Version 2.3.0
New Features
* New Premium-only feature: Movie Pick - interactive graphical new way to browse your collection, which uses fuzzy logic and a one-click rating system to find the movie your looking for - even when you don't know what it is!
o Select an audience and it filters to appropriate DVDs automatically
o Intelligently pays attention to when you've last watched each DVD, and marks the selected DVD(s) watched by the selected audience automatically
o Highly configurable matching and rating algorithm, through easy-to-use sliders
* New custom tag system - Divide and sub-divide your collection in any way you see fit.
o Unlimited hierarchal tags can be assigned to any group of DVDs.
o Filter based on any combination of tags instantly
* Expanded credits to include additional credit types with unlimited entries
o Direction
+ Director
o Writing
+ Writer
+ Screenwriter
o Production
+ Producer
+ Executive Producer
o Cinematography
+ Cinematographer
+ Director of Photography
o Film Editing
+ Film Editor
o Music
+ Composer
+ Song Writer
o Sound
+ Sound Editor
+ Sound Mixer
o Art
+ Production Designer
+ Art Director
* Added tracking for individual discs, including:
o Description, Disc IDs for side A and side B, using Microsoft's DirectX DVD identifier algorithm, which is globally unique
o Location and Slot (available under DVD->Personalize)
* New menu option Collection->Flagged->Remove From Collection
Enhancements
* More intelligent routing algorithm eliminates need for extra redirects, which will improve download performance
* XML export now optionally filtered to collection type (owned, ordered, etc)
* Anonymous contribution option removed (one change of several planned towards more accurate contributions)
* 'Hub' case type renamed to 'digipak', for clarity
* Changes and additions to lock functionality:
o New lock for SRP
o Add lock for disc information
o Optionally auto-lock disc information when disc ID is assigned. This defaults to on.
o New option to automatically lock SRP for newly added DVDs
o Locks now (by default) do not prevent local editing. New option under Tools->Options->Defaults allow prevention of local editing.
* Changes and additions to flag functionality:
o Added new menu option Collection->Flagged->Edit Locks
o Added new menu option Collection->Flagged->Set Watched
o Added new menu option Collection->Flagged->Edit Tags
* Changes and additions to skins:
o All YES/NO properties in HTML skins may now be set with Y/N, YES/NO, T/F, or TRUE/FALSE
o Skins now support several new tags (CREDITS_DIRECTION, CREDITS_WRITING, CREDITS_PRODUCTION, CREDITS_CINEMATOGRAPHY, CREDITS_FILMEDITING, CREDITS_MUSIC, CREDITS_SOUND, and CREDITS_ART)
o For each of these tags, there are three new optional properties - PREFIX, SUFFIX, SHOWROLES and ROLEDIVIDER
o HTML engine property handling is more robust, and now allows embedded HTML within properties
* When set to remember screen layout, now remembers whether ads, filters, and tags were showing
* XML Export may now select All, Owned, Ordered, or Wish List
* New option in Watched By window allows setting of date to purchase date
* DVD->Watched By window now has an 'Edit Users' button
* Increased compression for thumbnails - performance improvement and reduction in hard drive usage
* DVD Profiler now warns the user when trying to upload an empty collection
* Reassign collection number by date now has a secondary sort using sort title
* Duplicate watched by entries now are not allowed
* Changed IMDB link to use
www.imdb.com rather than us.imdb.com
* When the DVD list has focus, typing a title now jumps to the first matching entry
* Added new filter for watched status under Filters->Other
* Mouse wheel now functions as expected on collection listing (when hovering over, scrolls without changing selection, else changes selection)
* Actors display improved; now shows full name and full roll, and scrolls as needed
* Backup restore now remembers location last used for backup (disk or file)
* Added ability to delete names from the available credits list
* New collection sort option for sorting by (and displaying) review
* Added ability to delete studios
* Added lock for studios
* Lock status is now exported to XML
* Added "Photo Gallery" to feature list as a checkbox entry
* New tag in skins - $DPIMAGESN, supports inserting image resources without using "file://"
* Buttons now show accellerator keys when ALT is held, and focus rectangle shows when TAB is pressed, in all windows
* Actor search now supports middle names
* Titles in the Add DVD window under Upcoming Releases now are color coded depending on whether they're already in your collection
* Changes and enhancements to box set handling:
o Box set items now show as sub-items in the collection listing
o Add case type "box set"
o When deleting a box set, the contents are optionally deleted, otherwise are removed from the box set
o When moving box set from one collection type to another, now moves contents as well
o Box set contents are no longer overwritted by profile download, after the first download
o When a box set is loaned, the individual discs are set as loaned as well
o Jumping from title to title within a box set now functions even if hidden by a filter
o New option to enable a blank collection number permanently for a particular title (Reassign collection numbers may optionally override this)
o Various improvements to the box set editing window
* Improvements to the contribution system:
o Users compare their changed version to the existing online version before contributing
o Users view the previous comments submitted with contributions when contributing
* Improvements to the translation functionality:
o Users may now create new translation files
o New option to load keys from an existing translation file
o Users may now edit the language name
o Support for uploading and downloading translation files is coming soon to the website
* XP Theme support is now more consistent
* Improvements to Box Set handling
* Program links which open browsers now open in a new window instead of reusing an existing browser window
* Add copy actors, paste actors popup menu options to Assign Actors window to support copying the entire list from DVD to DVD
* Directors and other crew may now have a middle name entered
* Maximum standard loan period changed from 20 days to 120 days
Bug Fixes
* Reassign Collection Numbers by title is now case-insensitive
* XML Export for events now includes date as well as time
* XML Export now includes disk IDs
* When skin is not available, selecting OK in the Options window no longer generates access violation
* ROLEDIVIDER now functions correctly on all actors in skins
* Right-clicking on header row in add by title no longer causes strange behavior
* U.S region 0 and region 1 titles no longer indicate 'US/Canada'
* Corrected watched counts under 'Watched By'
* Editing a studio to match an existing studio no longer generates an untrapped error
* When using a custom skin and selecting edit, and title does not exist in online list, now shows directors and correct scans
* "IVS Simple listing" report - long titles no longer overlap
* When adding by UPC, if the UPC has multiple localities, the production year is now shown in the 'Add' list
* The SRP for new titles now sets to the default currency type
* The program now distinguishes properly between an empty purchase price and a purchase price of 0
* When online sort title does not match title but local overridden sort title does, restore from backup now restores the overridden sort title.
* Title filtering in the main collection list no longer treats 'Die' as an article unless translation is set to German
* Expand limit of password entry for My Profiler login to allow for longer passwords
* Change UPC/locality now preserves event information