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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,623 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Just a small utility to calculate the total running time of TV episodes or multiple films in a DVD set. I know DJ Doena has written a similar utility, but I wanted to have one that was simpler to use and had s smaller footprint. Anyone who wishes to try it can get it here. No installer, just run the exe. You will need to have .Net Framework 3.5, though. I know I should fix a nice home page with descriptions and stuff, but I'm just too lazy right now. Anyway, to use it you just enter the running time without any separators and hit enter. So "5102" becomes 0:51:02 when you hit Enter. The total is computed automatically and you can add to memory. It's pretty easy to figure out what's what. Comments are welcome. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | Simple and do the job. Now I won't need to open notepad and the calculator the next time I'll have to create a multi-films DVD profile. Thanks  |
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| Registered: October 6, 2008 |  Posts: 1,932 |
| | Posted: | | | | You're a bit twisted, eh? LOL
It's a nice little tool! |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,623 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CalebAndCo: Quote:
You're a bit twisted, eh? LOL Well, Microsoft is partially to blame for that little joke. I always used to like to inject a little bit of humor in my programs, often hidden as an easter egg. In this case I happened to notice a new feature in Visual Studio 2012. Turning controls has been possible for a long time in WPF, but it wasn't directly supported from the design view before. Now I just happened to turn the OK button a little bit by mistake and decided to leave it that way. Once that was done, the tooltip sort of just gave itself... | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 2,337 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've used this for years. Works great and even smaller footprint  http://www.onlineconversion.com/advanced_time_calculator.htm |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,623 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes Kulju, that works, but it's not as smooth as either DJ's or mine.
My main objective was to make data entry as simple as possible. It's just digits - enter - digits - enter... You can do it all on the num pad with DJ's or mine, but not with the web calculator.
But it's always good to have several alternatives. It's a matter of taste which one you choose. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,623 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Jimmy S: Quote:
Simple and do the job. Now I won't need to open notepad and the calculator the next time I'll have to create a multi-films DVD profile.
Thanks Though someone will always come along after you've done this and point out the 3 films with (correct) runtimes of 1:30:20, 1:30:22 and 1:30:22 (all entered as 1:30) actually add up to 4:31:04 (4:31) not 4:30... well it always happens to me  | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,623 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Voltaire53: Quote:
Though someone will always come along after you've done this and point out the 3 films with (correct) runtimes of 1:30:20, 1:30:22 and 1:30:22 (all entered as 1:30) actually add up to 4:31:04 (4:31) not 4:30... well it always happens to me Well, if you add them up with any of the three programs mentioned, they will add up to 4:31:04, so the only problem is if someone wonders why three films with 1:30 adds up to 4:31, but since that is easily explained I don't really see the problem...? | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: June 6, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks, I'll be sure to give it a try. Usually, for such time calculations, I use mediadogg's DVDPca utility. It extracts a lot of data from the disc (regions, audio, etc.) including the time of each film, featurette, trailer, etc. You can also compute the sum of running times of selected items. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Jimmy S: Quote:
open notepad and the calculator I use Calc. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a degree in math. So I pulled out one of my old math tricks from grade school... Addition.  Still, it looks like a nice utility for those less inclined with numbers. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection. |
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| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
I have a degree in math. So I pulled out one of my old math tricks from grade school... Addition. :devilish  I too don't need a calculator for such things, but hey, for every purpose there is someone in need. The program is tiny, simple, and effective. Not much more that you can ask for here. Nice work, GSyren. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. | | | | Last edited: by Blair |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 2,337 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Voltaire53: Quote:
Quoting Jimmy S:
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Simple and do the job. Now I won't need to open notepad and the calculator the next time I'll have to create a multi-films DVD profile.
Thanks
Though someone will always come along after you've done this and point out the 3 films with (correct) runtimes of 1:30:20, 1:30:22 and 1:30:22 (all entered as 1:30) actually add up to 4:31:04 (4:31) not 4:30... well it always happens to me I always put to my notes for example: - Running Time: 72:21+52:32+51:31+53:39+53:18+59:16+52:54+49:31+52:34+58:57+56:22+60:17=11:13:12 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
I have a degree in math. So I pulled out one of my old math tricks from grade school... Addition. Do you speak about mental calculation? Like reading out the 33 Lost discs (144 episodes), and adding the runtime without any tool? | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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