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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 1,328 |
| | Posted: | | | | Is there a way to search for specific case type? I'd like to get a list of DVDs with slip covers. I don't see a way to do this with default skin.
Thanks in advance, | | | | My Home Theater |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | You can do this through the Database Query plugin (General Information tab). | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | You can 'report' any kind of case type condition, but not slip cover. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] | | | | Last edited: by bbbbb |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,328 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbb: Quote:
You can 'report' any kind of case type condition, but not slip cover. Yup. Any other ideas? | | | | My Home Theater |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | Maybe you should post a request in the Plugins forum, Mark Harrison is often quick to react and fix things (if it's not too complicated I guess). | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
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Any other ideas? Yes. I've thought out a simple and elegant procedure to get a list of DVDs with slip covers. First export your Profile database. Then open the xml-file with OpenOffice-Writer and record this macro: Find "<CaseSlipCover>true"; select and delete this line; go up 12 lines (= <Title>), select and copy this line; select from here to begin of document, and delete; jump to end of the document, and paste (the title line); jump to begin of document. Save the macro. Now every time you run the macro it appends a title at the end of the document. If you run the macro often enough you will end up with a list of DVD titles with slip cover. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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 | Muckl | | That's my common name. |
| Registered: April 9, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 858 |
| | Posted: | | | | Inspired by Mithi's XML/XSLT magic, I tried to adapt his covermover.xsl he recently posted. Download my first, humble attempt ( ListSlipCovers.zip) and follow these instructions: Quote:
- get a XSLT-Processor (e.g. Saxon-HE for Java) and unzip it to a directory of your liking
- unzip the ListSlipCovers.zip to the same directory
- open the extracted batch file ListSlipCovers.bat in a text editor and change the contained path according to your setup ("C:\Users\YOURNAME\...")
- in DVD Profiler goto File --> Export Profile Database, export as Single file "collection.xml", choose the directory you extracted Saxon to, make your choice in Export Selection and uncheck all Optional Export Data
- run the batch file ListSlipCovers.bat
- as soon as the batch window is closed, open the output file SlipCovers.lst with DVD Profiler via Collection --> Flags --> Load Set ...; now all profiles with slip covers are flagged
(variation of Mithi's original instructions) If you need further help, I'd be happy to answer your questions. EDIT: added a batch file to the zip archive, edited the instructions above | | |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,216 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Muckl: Quote:
Inspired by Mithi's XML/XSLT magic, I created a moster!  Quote:
- as soon as the batch window is closed, open the output file SlipCovers.lst with DVD Profiler via Collection --> Flags --> Load Set ...; now all profiles with slip covers are flagged Directly creating a flagset ... nice idea!  cya, Mithi | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
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Any other ideas? Yes. Add a tag "CaseSlipCover" and place your left index finger on the space bar, your right on the down arrow key. Now, while moving down in your collection list with the down arrow key, press the space bar every time you spot a Slip Cover. Then Collection->Flagged->Set Tags... to "CaseSlipCover". In a not representative test environment I needed 52 seconds to spot and flag 8 slip covers within 50 profiles. So, by way of example, 1000 profiles would need about 18 minutes to process, but from then on you can filter or report slip covers the way you like. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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| Muckl | | That's my common name. |
| Registered: April 9, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 858 |
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Muckl: Quote:
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Quoting Muckl:
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Inspired by Mithi's XML/XSLT magic,
I created a moster!
Haha, don't worry Mithi (or should I call you Victor?), I'm more of a cookie eating type of monster Or we could call Mithi Igor. |
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| Muckl | | That's my common name. |
| Registered: April 9, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 858 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,328 |
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xradman, any news on that? Have you succeeded with one of the suggestions? So sorry. I haven't had a chance to act on your helpful advice. I got sidetracked with other things. You know how that goes. | | | | My Home Theater |
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| Muckl | | That's my common name. |
| Registered: April 9, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 858 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting xradman: Quote:
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xradman, any news on that? Have you succeeded with one of the suggestions?
So sorry. I haven't had a chance to act on your helpful advice. I got sidetracked with other things. You know how that goes. Oh, I know that all too well. And no problemo, I was just curious, don't feel rushed!  | | |
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