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Sounds like SQLite is performing disk writes for each row and slowing things down. Did you check the default settings in SQLite to prioritize speed over data safety when bulk loading records. Commit/rollback processes and logging for each record may need to be turned off.
Maybe the AI engine can help you speed up the import process (yes, its another suggestion, hopefully not Godzilla size). Just be warned, Large Language Model AI engines of the generative type (like the ones you tried) are prone to hallucinate with their answers! | Posted: Topic Replies: 13, Topic Views: 575 |  | Yep, I only saw the leaves of the forest when I made the suggestion 
I thought you may try a proof of concept for personal use, in which case, don't overdose on the potassium  | Posted: Topic Replies: 13, Topic Views: 575 | | | My mantra is the solution has got to be simple, when I ask for a banana, I don't want a gorilla holding that banana. | Posted: Topic Replies: 13, Topic Views: 575 | | Quoting GSyren:
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That may be true, but that’s beside the point. The data should be checked against the credits anyway. You use it as a starting point. However, if the data is not complete, you’re no better off than if you use data from TMDb.
Also, transforming crew jobs to Profiler format is hopeless if the source isn’t consistent.
I may take another look at this in the future. But it feels like too little, too late. I’m not sure that there are enough users who care, in order for this to be worth the effort.
What about going direct to the IMDb Non-Commercial Datasets here. | Posted: Topic Replies: 13, Topic Views: 575 | | Quoting Tommi6:
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I had to vote No on your Van The Man contribution. The OT should be the release title from the USA: National Lampoon's Van Wilder.
huskersports You are so wrong at this one, here is the link to finish covers and upc 
https://i.imgur.com/MmypueP.png
This finish language cover version are so much, different than english/usa version of the same covers 
Here is screeshot of the basic information
https://i.imgur.com/ScSqlTN.png
I looked at your screenshots and profile and I believe Huskersport was correct about the original title.
The Finnish DVD title was "Van the Man", and you entered that correctly from the front cover.
However, the field labelled "alkuperäinen nimi" was for the original film title, and you entered "Van Wilder: Party Liaison".
This is the specific rule for Original Title:
"... For profiles which have an alternate title displayed on the cover, use the title from the film's credits. For titles released outside their country of origin, use the original release title."
So, if the film you watched displayed "Van Wilder: Party Liaison", that was indeed different from the cover title, however, this was a title released in Finland, so you need to check whether "Van Wilder: Party Liaison" was the same title used initially in the film's country of origin (United States).
And the answer is, it was not a match, because the original title used in the United States was National Lampoon's Van Wilder, as per the following references:
• IMDB
• CARA film rating for initial U.S. theatrical release
• WIKI
Hope that clarified the matter. | Posted: Topic Replies: 14, Topic Views: 1091 | | Quoting GSyren:
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Quoting ObiKen:
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When you start DVDP, a "Temp" folder is created in the username/AppData/Local/DVD Profiler/ folder on your Windows PC.
After opening the initial profile in DVDP, the program creates two temp files (with .DAT and .IDX extensions) in this Temp folder.
I do see those two files there, but they are always there, not created when I start editing. They do seem to get modified when I edit something though.
I bolded the above line to indicate when the two files are created in the Temp folder, that is, on opening the first profile after DVDP startup. These two temp files will exist until DVDP is shutdown.
The start of editing a profile triggers a backup of the profile's contents to these two temp files. That is why when you start editing the overview first, you see the cursor moving across the contents of the overview.
If you monitor your username/AppData/Local/DVD Profiler in file manager, you will see:
Start DVDP ==> Temp sub-folder created containing no files using .DAT and .IDX extensions
Stop DVDP ==> Temp sub-folder deleted
Hope that helped. | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 651 | | Yes, I have noticed the moving cursor when initially just making a change to the overview. Your observation is indeed correct, and based on my testing, I would expand on your work-around and say any changes to the profile (clicking 2D on or off, clicking a feature on or off, etc) would solve your problem.
This is what I think is happening:
When you start DVDP, a "Temp" folder is created in the username/AppData/Local/DVD Profiler/ folder on your Windows PC.
After opening the initial profile in DVDP, the program creates two temp files (with .DAT and .IDX extensions) in this Temp folder.
When you modify any data element in the profile, the program first writes the profile's original content to these temp files (as backup, in case you cancel your changes), and this happens very quickly.
However, if your first change is to modify the overview, you actually witness the program display the moving cursor across the contents of the overview, because it triggered the profile's backup into the temp files. Any additional changes you make to the overview doesn't cause the cursor to move because the profile's original content has been backed up.
Thanks for alerting the community on this quirky behaviour, I hope my explanation provides some insight into the mechanics of how this program works. And yes, I agree this application is a thing of beauty. | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 651 | | I didn't submit a vote because the original question was too vague.
If referring to something printed on the spine then none of the above, per the following rules:
• The cover images rule explicitly states not to include the spine in either the front or back image.
• The rule for cover titles explicitly states to use the title from the front cover.
• The edition rule explicitly states to source it from the front/back cover. | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 644 | | T!M
Preserving the historical context of credits is not described anywhere in the rules, but the consequence of rules do have an impact. The "credited as" function for common names does preserve the historical context of cast/crew credits, as does the rule for company names. That is my observation, it is not to be misconstrued as a declaration of the rules.
To the best of my knowledge, there is no common name system for company names (which you are advocating), just a simple rule stating to list studios in order of theatrical release studio/production company(s), a rule stating "Do not abbreviate Studio or media company names" and rules to omit company suffixes and locality-specifix suffix.
The authoratative source for the company name came from the disc, that is, the film credits, so we are told to enter what we see in the credits.
Even so, we are also told to refer to the forums for further information about correct listings of studios and media companies.
And that is exactly what I am doing in this forum. | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 17783 | | COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA is the production company name and LTD is the suffix.
I believe the opening credits displayed "COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION PRESENTS".
Please note:
• East coast was New York corporation "Columbia Pictures Corporation" that dealt with distribution and costs.
• West Coast (1936-1939) was Columbia Pictures Corporation Of California, Ltd." that dealt with production.
This company was a subsidiary of the New York corporation from 1936-1939.
So the profile should have been configured as:
RELEASE STUDIO ==> Columbia Pictures Corporation
PRODUCTION COMPANY ==> Columbia Pictures Corporation of California
because the rules state not to truncate the company name, which preserves the historical context of the company credit. | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 17783 | | Quoting huskersports:
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... Never in my 18 years using DVD Profiler has ANYONE contributed Paramount Pictures Corporation as a studio name. ...
Hmm, sorry to disappoint, that statement has no veracity, based on my experience with the database.
From my research, majority of Paramount films from the 1950's had no opening presentation credits, just a trademark logo of a mountain surrounded by stars, with either "A Paramount Picture" or "A Paramount Release" overlay, in the opening/end credits:
Screen credits from this decade displayed company name(s) in the film's copyright (typically, Paramount Pictures Corporation), and for independent productions, "A Company Name production" credit. | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 17783 | | Quoting huskersports:
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... Oh, and the British Broadcast Corporation? They have been using that name in every medium (sometimes BBC) since their inception! ...
By your reasoning for the British Broadcasting Corporation (that is the correct name), does that mean the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which was previously called the Australian Broadcasting Commission, should be truncated to Australian Broadcasting? I don't think so, there is no time dependency on the use of Corporation in the company name. | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 17783 | | [b][/b]Quoting huskersports:
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... Paramount Pictures Corporation has been using Paramount Pictures since their inception.
No, the trade name has been is use since 1914, but, the companies using this trade name has varied, as follows:
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC) was founded by W. W. Hodkinson on 08-May-1914. On 15-May-1914, he signed 5-year contract with Famous Players Film Company, the Lasky Feature Play Company and Bosworth, Inc. to distribute their films ==> https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Paramount_Pictures
SUMMARY OF COMPANY NAME CHANGES
In 1916, Adolph Zukor bought out PPC and merged Famous Players, the Lasky Company and PPC into Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
In 1927, name changed to Paramount-Famous Lasky Corporation (01-Apr-1927)
In 1930, name changed to Paramount Publix Corporation (24-Apr-1930)
In 1935, name changed to Paramount Pictures, Inc.
On 31-Dec-1949, company split into Paramount Pictures Corporation (production/distribution) and United Paramount Theaters (exhibition).
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From 1935 to 1949, trade name and company name matched (Paramount Pictures, Inc.).
From 1914-1916 and 1950 to current (as at 2026), the company name was Paramount Pictures Corporation.
So, if trade name only is shown in the credits, I use the trade name in the profile.
If both trade name and trade name company owner are displayed in the credits, I use the company name (the rules explicitly state to enter company names). | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 17783 | | "Paramount Pictures" is a registered trademark (owned by Paramount Pictures Corporation): https://uspto.report/TM/76385634
A trademark is not a company name, it is an alternate name to the owner of the trademark.
This was the actual 1998 film credits in question:
00:00;21 > PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND TOUCHSTONE PICTURES PRESENT
00:00:29 > A WILDWOOD ENTERPRISES / SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTION
01:54:31 > COPYRIGHT ©MCMXCVIII TOUCHSTONE PICTURES AND PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION
In this film, both trademark and company name were displayed in the film credits and copyright, so company name takes precedence over the trademark for the profile and the rules state - Do not truncate the company name. | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 17783 | | Quoting GreyHulk:
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When did Chris Ellis' Birth Year change to 1949?! Do we need to update the main list?
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Chris Ellis BY (1956) american actor. Apollo 13, Armageddon, Con Air, Days of Thunder & 30 more. http://industrycentral.net/content/actors/c_ellis.html. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ellis_(actor). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254760/.
Chris Ellis British actor BY (????) 2 episodes of The Young Ones BBC series. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3191905/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Ones_(TV_series)#History
Approved 5/21/2012
• Rotten Tomatoes states he was born in Dallas, Texas on 14th April, 1956.
• IMDB states he was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 27th November, 1949.
Which one is correct?.
Well go to the horses mouth here in the interview with actor Chris Ellis, in which he confirmed he was born in Frayser, Memphis, Tennessee (00:50 mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FutM0qSQQU
This link also confirmed he was raised in the Mississippi delta, was 14 years old on February 10, 1964 and began working in film at age 40:
https://www.industrycentral.net/features/working_actors/chris_ellis | Posted: Topic Replies: 5886, Topic Views: 421820 | | My understanding was the bolded section of the rule you highlighted was for mismatches between the cover title and the credited film title.
But what I was discussing was a screenshot of a film title, presumably from a UK release print, should not be used to ascertain the original title when the country of origin was the USA, as per the rules:
Original Title
The Original Title field serves two general purposes, but in both cases allows for the tracking of the original feature title. For profiles which have an alternate title displayed on the cover, use the title from the film's credits. For titles released outside their country of origin, use the original release title.
An example would be Marvel's The Avengers from 2012, it was released in the UK as Marvel Avengers Assemble. | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 1669 | | Above screenshot was not indicative of the release title in the film's country of origin (namely, USA). The UK cinema title was "AVP - Alien Vs. Predator".
The film was an American production (Davis Entertainment Company, Brandywine Productions) with co-production from [UK, CZECH, CANADA, GERMANY].
The theatrical title used in the United States was "Alien vs. Predator", corroborated as follows:
• CARA film rating.
• U.S. copyright registration.
• IMDB release info for United States.
The only countries that used "AVP: Alien vs. Predator" in the cinemas were Australia, Ecuador, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Phillipines, Romania, South Africa and United Kingdom.
The original title should be "Alien vs. Predator". | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 1669 | | | This was previously discussed here in far more depth, without reaching a consensus. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 1087 | | Quoting MrVideo:
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For example, of a region locked 4K disc does not play on Australian 4K player same goes for the BD.
I think a distributor that creates a region locked UHD disc that breaks the spirit of the no region coding are nasty and that such a release should be returned as defective.
There may be licensing restrictions that are forcing the distributor to do this. | Posted: Topic Replies: 12, Topic Views: 2880 | | Quoting MrVideo:
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So, if both media types are checked for the parent and child profiles, how is the child supposed to be indicated that it is the BD media of the combo package?
The primary media (4K) profile will have both media types enabled (as per combo set rules) whilst the child profile (BD) will have "Blu-ray" media type enabled, as per standard contribution rules.
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I found the following regarding 4K region coding, based upon your link. IMHO, any release that adds region code checking is in violation of the BDA.
https://www.scenarist.com/2023/09/14/technical-bulletin-important-information-regarding-ultra-hd-blu-ray-format/?fbclid=IwAR1fOcgh5V5lvcJynPjmw9JHFk70fjZOX_MjV2y8GCoVVQ43T8gXNoN1GjQ
Whilst PSR20 (Player Setting Register 20) is the standard method used by Blu-ray Java to query a player's region, distributor's can potentially implement regional restrictions on 4K discs using several "unofficial" or secondary software-based methods and still be compliant (that is, not use PSR20):
• query the player's country code (PSR19)
• query the player's Java system properties
| Posted: Topic Replies: 12, Topic Views: 2880 | | The combo set rule (at bottom of page) states to enter as a normal profile for the main media type, with included media types checked.
A normal profile means standard contribution rules are applied to the main media type profile, so if there was a bonus material disc or bonus feature film disc in the combo set, they are also added to the main media profile.
The child Blu-ray is also subject to standard contribution rules, however, you cannot add this optional child profile to the 4K parent profile if the parent's Blu-ray media type is disabled (the screeners will decline this change).
4K Ultra HD is an enhanced extension of the Blu-ray standard, so the potential exists for some 4K discs to be region coded. | Posted: Topic Replies: 12, Topic Views: 2880 | | Don't forget my confirmations from January 22, 2026.
Please note the film "They Rode West" from 1954 was not previously listed. | Posted: Topic Replies: 35, Topic Views: 20439 | | • The Dakotas: The Complete Series, Episode 20 (TV series) FRANK de KOVA
• They Rode West (1954) Frank DeKova | Posted: Topic Replies: 35, Topic Views: 20439 | | The invelos.com domain name was originally hosted with COMCAST using IP address 173.167.34.141, and was due to expire on 11-May-2025.
From 16-Mar-2025, it appears this domain name hosting was transferred to IONOS INC. (Pennsylvania - Philadelphia), using IP address 74.208.214.200, with an expiry date of 11-May-2028.
The IONOS domain transfer deal offered nil transfer fee and free SSL certificate for each account, so it wasn't surprising to see Ken Cole implement SSL for this domain name.
From what I have read, the outage of this domain name in mid-January, 2026 was a consequence of a planned maintenance activity on the IONOS cloud server cluster based in Berlin, Germany that caused an unforeseen network instability with their gateway/core routers (BGP sessions failing and flapping). | Posted: Topic Replies: 2, Topic Views: 1634 | | My understanding is the rules for title apply to the title from the front cover only.
The rule for Original Title states to use the title from the film's credits.
It also states "In cases where the title is the original title, leave the Original Title field blank."
EXAMPLES:
• If the cover title was "X" then change cover title to X and add the original title "X".
• If the cover title was X then we add the original title "X".
• If the cover title was "X": The Man With the X-Ray Eyes then we add the original title "X".
As a result of the cover title rules, the cover title will never match an original film title fully enclosed in quotes.
Hope that provided some clarity on the matter. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 1292 |
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