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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dragon 6: Quote:
Tim:
How would you give Heroes Season 2 an Episode number? Are you sure we're talking about the same thing? Check the previous post to see what this thread is about: the disc descriptions under the "Discs" tab. Note that m.cellophane, in his original post, specifically asked the question: " How should I list the discs in the Disc Info area?". And my answer to that question is: list each disc as "Episodes x-y" (with the appropriate numbers filled in, of course). | | | | Last edited: by T!M |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,029 |
| | Posted: | | | | edit Quote:
What Pete refers to is for entering episode data into the episode dividers for cast and crew credits. I'm specifically asking about the Disc Info area. While the rules don't give specifics for episode numbering in disc labels, it makes sense to me to use the same approach. Thus, Option 3 it is. | | | | Matthias | | | | Last edited: by Forum Moderator |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
And then you would put "Disc One", "Disc Two" and so on? How does that comply with the rules' instruction to "label each of the discs containing episodes of the series"? How have you done that by simply putting "Disc One"? James' example is a tad different because it's a "best of" set, but for 'Heroes: Season 2', I really don't feel this is allowed. Certainly for a regular 'Heroes' season set, "Episodes x-y" would be the way to go - that's simply what the rules tell us to do.
IMHO, there really is never (even for these "best of" sets) any point in just stating the disc number: that is already provided in the "#" column of the "Discs" section. There's really no need to repeat it, while there's more interesting information left to track, like that the discs contains "Episodes 13-18". So option #3 it is. Since this is a 'best of' set, what episode numbers should be used? What value does stating 'episode 13-18' really add when there is no context? I mean, that data is already available somewhere else, isn't it?  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 868 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
I could be wrong here... but I think some people are confused about what is being talked about here. We are talking about in the disc tab... not in the Title, overview or cast & Crew...
I are correct, i must remember to reread the first post, i read it early in the morning and posted my reply in the afternoon. Must have slipped. I agree with what you say though, just start with 1 and count, which is also, as i said before, what i do in the title field. Paul |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,744 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
Since this is a 'best of' set, what episode numbers should be used? What value does stating 'episode 13-18' really add when there is no context? I mean, that data is already available somewhere else, isn't it? I see these numbers simply as counter. When it says episodes 1-4 it simply means it's the first disc in the set and it has four episodes on it. There's no quality information behind this number, not even in a regular season box. Because the third episode on the first disc might very well be the seventh episode in order of airing. It's just for "4 episodes, 4 episodes, 3 episodes, 4 episodes, 4 episodes, 3 episodes" - nothing more, nothing less. PS: Personally (and locally!) I remove all the disc info anyway since I have disc profiles under this (this = general) box set. And in my disc profiles the disc info simply states "Main Feature" because the program fills it up this way when I create the profile by DiscId. | | | Karsten
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| | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
Since this is a 'best of' set, what episode numbers should be used? What value does stating 'episode 13-18' really add when there is no context? I mean, that data is already available somewhere else, isn't it? The context is, as DJ Doena also said, simply that that particular disc contains episodes 13-18 from the total of 24 episodes that are included in the set. When I'm about to watch a few episodes from this set, and I remember that I watched up to the fourteenth episode the last time around, I can have a quick glance under the "discs" tab to see which disc to pop in this time. That exact scenario actually plays out quite a lot here. In this regard, it doesn't matter at all whether it's a full season or a "best of" set: in either case, I need a quick way to see which disc I need to pop in when I want to watch, say, episode #15. That's the context. It's a rather basic, but nonetheless helpful bit of information. Additionally, I can't help pointing out again that labelling it with the episodes is what the rules tell us to. There's really nothing there that allows us to put in something like "Disc One" because that's what printed on the disc - especially since myself, Pete and others have already pointed out that the disc information section already HAS a column for the disc number... |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
I see these numbers simply as counter. When it says episodes 1-4 it simply means it's the first disc in the set and it has four episodes on it. There's no quality information behind this number, not even in a regular season box. Because the third episode on the first disc might very well be the seventh episode in order of airing.
(***) I was fairly sure this was the case, which is why I asked the question, thanks for confirming it. Quote:
PS: Personally (and locally!) I remove all the disc info anyway since I have disc profiles under this (this = general) box set. And in my disc profiles the disc info simply states "Main Feature" because the program fills it up this way when I create the profile by DiscId. I use child profiles as well...which might explain why I don't see any value in the data being in the disc ID field. As I said, that data is already available somewhere else that is more convenient...at least to me. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Having it all in one place is very helpful to me... it gives me one small section to look at when I want to find out which disc a certain episode is on... as long as I am fairly sure where the episode is (within the season or set) all I have to do is glance at that one section and know what disc to grab. | | | | Pete |
| | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Having it all in one place is very helpful to me... it gives me one small section to look at when I want to find out which disc a certain episode is on... as long as I am fairly sure where the episode is (within the season or set) all I have to do is glance at that one section and know what disc to grab. Exactly! |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Then let's just cram as much data as we can to the Title and edition, and completely do a way with the Video format and the Disc Descriptor field, why does everything HAVE to repeated several places in the Program, just load it all up in one field, icluding Overviews and cast and crew, that way ALL the data relevant to a title is right there in ONE place, nothing else to do. Skip  | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,480 |
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While the rules don't give specifics for episode numbering in disc labels, it makes sense to me to use the same approach. Thus, Option 3 it is. Option 3 does appear to be the runaway favorite, so I will use that. | | | ...James
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