@ DeathbyBubbleGum:
The problem, the way things are right now, is indeed the limited number of profile identifiers within a single Locality - just UPC/EAN and Disc ID. This not only affects the (im)possibility to profile re-releases, but also phenomena such as
- large box sets (e.g. complete TV series comprising all seasons) with a parent profile, child profiles per season and grandchild profiles per disc, in which the individual seasons and discs have no UPC/EAN of their own
- cases where the same disc is part of several box sets
- (rare) occasions where several releases within the same Locality share the same UPC/EAN
etc.

A solution to increase the number of profile identifiers that would accommodate all conceivable cases is not self-evident, so it may not be forthcoming soon.

In the mean time:
- for your local database, you can enter all data and cover scans to match exactly what you have
- for your on-line collection, the only problem is the cover scans. To accurately reflect those, you can use phpDVDProfiler, as suggested by Forget_the_Rest earlier in this thread.

Because re-releases sometimes entail more changes than just a different cover. There could e.g. be changes with regard to full-screen/widescreen contents.

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You just had to be first in line for Hannah Montana The Movie 

I don't think I was first in line, but what does it matter?  Oh wait, was that supposed to be a dig at the fact that I bought that movie? 

Well the question that came to mind was how many movies you have seen from say the 1940's 

Gee, how many DVD's were released in the 1940's?  I guess those have all been released on DVD long ago, so I could never have bought any of those on day 1, huh?

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Because re-releases sometimes entail more changes than just a different cover. There could e.g. be changes with regard to full-screen/widescreen contents.

I really think, with a little (or a lot) of rework, even multiple disc id's could be handled. 

If we tied the dvd information to the disc id's and tied the Disc id's to the upc we could actually maintain a very comprehensive db. and be able to cover multiple releases and multiple images all tied to 1 upc, and allow the user to select which version he has to maintain in his personal db.

I don't know how much work or rework this would take, but I think it would be feasible (again if Ken wanted to move in this direction)

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@ DeathbyBubbleGum:
The problem, the way things are right now, is indeed the limited number of profile identifiers within a single Locality - just UPC/EAN and Disc ID. This not only affects the (im)possibility to profile re-releases, but also phenomena such as
- large box sets (e.g. complete TV series comprising all seasons) with a parent profile, child profiles per season and grandchild profiles per disc, in which the individual seasons and discs have no UPC/EAN of their own
- cases where the same disc is part of several box sets
- (rare) occasions where several releases within the same Locality share the same UPC/EAN
etc.

A solution to increase the number of profile identifiers that would accommodate all conceivable cases is not self-evident, so it may not be forthcoming soon.

In the mean time:
- for your local database, you can enter all data and cover scans to match exactly what you have
- for your on-line collection, the only problem is the cover scans. To accurately reflect those, you can use phpDVDProfiler, as suggested by Forget_the_Rest earlier in this thread.

Thanks Skip could learn a thing or two from you.

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A new user might input a couple of barcodes find out that the cover art is different to their disk, pretty common with slip cases and tins etc. and decide the program is not all that, I doubt many would do much to discover why.

You hit the problem right on the head. I had to explain the "first release and first release only"-policy in a german home-cinema-newsgroup more than once.

cya, Mithi

PS And for the records: I too would like to see the possibility to have more than one release per UPC/EAN

Looks like the Skips ship is not sailing in the same direction guess i don't have an attitude problem after all 

I was just thinking is it possible to have maybe a new DVDID called re-release?

I suspect some of the variant cover sets released on the same day share UPCs, so release date as a tertiary key would collapse at that point as well. 

(Sorry if someone already mentioned this; I skipped some of the arguing.)

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A new user might input a couple of barcodes find out that the cover art is different to their disk, pretty common with slip cases and tins etc. and decide the program is not all that, I doubt many would do much to discover why.

You hit the problem right on the head. I had to explain the "first release and first release only"-policy in a german home-cinema-newsgroup more than once.

cya, Mithi

PS And for the records: I too would like to see the possibility to have more than one release per UPC/EAN

Looks like the Skips ship is not sailing in the same direction guess i don't have an attitude problem after all 

I was just thinking is it possible to have maybe a new DVDID called re-release?

That is a matter of opinion, i commented on your attitude relative to your FIRST post in this thread, Death. You were acting like a child who couldn't have what he wanted so lay down on the floor kicking, go re-read what you wrote. Mithi and others are entitlesd to their opinions and i am entitled to MINE, grow up, son.

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