DVD Profiler Tools
I’ve written some tools for myself that are helping me in the usage of DVD Profiler. These tools are of the “roughly carved” kind and have no fancy user interface and they do exactly that what they were written for (and nothing more). However, maybe there’s someone out there that has also use for them. The source code is included and everyone who is able to write C# is allowed to modify it.
If there are any questions to these tools, then you are welcome to ask them in this forum.
- Adding Time
- ASIN to EAN Converter
- Cast/Crew Edit 2
- Check for Duplicates in Cast/Crew Edit 2 Cache
- Compare DVD Profiler XML and Cast/Crew Edit 2 Cache
- Clean Profile
- Clean Up Photos from DVD Profiler
- Compare DVD Profiler Databases
- DVD Inventory
- DVD Profiler to Access
- Find Double Dips
- Find Name Duplicates
- Freestyle Cast/Crew Edit
- Initialize TV Show Child Profiles
- Source Code for DVD Profiler’s XMLs
Adding Time
Last Update: Nov 8, 2012, current version: 2.1.0.0
Adding Time is intended to sum up run times of TV show episodes. One enters the time as hours:minutes:seconds or as minutes:seconds. Because it’s simpler to do this via the number pad, the following separators are allowed: “:”, “.” and “,”.
To sum up several discs you move the result of one disc to the right side and in the end you can sum up the entire season.
ASIN to EAN Converter
Last Update: Aug 3, 2012, current version: 2.0.2.0
When you order something with Amazon it’s sometimes hard to find the complete article number so that you can enter the purchase in DVD Profiler. This program converts the ASIN (Amazon Standard Item Number) into the EAN/UPC.
You can find the ASIN of every Amazon article in the product details. Alternatively you can paste the URL from the clipboard directly.
Supported Amazon sites: amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.co.jp, amazon.it, amazon.cn
Cast/Crew Edit 2
Last Update: Dec 19, 2012, current version: 1.8.4.0 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
- Program (Full Version)
- Program (Upgrade) (contains only the program files)
- Program (Data) (contains only the latest data files)
- Source Code
This program helps you to parse movie / TV Show sites
from IMDb to use the cast, character and crew information in DVD Profiler.
This program is for personal use only, commercial use of IMDb data is forbidden by IMDb and the use of IMDb data in the
DVD Profiler online database is forbidden by Invelos.
Check for Duplicates in Cast/Crew Edit 2 Cache
Last Update: Oct 20, 2012, current version: 1.3.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
It checks the cache of “Cast/Crew Edit 2” for potential duplicates which DVD Profiler cannot distinguish due to its data structure. If all for data First Name, Middle Name, Last Name and Birth Year are identical, DVD Profiler considers them the same person even if they are two different on IMDb.
Compare DVD Profiler XML and Cast/Crew Edit 2 Cache
Last Update: Oct 23, 2012, current version: 1.2.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
It compares the Cache of “Cast/Crew Edit 2” with what data DVD Profiler actually contains. This way it’s possible to find Birth Years that have been added while downloading profiles but aren’t in the Cache file – which can lead to inconsistencies.
Freestyle Cast/Crew Edit
Last Update: Jul 26, 2012, current version: 2.1.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
“Freestyle Cast/Crew Edit” is an editor to have an easier and more comfortable way to enter cast and crew data into DVD Profiler.
DVD Inventory
Last Update: Jul 5, 2012, current version: 2.2.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
“DVD Inventory” is a small program that allows you to stock-take your DVD Collection, preferably with a barcode scanner, if you have one.
Clean Up Photos from DVD Profiler
Last Update: Oct 24, 2012, current version: 2.1.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
“Clean Up Photos from DVD Profiler” is a tool that will show you unused files in your folders CreditPhotos, ScenePhotos and (optionally) cover images.
It also allows you to remove these files. Of course, you do so at your own risk.
DVD Profiler to Access
Last Update: Jun 9, 2013, current version: 1.4.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
This program takes the exported XML and transforms the data into an Access database. There you can perform more complex queries (e.g. Pivot Tables) than with DVD Profiler.
Find Double Dips
Last Update: Jul 20, 2012, current version: 2.1.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
This tool will allow you to find possible double dips in your collection.
Find Name Duplicates
Last Update: Jul 5, 2012, current version: 2.1.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
This program scans the exported XML for possible name duplicates, e.g. when only the birth year is different or when only the parsing is different (Helena//Bonham Carter vs. Helena/Bonham/Carter).
Initialize TV Show Child Profiles
Last Update: Oct 28, 2012, current version: 2.2.1.1 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
A Plugin for DVD Profiler, to fill the child profiles of a TV show season with the data (CoO, regions, genres, studios, …) of that box set.
Clean Profile
Last Update: Oct 28, 2012, current version: 1.0.1.0 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
A plugin for DVD Profiler, which empties the selected fields (e.g. studios, cast, crew) of a given profile.
Compare DVD Profiler Databases
Last Update: May 25, 2013, current version: 1.0.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.8.2
This tool compares two different DVD Profiler databases with each other. It will show all profiles that have the same UPC/EAN and Locality and the difference between them.
You can use it if you want to merge two databases or if you have the same database on multiple computers.
To use the full functionality of this tool, you’ll also need to install WinMerge, another free tool.
Source Code for DVD Profiler’s XMLs
Last Update: Jun 3, 2013, current version: 2.2.1.0 for DVD Profiler 3.8.1 / 3.8.2
Collection of classes that can help you (de)serialize any of DVD Profiler’s XMLs, including sample code.
