I noticed that there have hardly been any new entries for at least a year. In the meantime, however, a few films have been released. Especially in the last few months. Is DVDProfiler history?

Greetings
Hardy

Yes, you are right and I would certainly have added a lot of new films myself. Unfortunately, it often fails because an ID number is absolutely necessary. However, many new films are now appearing on streaming services and not until much later on an optical medium. If this database still wants to exist in the future, it has to adapt to this point as quickly as possible (must say that I am still working with version 3.9.1 build 1657 and have not yet made the last update)

ja und wie hast Du neue DVDs/Filme eingegeben, wenn es keine ID-Nummer gibt?

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yes, and how did you enter new DVDs / films if there is no ID number?

What do you mean "there is no ID number"? I use the UPC code for physical releases. There are cases where UPC codes are reused, so in that case, one creates alternate IDs...still based on UPC. To achieve this, generally:

1. I search for a matching title. Being in Canada, the movies I'm adding have usually already been created in the US under a different UPC, as such the profiles already approved by the community.

2. I add this US version of the movie to my database, then change the UPC to match my copy. You need to make note of the original UPC/disk-ID before you change it as you need it for the contribution, if you submit cast and/or crew.

3. Then I update any relevant information, such as publishers/distributors, ratings, cover scans, disk-IDs, etc. which may be different in Canada, than in the US.

4. Once that's done, it's ready for contribution.

Once you do a few of them to get the hang of it, other than the cover scans, new entries can be done in a matter of, perhaps, 10 minutes. That said, if you cannot find a profile to copy, creating a new entry completely from scratch, is much more time consuming.

As for getting updates for digital, I wouldn't count on it. We haven't seen a software update in what...4 years? Personally, I wouldn't enter digital in to DVD Profiler. I use the software as a tool to ensure I don't purchase duplicates, and even if I have a movie digitally, I would still purchase a physical copy.

dank für die Hinweise. Ich kann damit ein manuelles Profil erstellen, immerhin ein 1. Schritt. Aber hochladen geht leider nicht...
Also da sollte unbedingt dran gearbeitet werden, wenn die ursprüngliche Idee einer user-erstellten-Datenbank weitergeführt werden soll.

we are going around in circles:
there are no new entries in the database
new entries are only possible with UPC or DiscID
Current films from Netflix or other streaming services do not have a number
Conclusion: In order to be able to continue using the DVD Profiler in a meaningful way in the future, this restriction must be lifted.

But I wonder, if any moderator or even the programmer is still here around.

we can do that with an example:
The movie Thunder Force was released on Netflix in April 2021.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Force_(Film)
I can enter the film manually for myself, but the database doesn't live on that. A UPC or Disc ID is nowhere to be found.
So how is that supposed to be done with this film, for example?

I use the Android app to check on the go which DVD I have already bought.
Also the database when I am looking for information about a film.

My problem - or better said the general problem - is not solved here and since a DVD or BluRay is a dying relic, the DVDProfiler with this philosophy will unfortunately not survive much longer.

If the media change and the films are only available on the hard drive in the future, this software should also adapt.
That's just my opinion.

You can already see that hardly any new publications have been registered for 1 1/2 years. Why should that change again at some point?