracting the archive to the correct path should still make the gallerys work, right? Not perfect but at least the images are stored only twice, not three times and the backup process of the collection will be much faster.

And are there other things shared between collections & backups  that I might have overseen?
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorNexus the Sixth
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A workaround is to set up and install Profiler on two user accounts. They will then have completely separate databases.
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorSH84
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That'll work unless both collections are bigger than 50 profiles.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantCorma
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Quoting KinoNiki:
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A workaround is to set up and install Profiler on two user accounts. They will then have completely separate databases.


Nice idea but thats far more work than  to create a separate backup file only for the gallery. I could run the profiler on two different Computers in my network but I guess that would lead to a license problem, too. Seems like I have to live with it. If there aren't any more problems ist not too bad.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantMark Harrison
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Nice idea but thats far more work than  to create a separate backup file only for the gallery. I could run the profiler on two different Computers in my network but I guess that would lead to a license problem, too. Seems like I have to live with it. If there aren't any more problems ist not too bad.


Last I looked, you can run Profiler on as many computers as you like as long as it's only running on one computer at a time.  You'd want to find the legal stuff here on the site and double check that, but it's how it's always been as far as I can recall.

EDIT: No need to look.  The answer is right here.
Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantCorma
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great, thanks
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