(Adding to) Home Theater Database and Wiki System Help Thread

[gstriftos]

Can I post a review for:Martin Logan Motion Series-Dynamo 700?

[Jarfa]

Originally Posted by gstriftos

Can I post a review for:Martin Logan Motion Series-Dynamo 700?

First you need to add item there
Then you can add a review in the item page

[4000dvds2many]

Hi. I've just tried submitting some updated cover art and I'm confused. First, I submitted a scan of The A-Team (US) at 300 dpi to replace the cover that shows the sideways spine view, and it was denied. Then, I scanned it again at 600 dpi, along with front and backs for Plague Town. At first, both entries showed "removed by 4000dvds2many". Then, the original spine view of A-Team came back and Plague Town still shows as removed with no cover art. Is 600 dpi too high? Both scans look excellent with no flaws or any reason to see why they shouldn't be accepted. Can anyone explain? Thanks!

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by 4000dvds2many

Hi. I've just tried submitting some updated cover art and I'm confused. First, I submitted a scan of The A-Team (US) at 300 dpi to replace the cover that shows the sideways spine view, and it was denied. Then, I scanned it again at 600 dpi, along with front and backs for Plague Town. At first, both entries showed "removed by 4000dvds2many". Then, the original spine view of A-Team came back and Plague Town still shows as removed with no cover art. Is 600 dpi too high? Both scans look excellent with no flaws or any reason to see why they shouldn't be accepted. Can anyone explain? Thanks!

In case you didn't do this, make sure you uncheck the "keep front image" or "keep back image" checkboxes when contributing a front or back cover, respectively. For whatever reason the allows you to submit a change with both boxes checked. However, the new cover from the path you specified won't be uploaded and the request is submitted with the existing artwork.

[Prim]

Originally Posted by Jarfa

old-school always correct

I like that. Thank you very much for your help Jarfa. I have submitted the disc, and it's now pending. I'll post a link when/if it's approved.

EDIT: The disc can be found here.
I put the audio formats in the comment field in the submission, but they don't show in the overview of the disc for some reason. Will this be fixed?
I also had some other comments about this version of the film compared to the other ones, will those comments be shown or is this not necessary to add?

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Prim

I like that. Thank you very much for your help Jarfa. I have submitted the disc, and it's now pending. I'll post a link when/if it's approved.

EDIT: The disc can be found here.
I put the audio formats in the comment field in the submission, but they don't show in the overview of the disc for some reason. Will this be fixed?
I also had some other comments about this version of the film compared to the other ones, will those comments be shown or is this not necessary to add?

Which audio specs are missing?



On the subject of aspect ratios.

First. Only add to the discs' AR (Aspect ratio) field aspect ratios if you have measured them accurately if your HDTV has no overscan or is not on stretch mode, or counting pixels on the actual image file. Most reviews here have already done that too so if it's the same transfer that's what the disc will measure. If you measure, note it on the comment, otherwise most likely your submitted number won't be added. Do not copy other sites or imdb or back covers.

Second. OAR (Original aspect ratio field)

General guidelines:


35mm Sound films from 1932-1954 OAR is 1.37
from 1954 onwards most movies were made for the Widescreen

There's basically two widescreen OARs:

Flat/spherical/standard = 1.85
Scope/anamorphic/Panavision = 2.39

(The anamorphic ratio changed from 2.35 to 2.39 40 years ago)


1.33 OAR is only Silent movies or analog 20th century TV shows. Not 35mm Sound movies nor 16mm.
16mm camera aspect ratio is also 1.37
1.78 is OAR for HD/digital 21rst century TV shows

There are exceptions to these general guidelines but that's basically it for the majority of entries.

Do not just copy other sites or imdb or back covers.

[Prim]

Newbie mistake - I found the formats, and have edited the submission.
But I still wonder if there is any point to writing notes/comments about the release when submitting? I wrote some about this version of the film, but can't find them when viewing the disc overview (are they supposed to be there?). Thank you for help with aspect ratios, and for replying.

[Deciazulado]

You mean "Directors Cut - Contains scenes not present in the 'Unrated' version of the film, and has a longer runtime." ?

[Prim]

Yes, that's the one. Fans of the film/series know this already, so maybe it's not necessary, but I thought it was still relevant (as well as my comment on the subtitles, given that several French releases have forced subtitling). But I suppose all members can see the submission form for themselves.

[Deciazulado]

Well under the title heading it says Director's Cut and the running time includes the extra minutes.

At the very bottom on the subtitle interface if they were forced there's a place to select subtitles encoded on the video

[Prim]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Well under the title heading it says Director's Cut and the running time includes the extra minutes.

Well, yes it does, and I see now that my comment was not necessary. Point taken.

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

At the very bottom on the subtitle interface if they were forced there's a place to select subtitles encoded on the video

I see. Ok, I will just use that option in the future instead of commenting. Forgive me, it's my first time doing this, so just trying to get a grip on it. Thank you for your time, and information.

[Deciazulado]

No, the comments are necessary and useful or helpful for the purpose of doing/maintaining/approving the database/submissions . The persons who oversee and approve/reject, can make use of hem. I mentioned above if someone puts 2.40 "Measured it myself" etc that works. Other people find a title on one of the amazons and include the url on the comments etc, and that also can be used to add data to the database, etc. I think at one point some of the comments were or are gonna be able to be seen as mouse-over tips.

[Prim]

Ok - then I will comment on my future submissions. I just had to get an idea of whether the comments were viewed as a good thing or if it was considered unnecessary clutter. So now I know. Mouse-over tips is a great idea btw, something I for one would really like, and I think would be useful for everyone, not just the person(s) that approves the submissions.

[Travis]

When I want to search for TV shows, I go to Amazon. On the movie page (left hand side) no TV button, in search page also no TV box to check. Maybe it is out there somewhere, I cannot find it. In the collection page, it states number of TV series at the top, so info is out there. Where?

Can you guys add a button to help us search for TV on BD?

[abintra]

@ Travis.

Apologies if I mis-understood your question but if not..

On the left side of the movies page you mentioned, under the database heading, is the link to "TV on Blu-ray" link which leads to https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?show=tvshows

Also, in your collection you can access your TV titles under Statistics or use your "search collection" link for the advanced search which has TV as an option under "other".. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/searc...s&categoryid=7

[Travis]

Originally Posted by abintra

@ Travis.

Apologies if I mis-understood your question but if not..

On the left side of the movies page you mentioned, under the database heading, is the link to "TV on Blu-ray" link which leads to https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?show=tvshows

Also, in your collection you can access your TV titles under Statistics or use your "search collection" link for the advanced search which has TV as an option under "other".. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/searc...s&categoryid=7

I see it.

Was looking under genre. Thanks for taking the time to reply to my stupid post. Appreciate it.

[abintra]

Originally Posted by Travis

Was looking under genre.

That does make sense to look there.

It might be worth suggesting adding TV under the genre heading in the 'New features and site improvements' thread.

If it wasn't a deliberate decision, it might not have been done that way solely because the TV tag doesn't appear under genres when adding titles to the database.

[abintra]

Is it possible to add multiple resolutions for a title?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ernes...Blu-ray/20355/

According to the review, Ernest Goes to Camp is 1080i. Ernest Goes to Jail is 1080p.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Jarfa

About a week ago ... but not yet in full overdrive

just use title in the quick search dropdown options for any upcoming movie.

And every user can add some missing movie also

I was trying to "Suggest New Titles", but everytime I click on it, it takes me to the Blu-Ray Release page? I'm not sure if it's a bug, or I'm missing something?

[Jarfa]

Originally Posted by Foggy

I was trying to "Suggest New Titles", but everytime I click on it, it takes me to the Blu-Ray Release page? I'm not sure if it's a bug, or I'm missing something?

Guess it's not yet implemented

Iceman will take care of that soon for sure