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[Marwin]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Can we get an option under our site preferences to have "Watched" set when using the quick add from search?

Could we get a checkbox to not crop whitespace on contributed media covers similar to the option currently available for theatrical posters? Many times I've contributed media covers only to find out the image was severely cropped. This results in having to go back and use the trick of adding a colored pixel in the corners of the images to prevent having the image cropped a second time.

Thanks Marwin!

I was just considering adding an option for the default value of "Watched", guess great minds think alike

It might be possible to make the auto-cropping code smarter and to avoid messing up the white covers (I'm thinking detecting how many percent of the image is actually white and if it is above a certain threshold we skip the image cropping process), will need to look into this. The alternative would be to add an option for this, but we don't want to clutter things with too much options either.

Edit: Do you have any white trouble-covers that you remember off the top of your head for testing?

[Marwin]

Found a perfect example to begin playing around with:

[Marwin]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Can we get an option under our site preferences to have "Watched" set when using the quick add from search?

There's now an Add to collection as watched setting in the "My collection" section that defaults to 0 that can be used for this purpose.

[Marwin]

And some Criterion examples of easily bugged covers when cropping:


My preliminary behind the scenes testing is looking good so far, hopefully the smarter auto-cropping algorithm can go live very soon

[Marwin]

The new cover auto-cropping code is now live, hopefully I didn't break anything in the process

It should be noted that it will only apply to new image/cover uploads and won't fix legacy images, they have to be re-submitted.

[Marwin]

Originally Posted by Marwin

The problem is that we're not detecting Android tablets correctly right now, so I've re-enabled the search preview/popup for all users until this is fixed.

I think it should work like this now:

iPad - preview
iPhone - no cover preview, faster
iPod - no cover preview, faster

Android tablet - preview
Android phone - no cover preview, faster

Kindle - preview

Mobile Safari - no cover preview, faster

[Marwin]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

So quick add is gone again for mobile users.

You're using quick add on what device?

[Marwin]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Guess I spoke too soon. It didn't work on the front cover of this title as it cropped out the whitespace. Resubmitted the front cover is the corner pixel trick.

https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/The-Neve...ter-DVD/52666/

I've changed the auto-cropping to be more strict so now it works on the Neverending Story cover as well. The only downside is that some bundle covers won't get auto-cropped, such as these ones:

[Marwin]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

I think I found a bug. When searching my DVD collection if I use the check boxes and click on Edit Selected it brings up Blu-ray titles that I don't even own rather than the DVDs I've selected to edit. The first title always seems to be the Swedish release of 500 Days of Summer and it's listed as For Sale. I don't have any titles listed for sale nor that specific title so it makes me think it's pulling up someone else's collection.

Oops, that's quite a bug. Thanks for reporting it, should be fixed now

[incubus]

Originally Posted by Mark Malmstrøm

this is something that i find a big problem


Everytime that is a CDON link the release date does automatic reflects what's on the CDON release and not the exact release date that was added before the link to CDON was added. don't know if it also happes with other releases

The release date from CDON is only used if no release date has been submitted. It doesn't overwrite if there already is a release date.

[Marwin]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

It still appears to be cropping off the white borders of titles with white covers. Had to resubmit these with the corner pixel trick.

https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Gods-and...als-DVD/52911/
https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Miss-Con...ity-DVD/22027/

Yes, we had to revert the code because it was letting too many covers through uncropped.

We're now going to address this internally by allowing admins to choose between the original upload and the auto-cropped version. Hopefully this should take care of the white problem covers in the future. This change is now live

[Marwin]

Originally Posted by Mark Malmstrøm

then how come that sometimes the release date has changed to reflect what is on the CDON but it does not say who or what changed it, and i know i did not change it to that date even though my name still appeas on the edit-area ??????

It could be a bug. It would help if you had an example of such an entry, if you don't, try to keep this in mind the next time it happens and we will investigate further.

[Marwin]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

I've noticed similar issues with Amazon listings in the past. Sometimes I have added the UPC and/or EAN to a title and then months later my name will still show next to the field but a different UPC is listed even though I know I didn't change it.

Most likely the UPC/EAN of the associated Amazon ASIN changed and it was updated by the backend, hence no one is listed as making the change.

[doctorsteve]

Iceman, want to request a Music clickie between the 3D Movies and DVD clickies at the top of the page. This would allow quicker, better access to Blu-Audio releases (as opposed to concert video releases).

Thanks, Doc.

[The Apocalypse]

Video game covers should be updatable like the movie ones, if possible

[iceman]

Originally Posted by Belloso

It would be cool if there was a "sort by rating" option when viewing titles by genre. Anyone else think so?

Use this one
https://www.blu-ray.com/theatrical/?action=toprated

[iceman]

The collection recommendations has been improved significantly.

I will go through the latest requests in the thread and try to fix them next week

[iceman]

Originally Posted by Belloso

Thanks, but I meant sort by Blu-ray review rating. For instance, I want to browse this section, https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?genre=Music. in order to find titles that are great on the Blu-ray format. So, sorting by site review would be great.

Sorry for not being clear.

You can do it for reviewers review rating:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/searc...sortby=overall

But not for users review rating, would you like such a sort order as well?

[iceman]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Another issue is when trying to contribute changes, if the audio section is locked due to a pending change you can't submit changes for any of the other fields that are unlocked.

Other fields when locked don't give an error when submitting changes to other unlocked fields.

Thanks a lot for reporting, this should have been fixed

[iceman]

Originally Posted by dav2708

In the deals section I can no longer activate the icons that specifiy BD Movies only, Blu-ray Boxsets, TV on BD etc. It just keeps defaulting to the main deals. The TV, Xbox ones work, though. I cant figure it out.

Doh, this has been fixed, thanks a lot for reporting