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Question about adding child profiles through the Disc ID
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantNeph
Registered: June 22, 2007
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I already was in the same situation with a similar box but I can't find the old post anymore, so sorry in advance if it's still there but just not findable through the search.

My question is about this "South Park" box:
click or click
It's a slip case with 5 keep cases (one for each season), each containing a couple of DVDs but there's only a single barcode for the whole box (it's only on the slip case).

According to the FAQ and what I was told last time (also because the single seasons don't have extra barcodes) I have to add every disc on its own as a child profile through the Disc ID.
I did already find an entry for e.g. the first disc of season 11 (53CA9DE6B24254AF, from Germany) but the data on it (cover, title, release date, region code,...) differs from the disc I own.
I know that you shouldn't create a new profile just because of a different cover or change the cover in the existing profile but what about the other missing or different information? I can't add a new child profile without an EAN code and through the disc ID I can only add the two existing ones (GB and Germany).
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWigram
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According to the FAQ and what I was told last time (also because the single seasons don't have extra barcodes) I have to add every disc on its own as a child profile through the Disc ID.

Actually you don't have too. Creating disc level child profiles is only optional (mainly for those who track discs watched). What is required, however, to complete the profile is entering all the disc info (discID and episodes numbers) in the main profile.

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I did already find an entry for e.g. the first disc of season 11 (53CA9DE6B24254AF, from Germany) but the data on it (cover, title, release date, region code,...) differs from the disc I own.
I know that you shouldn't create a new profile just because of a different cover or change the cover in the existing profile but what about the other missing or different information? I can't add a new child profile without an EAN code and through the disc ID I can only add the two existing ones (GB and Germany).


The rules for the creation of an alternate version of an existing discID profile just require largely different cover images (e.g. Disc ID profiles shared among different box sets). If the difference is only in the placement of the various text boxes, indeed you should not. But if the picture on the cover is different, you should submit an alternate.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantNeph
Registered: June 22, 2007
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Actually you don't have too. Creating disc level child profiles is only optional (mainly for those who track discs watched). What is required, however, to complete the profile is entering all the disc info (discID and episodes numbers) in the main profile.

Adding the extra discs via the disc ID to the main profile is what I've been doing and since I'm currently watching the seasons anyway, I could as well add a new child profile for every disc before I put the next one into my DVD drive.

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The rules for the creation of an alternate version of an existing discID profile just require largely different cover images (e.g. Disc ID profiles shared among different box sets). If the difference is only in the placement of the various text boxes, indeed you should not. But if the picture on the cover is different, you should submit an alternate.

I would say that the cover image differes quite a bit and it's not only that the text boxes are in different spots but that the information is different:

Existing profile:
Cover: click (ignore the stickers)
Title of the main profile: South Park: Die komplette elfte Season: Uncensored
Title of the child profiles: "South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season: Disc Eins" (etc.)
Release date: 9.7.2009
Case type: Digipak
EAN/UPC code: 4010884538267
The region code only was the wrong one in the preview, it's fine in the actual profile.

My season 11:
Cover of the box: click
Cover of the season 11 keep case: click
Title of the main profile: South Park: Seasons 11-15
Title of the child profiles: South Park: Die komplette elfte Season: Disc One (etc.)
Release date: 24.11.2016
Case type: Keep case
EAN/UPC code of the box: 4010884592993 (no extra code for the single seasons)
The back cover my season 11 amaray is exactly the same as the one from this profile (released in 2011 but no disc IDs yet) except that it's missing the EAN code.

I wouldn't mind adding extra child profiles because, like I already said, I'm currently watching the seasons anyway - unless you say that there's no point and I should rather keep it simpler-ish with only the disc IDs.
The question is: Is this the right way of doing it? Create a clone, then change/delete all the wrong information?
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorDJ Doena
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It's legit to create an alternate profile for that (just as I did for seasons 1-5 for which you contributed an update a few days ago).

Just select DVD -> Change UPC and create an alternate profile.

When you contribute you'll see the original disc ID and then a #1 behind it.
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