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 modifiy it.
- Adding Time
- Cast/Crew Edit 2
- Check for Duplicates in Cast/Crew Edit 2 Cache
- Compare DVD Profiler XML and Cast/Crew Edit 2 Cache
- Freestyle Cast/Crew Edit
- DVD Inventory
- Copy Front Images
- DVD Original Title to Title
- DVD Profiler to Access
- DVD Profiler to HTML
- DVD Stock Taking
- Find Name Duplicates
- Initialize TV Show Child Profiles
- Screen Saver
- Create ScreenSaver Settings
- Source Code for DVD Profiler’s XMLs
Adding Time
Last Update: 07/23/2008
Adding Time is intended to sum up runtimes of TV show episodes. One enters the time as hourse:minutes:seconds or as minutes:seconds. Because it’s simpler to do this via the number pad, the follwing seperators 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.
Cast/Crew Edit 2
Last Update: 04/11/2010, current version: 1.5.0.2 for DVD Profiler 3.6.x
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.4.6.5 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
“Cast/Crew Edit 2″ is the combination of the programs “Cast Edit 2″, “Crew Edit 2″ and “Cast/Crew Edit 2 For TV Shows”. “Cast/Crew Edit 2″ only expects the URL of the movie / the TV Show on IMDb and it parses the cast/crew automatically. Afterwards you can modify the data and then copy to DVD Profiler.
Please be aware that IMDb data must not be contributed to the Invelos database, but with this tool the linking ability of the crew will work (I gave up that hope for the “solution” of the DVD Profiler).
Check for Duplicates in Cast/Crew Edit 2 Cache
Last Update: 02/26/2010, current version: 1.1.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.0.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
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: 02/26/2010, current version: 1.1.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.0.1.1 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
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: 02/26/2010, current version: 1.1.1.0 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.0.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
“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: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.1.1.0 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.0.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
“DVD Inventory” is a small program that allows you to stock-take your DVD Collection, preferrably with a barcode scanner, if you have one.
Copy Front Images
Last Update: 07/23/2008 – End of Development
If one wishes to use the front covers for a screensaver. This program comfortably copies them from the images folder with the option to exclude manual profiles or DiscId profiles.
DVD Original Title to Title
Last Update: 02/26/2010, current version: 1.3.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.2.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
This is intended for phpDVDProfiler. I am posting on different english forums and it’s pointless to have a list with german titles. This program transforms the XML file, it exchanges title and original title. It’s also possible to translate the tags with the help of a CSV file.
DVD Profiler to Access
Last Update: 02/26/2010, current version: 1.3.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.2.1.1 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
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.
DVD Profiler to HTML
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.2.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
This program takes the exported XML and generates a static FramSet website which can be designed individually.
DVD Stock Taking
Last Update: 07/23/2008 – End of Development
This is for stock-taking purposes on a PDA.
Find Name Duplicates
Last Update: 08/27/2010, current version: 1.3.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.2.2.1 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
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: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.1.0.0 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
A Plugin for DVD Profiler, in order to fill the child profiles of a TV show season with the data (CoO, regions, genres, studios, …) of that box set.
ScreenSaver
Last Update: 06/09/2009, current version: 1.0.0.0
A Windows screensaver which shows randomly selected pictures. Configure the settings.xml and copy both files into the Windows\System32 folder.
Create ScreenSaver Settings
Last Update: 07/01/2009, current version: 1.0.1.0 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1
Creates a settings file for the above screensaver and uses the exported XML as a base so that the covers from DVD Profiler are shown.
Source Code for DVD Profiler’s XMLs
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.4.0.1 for DVD Profiler 3.6.0
Last Update: 03/27/2010, current version: 1.3.2.2 for DVD Profiler 3.5.1 – End of Development
Collection of classes that can help you (de)serialize any of DVD Profiler’s XMLs, including sample code.
