Thanks, every new tool for DVDP, which seems like abandonware these days, is welcome. I will play around with it on the weekend and post some feedback then. Of course, a greenie is on the way 

Quoting TraunStaa:

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Thanks, every new tool for DVDP, which seems like abandonware these days, is welcome. I will play around with it on the weekend and post some feedback then. Of course, a greenie is on the way 

Well, if there is any Invelos staff still around, this tool will certainly get their attention. Will be interesting to see what, if anything, will be the response.

Greenie for the effort. Just not sure how it will play with Invelos ...

Why would Invelos react to this? DJ Doena's CastCrewEdit had done the same from IMDb for years without any reaction.

Quoting Draxen:

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... never mind (was going to report a problem...) but I apparently missed something with the configuration. I'll comment on my experiences later on. Thanks for sharing your software!

EDIT: I managed to get my TMDB key, but when I enter it in the program, I get error message "Unable to write to C:\Program Files (x86)\Ciemmesoft\MDBtoDVDP\MDBtoDVDP.INI". No matter what I select as my paths for "Database backup archive DVDProfiler" or "Database location DVDProfiler" on the settings tab. There is no .INI-file on that location. The search for any movie title therefore doesn't work now.

Hi Draxen and thank you for trying to use the program.
Sorry but the program is in the early stages of development and I could only test on a few PCs.
Probably in your PC configuration you did not give the possibility to write in the program folder. This is a windows security system. On the PC where I tested the program, instead, you could write.
I have published a new version of the program that writes the configuration file to another location and therefore the problem you reported should be bypassed.
If you want to try again you can find it on the same download page (now the version is 1.0.1.1002)
http://www.tltools.it/Ciemmesoft/download-mdbtodvdp-program/

In the meantime I have added the possibility to download and copy the images concerning the cast and crew (version 1.0.2.1003)
To do this simply double click on the name of the profile

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...I have published a new version of the program that writes the configuration file to another location and therefore the problem you reported should be bypassed.
If you want to try again you can find it on the same download page (now the version is 1.0.1.1002)
http://www.tltools.it/Ciemmesoft/download-mdbtodvdp-program/

Thank You! I am right now in the middle of something else, but I will of course try with the new version as well in better time, and will then let you know how things went.

Cool. Exactly. We are on the same page. 

Many thanks for the reply.

Quoting GSyren:

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- I can't believe that TMDB really requires every end-user to have their own API key.

Reading the TMDB FAQs, we read that there is a limitation:
"We currently rate limit requests to 40 requests every 10 seconds. You can inspect the status of your limits by looking at the X-RateLimit response headers."
https://www.themoviedb.org/faq/api

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- Why does the program require that the exported collection is named Collection.xml?

Simply because it is the default name of DVDProfiler (at least in my case).
I believe there are no problems with using another name.

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- The Settings uses a file browser to browse for the database directory. That's confusing.

You are right.
Unfortunately if I use simpler system dialogs, the compiler behaves strangely (there is probably a bug in my program but I could not find it).

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- "Move the screen all the way to the left". That seems an odd setting. Why not just save the window position?

In the next versions I will put the rescue of the last position.
You're right, it may seem strange, but it was born from my need.
By having a monitor 21: 9, this way I work alongside my program (left) and DVDProfiler.

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- "Automatically copy the data". Copy when? Copy what data?

In the screen containing the film data downloaded from TMDb, if this option is set, if you click (just a simple left click is enough ) on the various text boxes, the data contained in it is automatically copied to the clipboard. It is useful for pasting in DVDProfiler.

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- It doesn't seem to display accented characters correctly in the titles list: Pokémon

You are right.
There is no "arrangement" of the title text. But if you click on the title, you will see that the data below will be correct. (next versions I will fix)

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- It picks up the wrong data from my collection. The ID (996) is correct for Clash of the Titans, but the rest of the data is wrong.

It appears that the program did not correctly import the collection.
Can I take advantage of your courtesy and ask you to give me a hand to understand the problem?
The program transforms the XML file generated by DVDProfiler into a more readable file.
You can find this file here (along with all the other program data):
C: \ Users \ MAMO \ AppData \ Roaming \ Ciemmesoft \ MDBTODVDP \ DB \ DVDP
(obviously instead of MAMO you have to put your windows username)
There will be two files.
If you use a text editor that also marks the line number (I use ntepad ++), can you check if the line number matches the first data in the text line?

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- It doesn't handle bold and italic in the overview.

Not using them I have not implemented them. I will do it in the next versions