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I then asked them this question:
Please explain more fully what you are suggesting I do. What would be the result of leaving the import at that point? A partial import stopping at the first problem item? A nearly complete import with only the problem items missing? The former is useless. The latter might be useable if there were not too items affected and they were somehow identified for later manual addition.
And got this response:
It means that when it shows a stopped progressbar, it is actually continuing in the background - so let it run and wait for an email. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 22983 |
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I got this response from MyMovies when I mentioned your and other's comments about the import hanging:
"There are indeed some files that the importer hangs on - we are working on writing a new importer.
But please do try the existing - note that you just leave it when the progress bar does not move."
Let's hope they fix it. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 22983 |
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| Just took the plunge and, while skipping 17.5, I updated my iPhone and iPad to iOS17.5.1. Everything seems to be working as before, though I have noticed syncing to my PC database seems a bit slower. This may be a temporary local network issue. I will update on this in a few days. | Posted: Topic Replies: 22, Topic Views: 17809 |
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| I bought a copy of MovieBuddy for my iPad for $5 to play around with. It only imports CSV files, however after a lot of tinkering I was able to import a test section of my library. Unfortunately, MovieBuddy uses IMDb ID and TMDb ID instead of UPC to retrieve film data. So while the import included the movie name and my personal data, it did not retrieve anything else. So in order for it to be useful, one has to include a film's IMDb ID and/or TMDb ID in the CSV import file. Right now, I don't know how to do that. Since I am not too keen on subscription services, I am considering subscribing temporarily to one of the apps you mentioned, importing my DVD Profiler data into it and then exporting a CSV file from it, which I then import into MovieBuddy, in the hope it will add IMDb ID and/or TMDb ID data. Whether this will work is anybody's guess. | Posted: Topic Replies: 92, Topic Views: 22983 |
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| I just tried to import my collection into MovieBuddy. While the xml to csv conversion is painfully achievable, MovieBuddy uses IMDb instead of UPC to identify entries. Since, as far as I can tell, DVD Profiler doesn't record IMDb, this is a non-starter. | Posted: Topic Replies: 49, Topic Views: 20006 |
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| Collectorz also claims to be able to import DVD Profiler export files, but you need to subscribe to their Movie Collector web service or windows app as well as their iOS app. | Posted: Topic Replies: 49, Topic Views: 20006 |
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| There are two iOS apps that claim to be able to import data from DVD Profiler, namely, My Movies 5 and iCollect Movies:DVD Tracker. In both cases, however, you will need the PC version of DVD Profiler to export your data. It would be nice if the web site offered a data export option, but I doubt that is ever going to happen. There are other iOS movie apps that import data, e.g., MovieBuddy+, but none of them will import the DVD Profiler export file format. | Posted: Topic Replies: 49, Topic Views: 20006 |
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| Don't expect any iOS updates but since this recent upload issue is a new server problem, there is a chance it will be corrected. | Posted: Topic Replies: 49, Topic Views: 20006 |
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| Then you are out of luck until they fix this. Of course, that might never occur. If you have a small collection, you might want to consider using a different app. If you have a large collection you should consider purchasing the PC app. It will extend the life of your iPad app and, more importantly, it will allow you to move your collection to a different iOS app. If you have an Intel Mac, you can use Bootcamp to run Windows 10 for free. | Posted: Topic Replies: 49, Topic Views: 20006 |
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| This seems to be a problem that iOS users are having with the new server. Let's hope they fix it. If not, sadly, you'll have to find another iOS app. | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 32899 |
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