Ah, sorry about misunderstanding your comment, MD.  I just thought it was a reference to one of the many benefits of the plug-in, not a caution.

Good question about data loading; I guess I should have explained.  I tried flagging a small number of profiles (4-5, all on my wishlist) and loading those, with only the Wish Priority field checked.  The only field that showed up in the work area was the disc ID.  I also tried the Load Wishlist choice, and all the IDs for DVDs on my wishlist appeared, but no other columns, regardless of what I checked in the list. 

I guess I may have to either try an export-replace-import, or just go to each disc and manually change that setting.  (I'm not sure if I explained this in my original posts or PMs, but the reason this is such a pain is that I have a 3,200 DVD collection which I'm about to sell off, and I'm using the Wishlist to segregate 1,000 or so discs that I'd like to keep.  I wanted to put them there so prospective buyers could still browse those titles online and make me an offer, if they're interested.  Having things like "Vague Interest" in that column could be confusing, and they're definitely unnecessary.)

Thanks very much for trying to help, and for your excellent responsiveness to all the users on this forum.  If you have any other ideas or suggestions, please let me know.

Bob

P.S.  One quick question:  if something with my installation of .net services was damaged or otherwise screwed up, might that cause the problem?  I had to uninstall and reinstall .net (1.x, 2.x, 3.x, etc.) not long ago, and there may still be problems with it.  Just curious.

Thanks.  Not sure about the beta question.  I'm going to uninstall the plug-in, re-download and reinstall it, just to see what happens.  If I make any progress, I'll let you know. 

And if I can't get it to work, 1,000 or so Ctrl+P/click/repeat operations aren't so bad, if you do them in small batches.    Plus, I can launch the sale without changing the priority field, and just explain it in my email to friends and family. 

Much appreciated (and happy holidays!),

Bob

I'm interested in using the custom display and reporting capabilities of DVD Profiler to present information from a non DVD database.  Can your (or another) utility be used to import manual data and map it to the various DVD Profiler fields?

Thank you for the info.  I have been reviewing your suggestions.  What I haven't found is the best way to import my "cover" scans.

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Thank you for the info.  I have been reviewing your suggestions.  What I haven't found is the best way to import my "cover" scans.

With DVD Profiler, if you are importing commercial DVDs that are already in the database, there is no need. Cover scans are (generally) already provided. In the cases where you can supply missing ones,or better ones, you can "contribute" them through an orderly, documented process. (Doh! I see now that you already said it was a non-DVD database. My own media library contains thousands of non-DVD items that I will someday import - that was one of the original motivators for me doing the Import function. But alas, I didn't do my own yet - too busy making stuff for everybody else.  )

If, on the other hand, your covers are for DVDs that you would not expect to find in the online database, you can add them manually to the folder where cover scans are stored and use the same naming scheme. Simply export a few profiles to XML and you can see the format and paths to the covers on your system. You should probably do this after you decide on a naming scheme for your custom profiles (we call them "manual" profiles).

Oh, I see Mithi beat me to it!!! 

I want to import the contents of my wine cellar and use DVDProfiler to provide a virtual view of the cellar.

"Chateau Poop du Pap"

I think I have one of those. 

Eric

I now have the XML Import/Export working.  One issue I noted is that only one Cast Member <Actors> get reimported and the Role and Credited As are not imported at all.