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| This was previously discussed here in far more depth, without reaching a consensus. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 127 |
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Quoting MrVideo:
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Quoting Rutan:
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For example, of a region locked 4K disc does not play on Australian 4K player same goes for the BD.
I think a distributor that creates a region locked UHD disc that breaks the spirit of the no region coding are nasty and that such a release should be returned as defective.
There may be licensing restrictions that are forcing the distributor to do this. | Posted: Topic Replies: 12, Topic Views: 359 |
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Quoting MrVideo:
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So, if both media types are checked for the parent and child profiles, how is the child supposed to be indicated that it is the BD media of the combo package?
The primary media (4K) profile will have both media types enabled (as per combo set rules) whilst the child profile (BD) will have "Blu-ray" media type enabled, as per standard contribution rules.
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I found the following regarding 4K region coding, based upon your link. IMHO, any release that adds region code checking is in violation of the BDA.
https://www.scenarist.com/2023/09/14/technical-bulletin-important-information-regarding-ultra-hd-blu-ray-format/?fbclid=IwAR1fOcgh5V5lvcJynPjmw9JHFk70fjZOX_MjV2y8GCoVVQ43T8gXNoN1GjQ
Whilst PSR20 (Player Setting Register 20) is the standard method used by Blu-ray Java to query a player's region, distributor's can potentially implement regional restrictions on 4K discs using several "unofficial" or secondary software-based methods and still be compliant (that is, not use PSR20):
• query the player's country code (PSR19)
• query the player's Java system properties
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The combo set rule (at bottom of page) states to enter as a normal profile for the main media type, with included media types checked.
A normal profile means standard contribution rules are applied to the main media type profile, so if there was a bonus material disc or bonus feature film disc in the combo set, they are also added to the main media profile.
The child Blu-ray is also subject to standard contribution rules, however, you cannot add this optional child profile to the 4K parent profile if the parent's Blu-ray media type is disabled (the screeners will decline this change).
4K Ultra HD is an enhanced extension of the Blu-ray standard, so the potential exists for some 4K discs to be region coded. | Posted: Topic Replies: 12, Topic Views: 359 |
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Don't forget my confirmations from January 22, 2026.
Please note the film "They Rode West" from 1954 was not previously listed. | Posted: Topic Replies: 35, Topic Views: 19099 |
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• The Dakotas: The Complete Series, Episode 20 (TV series) FRANK de KOVA
• They Rode West (1954) Frank DeKova | Posted: Topic Replies: 35, Topic Views: 19099 |
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The invelos.com domain name was originally hosted with COMCAST using IP address 173.167.34.141, and was due to expire on 11-May-2025.
From 16-Mar-2025, it appears this domain name hosting was transferred to IONOS INC. (Pennsylvania - Philadelphia), using IP address 74.208.214.200, with an expiry date of 11-May-2028.
The IONOS domain transfer deal offered nil transfer fee and free SSL certificate for each account, so it wasn't surprising to see Ken Cole implement SSL for this domain name.
From what I have read, the outage of this domain name in mid-January, 2026 was a consequence of a planned maintenance activity on the IONOS cloud server cluster based in Berlin, Germany that caused an unforeseen network instability with their gateway/core routers (BGP sessions failing and flapping). | Posted: Topic Replies: 2, Topic Views: 638 |
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My understanding is the rules for title apply to the title from the front cover only.
The rule for Original Title states to use the title from the film's credits.
It also states "In cases where the title is the original title, leave the Original Title field blank."
EXAMPLES:
• If the cover title was "X" then change cover title to X and add the original title "X".
• If the cover title was X then we add the original title "X".
• If the cover title was "X": The Man With the X-Ray Eyes then we add the original title "X".
As a result of the cover title rules, the cover title will never match an original film title fully enclosed in quotes.
Hope that provided some clarity on the matter. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 419 |
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Its all about context, was it contiguous or was it clearly separate from the title.
It reminds me of the discussion on "3D" on the front cover, when Ken Cole confirmed its correct usage in the cover title. For me, the edition needs to be clearly segregated from the title.
That's why I voted YES to title. | Posted: Topic Replies: 19, Topic Views: 1667 |
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Both volumes (191329-204207 and 191329-231616) were digibook (with slip cover) box sets with the same cover title.
The cover title entered in both box parent profiles was "Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection", there was no edition name.
Since the parent and child discs use the same slip covers, how can the child disc have an edition name when the parent doesn't have an edition name? The assumption the second volume disc profiles were correctly configured is questionable. | Posted: Topic Replies: 6, Topic Views: 706 |
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| I just hope the screener is not confusing media types to include bonus material disc media. We shall see. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 737 |
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Whilst you are correct, you need to change the existing profile from a 4K/Blu-ray combo set configuration to a 4K only configuration.
I would suggest writing your amendment as follows:
Current profile was incorrectly configured as a 4K/Blu-ray combo set, the back cover clearly specified a single 4K feature disc with a Blu-ray bonus material disc .
• disabled Blu-ray media check box
• removed Blu-ray (Main Feature) disc info
• features as found on 4K disc and Blu-ray bonus material disc, as per normal 2-disc profile configuration.
Hope that helps. | Posted: Topic Replies: 3, Topic Views: 737 |
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Quoting ObiKen:
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I believe "Loew's Incorporated" was the correct name. It was formed by Marcus Loew in 1924. Incorporated was not a suffix here, it was part of the name as denoted by the possessive apostrophe.
Correction: "Loew's Incorporated" was formed by Marcus Loew in 1919. | Posted: Topic Replies: 2, Topic Views: 3009 |
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| I believe "Loew's Incorporated" was the correct name. It was formed by Marcus Loew in 1924. Incorporated was not a suffix here, it was part of the name as denoted by the possessive apostrophe. | Posted: Topic Replies: 2, Topic Views: 3009 |
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The copyright registration for the film's screenplay (dated 24-Jun-2015) used the title Boyka: Undisputed IV:
https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/voyager_28434635
However, the copyright registration for the motion picture (dated 29-Mar-2017) used the title Boyka Undisputed 4:
https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/voyager_28992956
The film's supplemental copyright registration (dated 22-Aug-2023) used the same title, Boyka Undisputed 4:
https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/voyager_35957388 | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 1541 |
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All in a Night's Work (1961) ==> Howard Smith
The Matchmaker (1958) ==> Howard Smith
Who's Got the Action? (1962) ==> Howard Smith | Posted: Topic Replies: 7, Topic Views: 9836 |
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Quoting GSyren:
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Have you compared the results to see which function that seems best in finding blurry scans? Even though the results are different, I find it hard to say that one is more efficient than the other. How about you?
There was a reasonable correlation between the two methods. Those with poor contrast and /or fewer colours were typically rated with lower variance. Back covers tended to have higher variance values than their corresponding front cover, as they had, in the main, more information (text, colours, images, contrast).
Either method is fine. The output result can be sorted from lowest to highest variance (that is, worst to best), so allows for quick identification and confirmation that the image in question is in need of fixing.
In some cases, a low variance image cannot be improved because it is mainly a dark image (or solid colour) with small variations in pixel intensities. | Posted: Topic Replies: 20, Topic Views: 5550 |
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SharpnessCheck ver. 1.1.0 (64-bit)
Scan 3920 profiles on Intel (Coffee Lake) i5-8600K CPU @ 3.60GHz (6 cores, no hyperthreading):
Laplacian:
(Front)
parallel tasks
6 ==> 21.86 secs
3 ==> 30.89 secs
2 ==> 43.94 secs
1 ==> 84.25 secs
(Back)
6 ==> 22.23 secs
3 ==> 30.97 secs
2 ==> 44.28 secs
1 ==> 84.46 secs
Wavelet:
(Front)
parallel tasks
6 ==> 13.18 secs
3 ==> 14.78 secs
2 ==> 17.58 secs
1 ==> 29.13 secs
(Back)
6 ==> 13.31 secs
3 ==> 14.93 secs
2 ==> 18.01 secs
1 ==> 30.09 secs
Windows resource monitor shows all processors are active, no matter how many parallel tasks are configured.
All cores at 100% when parallel tasks at 6 or more, and all cores at a lower % of activity depending on the reduced number of parallel tasks configured.
Hope that helps. | Posted: Topic Replies: 20, Topic Views: 5550 |
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Quoting GSyren:
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Has the problem with adding new birth years also been fixed? I haven't been able to check. Perhaps someone that's more into birthyears can check that?
I'm not sure if this is the same problem you were describing, but I remember trying to add a new profile in June this year and the web site came back with an error message about a birth year not being allowed.
I just created an update to this profile and added the birth year and surprisingly, the web site now asks me to click a check box with this new entry and to provide additional notes verifying this change.
Is this the scenario you describe? | Posted: Topic Replies: 12, Topic Views: 5077 |
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| This tool (v2.0) is a Hollywood production, it works like a dream! | Posted: Topic Replies: 32, Topic Views: 11192 |
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Quoting Addicted2DVD:
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wow... thanks Tim... I honestly don't know how I want to vote on this one. I been going back and forth on this in my head since you posted it! 
There is already a precedent in the online database for a comic book artist being credited for OMB and OCB, and that is Jack Kirby (CAPTAIN AMERICA, ANT-MAN, AVENGERS, BLACK PANTHER, FANTASTIC FOUR, HULK, IRON MAN, THOR, X-MEN, ...).
Jack Kirby was an American comic book artist, he was not a writer. He combined with writers Stan Lee and Joe Simon to create many of the super heroes. | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 3285 |
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Interesting credit. When it comes to screenplay adaptations, a graphic novel is no different to a comic book, the screenwriter may use the text and/or drawings to better understand/develop the story and its characters.
As such, I consider the above screen credit as a source material credit (OMB). | Posted: Topic Replies: 4, Topic Views: 3285 |
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Quoting GSyren:
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I have a bit of a conundrum. The alternate source that I am looking at contains 128 different categories. That may be historically correct, but not very helpful. I'm wondering if one could merge some of them. For example, 22 music categories? Wouldn't "Score" and "Song" be enough? Any thoughts on which categories that could be conflated (if at all)?
May I suggest you adopt the categories listed in The Official Academy Awards Database:
https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/?search=Basic
You can then condense the various music categories under:
• MUSIC (Scoring) <== original or adaptation (there may be multiple winners in the same year)
• MUSIC (Song) <== original or adaptation
Other categories that may be condensed:
• WRITING <== [includes original story, screenplay, original screenplay, adapted screenplay, etc.)
• PRODUCTION DESIGN <== [includes art direction, art direction (B/W), art direction (color), etc.]
• CINEMATOGRAPHY <== [includes cinematography (black-and-white), cinematography (color)]
• SOUND <== [includes Sound, Sound Recording, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, last two discontinued after 2019] | Posted: Topic Replies: 32, Topic Views: 11192 |
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Quoting GSyren:
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Fun facts:
- The person with the most nominations has been nominated 49 times. Guess who? JOHN WILLIAMS
- One person has been nominated 17 times without winning. Who's the unlucky guy? GREG P. RUSSELL
My answer is in BOLD.
I believe the statistics for John Williams is incomplete, the nominations (up to 2023) should be 53. I double-checked other composers/song writers (such as Dimitri Tiomkin) and found "best original song" nominations were not included in the statistics - is this right? | Posted: Topic Replies: 32, Topic Views: 11192 |
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| Are you referring to the 1976 computer game "Colossal Cave Adventure" which used the magic code "XYZZY" to teleport the player between two locations? | Posted: Topic Replies: 32, Topic Views: 11192 |