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[Bug] Collection hints
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDorianGray
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About 150 entries down in my "Owned" list, the profiler just stops displaying the collection hints. When I go higher up again it displays it normally.
I already tried the database repair.
What else can I be doing wrong?
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What else can I be doing wrong?

Now idea, but could you provide the Collection Hint you are using? I would like to give it a spin on my test-system.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
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Could be a RAM problem.

Jump to a random profile in your collection list, wait for about 30 seconds and then check if the Hint appears.

If it does, your problem is most likely located in a misconfigured SWAP-file and/or insufficient RAM size.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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OK guys, I just checked my desktop version and it goes to 424 then quits. I quit every program restarted my computer and waited for a complete reboot including no more disk activity. I only launched DVDP and at 424, hints; 425, no hints from there to bottom of 3524 profiles. I do have about 8 or 10 parents that do not have #s so bottom line is 430 to 435 +/-.

I have an:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ 2.80 GHz
8 GB RAM
64-bit OS
512 mb nvidia video card

I have sufficient horsepower to drive lots of high-end programs at the same time...what makes the hints quit at a specific #?

As a former IT guy, I'm befuddled.


Updated note: I just rebuilt the DB and 424 is still the magic #. So it looks like DorianGray is not the only one with limitations.
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OK guys, I just checked my desktop version and it goes to 424 then quits.

Meaning you really showed all this 424 hints and then Profiler doesn't show anything on 425? Or did you just take spot checks until you run into the problem?

cya, Mithi

PS Using a thumbnails-only-layout I used the collection hints from day 1 and never run into such a problem. Although I'm not sure I ever looked at, let's say more than a 100 in one session.
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Or did you just take spot checks until you run into the problem?

Spot checks.

Update: Viewing by list or thumbnails it does not have the problem...only when viewed by details. It doesn't really bother me, it's just a curious thing, why? My guess is a limitation of the program and memory.
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Update: Viewing by list or thumbnails it does not have the problem...only when viewed by details.


Confirmed, in "View as Details (Ctrl+F2)" sorted by Collection-Number I only get to #219 and it's unnumbered child-profiles, on #220 it doesn't show up. That makes 232 profiles out of 1390 that are shown.
Sorted alphabetical ascending only shows the Collection Hints of the first 214 profiles, descending shows 239.

Neither "View as Thumbnails" nor "View as List" show the same problem.

I never use "View as Details", thats why I would never have encountered this error before.

cya, Mithi
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDanae Cassandra
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What does collection hints do?
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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What does collection hints do?

They give you a hint about the collection! 

When you hover about a profile it shows you certain data, e.g. mine looks like:

Those are customizable with the same engine as the reports and can be loaded and saved as layouts.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDorianGray
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What else can I be doing wrong?

Now idea, but could you provide the Collection Hint you are using? I would like to give it a spin on my test-system.

The problem appears regardless of the type of collection hint. I tested it with a few different designs and always got the same result.

Quoting Lewis_Prothero:
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Could be a RAM problem.

Jump to a random profile in your collection list, wait for about 30 seconds and then check if the Hint appears.

If it does, your problem is most likely located in a misconfigured SWAP-file and/or insufficient RAM size.

I tried that, and no it doesn't appear. Not even after 30 seconds. And I have enough RAM in my system.
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Update: Viewing by list or thumbnails it does not have the problem...only when viewed by details.

Same here. And it bothers me, because I use the hints to get a few informations I don't get from the details view (for example "Last Watched")
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What does collection hints do?

They give you a hint about the collection! 

When you hover about a profile it shows you certain data, e.g. mine looks like ...

Oh, okay.  I was thinking it might give you hints about what to add to your collection - you know like if you own this movie, it recommends movies related to it.  Then I was trying to figure out how it would do that.

But I can't replicate the bug.  Hovering over the cover picture in View as Details shows a little window like that.
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But I can't replicate the bug.  Hovering over the cover picture in View as Details shows a little window like that.

For every entry? How big is your collection?
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Hmm - now I can replicate it, but in reverse of the way you report it.  It gives the window for the highest numbers in my collection, but not the lowest.  #4417 - #3386 show the window.

Hmm - further interest - if I reverse the sorting of the numbers, #1 - #1085 show the window.

Very interesting.
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Viewing by list or thumbnails it does not have the problem...only when viewed by details. It doesn't really bother me, it's just a curious thing, why? My guess is a limitation of the program and memory.

Try looking at your Display Options:



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Try looking at your Display Options:

That was the first place I went early in this thread and details is checked.
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