Hi All,

Is there a way to export just the actor images to a folder on my PC as jpg files? I have thoroughly read the entire thread "Actor Headshot Database v6". I noticed there were steps to create a small .dpb of cast and crew images to share in the forum as an update. I could not find anything else. In addition to sharing my own collection of actor images, I would like to export them to use in my Media player.

The database files are encrypted so even if you installed the correct database drivers to connect and query against it, it still wouldn't work.

I tried.

If, when you manually add a headshot, you use the "Paste Custom" context menu entry rather than the "Paste" entry, then DVD Profiler writes a JPG image into the filesystem. The location of these is a specified in Tools->Options->FileFolders, and by default the images are placed in a folder whose name is the ProfileID (basically the UPC of the profile). The image is only used in that specific profile (allowing you to have profile-specific images, but if you move the images up one level, out of the UPC directory, then the image will be used in all profiles. The interactions of having images in multiple places is unclear, and some might say a little non-obvious. One could likely create an AutoIt3 script to "Copy" then "Paste Custom" the images to get the files. Once the images are in the filesystem you can do what you like.

I have never been arsed to do that, myself ...

MediaDogg and FredLook,

Thanks for the great insight.

Returning the data that I put into an application is not only commonplace, it's fair and logical. I'm not sure how that is abuse of the application. Reading the marketing materials shows Profiler is designed to manage information. However, the viewing experience is a critical part of why we collect in the first place. Supporting this aspect would seem like a customer centric approach. Many of us spend a lot of time enriching this viewing experience through the use of tools like XBMC, Media Browser, etc.

I'm just not that familiar with the product and how it supports the viewing. At the end of the day those guests, family, and friends at "Casa Johnson" care about what's on the screen, not how it gets their.

Ooo... Pretty sure headshots do not come from Invelos. I could be wrong, but...

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Ooo... Pretty sure headshots do not come from Invelos. I could be wrong, but...

No, you are correct.  The headshots are local only and do not get uploaded/downloaded with the profile.

That can't be true. Try adding a DVD that has actors that you know are not in your database. See what happens. Or, see what happens when you do a profile refresh where you have changed a headshot. Can somebody else who knows the details please help moderate the disparity in our views?

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Excellent guys, great help...great forum. I'm sold!

One last thing. I would participate in the Actor Headshots v6 thread, provide updates and enhancements. Would those dpb files listed at the beginning of that thread end up in the CreditPhotos folder, or another accessible folder?

I would build up my headshot database, share my dpb updates with other forums users, and be able to access all the images - in the "CrediPhotos folder correct? Sorry, I don't have permissions to ask the V6 Headshot thread.

Good question. Actually I don't think so. The headshots are not in the open, even the ones you "Paste" into the profile to override the default.

Only the headshots that you "Paste Custom" are put into the CreditPhotos folder. And only the images you put into the Gallery are saved into the ScenePhotos folder. Sorry, I know it is a bit confusing.

Now, all of those things are in fact rolled up into a dpb file, so it depends on whether the author of the headshots database has put them in both places (the internal "paste" format plus the external "paste custom" folder). I hope sombody who knows the answer will respond to your question, and please correct me if I have given any information in error.

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One last thing. I would participate in the Actor Headshots v6 thread, provide updates and enhancements. Would those dpb files listed at the beginning of that thread end up in the CreditPhotos folder, or another accessible folder?

As I understand it, those images will not be added to the CreditPhotos folder.

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I would build up my headshot database, share my dpb updates with other forums users, and be able to access all the images - in the "CrediPhotos folder correct? Sorry, I don't have permissions to ask the V6 Headshot thread.

If you save as custom, the photos will be added to the CreditPhotos folder, but I don't think they will be encoded for use with the headshot database...though I am not 100% on that.  You might want to send a PM, if you can, to the good Doctor as he is maintaining that database.