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Quoting DJ Doena:
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Hi LowPro, please check the readme file for the Browser switches and try a different browser plugin. That's where the error arises (CreateWebViewControlHost) and for some reason some browser plugins don't work for everyone which is why I added this option.
Thanks for chiming in. I'll have a look at that when I get home this evening. 
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I just realized. No need to wait until I get home this evening. I usually power down my laptop before leaving the house. Left it on this morning at it turns out. Connected to it just now and am happy to report that adding the "/browser=webview2" switch did the trick. The application launches without issue now, the IMDB website being displayed in its full glory. No issues from there browsing the website and pulling down cast and crew data for a given movie or TV series. Works great. Thanks again DJ Doena for chiming in. | Posted: Topic Replies: 673, Topic Views: 67693 |
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So anyone else have any thoughts on this? CastCrewEdit2.exe is still only running as a background process for me eventually throwing an error. (See the error message I posted a few replies back.) Very disappointing as the application was running without issue initially per my fresh build of Windows 11. 
That being said, I got tired of using my old Windows 7 laptop just for this application. Came up with a much better workaround a short time ago. Had a Windows 10 iso file sitting on my hard drive so figured I might as well put it to good use. Installed Oracle VirtualBox and am back in business. 
(Click on the preview image above to view the full size image.)
Copy/paste wasn't working between Guest and Host at first. Finally remembered that Guest Additions needed to be installed. Doh! Was good to go after that. Whatever it takes I suppose. Guess from time to time I'll attempt to run CastCrewEdit2 locally to see if the issue corrects itself.  | Posted: Topic Replies: 673, Topic Views: 67693 |
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I updated Windows 7 to 26100.4770 and no change sad to say. CastCrewEdit2.exe still only shows up under Task Manager when run followed by the error message shown in my prior post several minutes later.
Just for kicks I ran the below executables directly.
CheckForDuplicatesInCastCrewEdit2Cache.exe
CompareProfilerXMLAndCastCrewEdit2Cache.exe
EditIMDbToDVDProfilerCrewRoleTransformation.exe
In each case Windows Defender blocked the given exe from running. Selected "Run Anyway" for each when prompted after which the application window was displayed. Each of the above now run on the first attempt without issue.
So for now my workaround is to use Cast/Crew Edit 2 on my old Windows 7 laptop saving the given XML, then browsing to the file in question across the network from my Windows 11 laptop. | Posted: Topic Replies: 673, Topic Views: 67693 |
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Quoting Medieval Guy:
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I'm on 26100.4770, and have not experienced anything like that...I use it several times a week.
Perhaps I’ll install the preview version of the next Windows update. That should get me up to 26100.4770 I assume. You never know. Perhaps that will get the application back on track. | Posted: Topic Replies: 673, Topic Views: 67693 |
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Is anyone else having issues getting this program to run on Windows 11 Pro (Version: 24H2 | OS build: 26100.4652) by chance? It was working a few months ago, the last time I used it.
Downloaded the application fresh a short time ago. Same issue. When I run the executable the application is not displayed. It's also absent from the Taskbar. The process is present under Task Manager, but that's it.
If I refrain from ending the process via Task Manager the below error message is displayed after several minutes.
(Click here to view the log file referenced above.) | Posted: Topic Replies: 673, Topic Views: 67693 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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Quoting Lowpro:
That being said, I have no idea where the application caches those images.
I'm still confused. I already posted details on that based on one of my plugins. I must be missing something. Sadly, I do not have windows 11. Otherwise I would look at it directly rather than theorizing.
You may not need to theorize. Rdodolak is able to replicate the issue as well. Evidently DVD Profiler for PC's HTML Windows don't like my secure website for some reason.
To replicate the issue just create a HTML window for the "Overview" and add the below URL within an img tag. The image (400x225) won't populate for Rdodolak either. Perhaps it won't populate for you. Perhaps it will. Only one way to find out.
https://www.lowpro.net/phpdvdprofiler/bd/overview/191329277447/s1e01.jpg
Hotlinking to the original image I obtained from Amazon Prime populates without issue per the below.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/pv-target-images/0146f47b3c5a07c9ca51a483ef9d8c43d09a2270ebb7544a6fae34cff5721248.jpg" width="400" height="225"
As to your plugins, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with that information you shared. Further explanation is needed. I'm just trying to figure out whether DVD Profiler for PC is downloading the given image from my website or not. If so, why isn't the given image being displayed? If not, what could be preventing that from happening?
Again, no issues with DVD Profiler for iOS or a conventional web browser and no issues with DVD Profiler for PC under Windows 7. I guess this is what happens when you're stuck with a legacy application that hasn't been updated for 8 years. | Posted: Topic Replies: 18, Topic Views: 6126 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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I took a fresh look at this just now and discovered that the issue can only be replicated when attempting to display images from my web space! Example provided below for "Landman: Season One".
Below is the HTML (minus the <> at each end) used to display the thumbnail (400x225) for Episode 1. In DVD Profiler for PC a broken image link is shown within the HTML Window used for the "Overview" section.
img src="https://www.lowpro.net/phpdvdprofiler/bd/overview/191329277447/s1e01.jpg
The original image (1920x1080) was obtained from Amazon Prime so I figured why not. Let's try hotlinking to the image instead resizing accordingly.
img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/pv-target-images/0146f47b3c5a07c9ca51a483ef9d8c43d09a2270ebb7544a6fae34cff5721248.jpg" width="400" height="225"
Well look at that. DVD Profiler for PC displays the image without issue. Rinse and repeat for all 10 episodes. No issues. I then tried random images from various websites including this one. Again, no issues.
So it appears the issue here is limited to images residing on my secure web space, i.e. "https://www.lowpro.net", the file permissions having been reset for good measure since encountering this issue. Sadly that hasn't helped. And again, no issues with DVD Profiler for iOS or a conventional web browser. I also added my website as a Trusted Site to IE.
Any thoughts? I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Well, short of finding a different provider to host my website. At least I've narrowed down the scope of the issue. That's something I guess.
Wait, I thought you were using HTML windows where the images are cached in AppData. Seems you have switched horses on me. When rendering images from PHP, you will get them from your web space, but if you are processing HTML pages, the images will be coming from the AppData cache. BUt I don't know how your web site interacts with Profiler HTML windows.
The images only reside on my web space. DVD Profiler for PC, DVD Profiler for iOS and my phpDVDProfiler based website access the images in the same fashion, i.e. using the HTML img tag. In the case of DVD Profiler for PC any images downloaded and displayed are cached (similar to a conventional browser) as the application doesn't attempt to download them again unless I perform a refresh of the given HTML window. That being said, I have no idea where the application caches those images. At present it's failing to populate any of the images. For some reason it doesn't like, "https://www.lowpro.net". No issues with DVD Profiler for iOS and no issues when using a conventional web browser. Very odd. Based on the Help file for DVD Profiler for PC it appears to rely on the particular version of Internet Explorer installed for certain things. See below.
Editing/Creating HTML Sections - HTML Sections Tab
"DVD Profiler's HTML Section editor is an interactive designer which lets you lay out the look and contents of the HTML Windows for the loaded layout. DVD Profiler HTML Sections can contain standard HTML/DHTML, JScript, and other elements. The specific element and attribute support is determined by the installed version of Internet Explorer.
I did add my website to IE's Trusted Sites list. Sadly that didn't help. I also added exceptions to Windows Firewall per ensuring DVD Profiler for PC was able to send/receive over the network and Internet. No issues accessing Invelos.com. No issues performing a local sync with DVD Profiler for iOS. I also took a careful look over my network and router adding the local IP that runs DVD Profiler for PC to the DMZ for good measure. No dice. Took down all the guardrails temporarily as well from Windows 11 to my router. Again, no dice. Considering DVD Profiler for iOS and my phpDVDProfiler based website have no issues I wasn't expecting any of those steps to bear fruit. Guess I'll keep at it. Either that or I'll just go back to my 15 year old laptop running Windows 7. | Posted: Topic Replies: 18, Topic Views: 6126 |
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Quoting rdodolak:
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Does your laptop need to access a certain port on your website?
I tried accessing that URL from a web browser and it worked fine. I then created a test HTML window, added that image URL, and received the same issue that you are experiencing.
No specific port needed. And whoa, you're able to replicate the issue as well.
What is it about my website that DVD Profiler for PC doesn't like? | Posted: Topic Replies: 18, Topic Views: 6126 |
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I took a fresh look at this just now and discovered that the issue can only be replicated when attempting to display images from my web space! Example provided below for "Landman: Season One".
Below is the HTML (minus the <> at each end) used to display the thumbnail (400x225) for Episode 1. In DVD Profiler for PC a broken image link is shown within the HTML Window used for the "Overview" section.
img src="https://www.lowpro.net/phpdvdprofiler/bd/overview/191329277447/s1e01.jpg
The original image (1920x1080) was obtained from Amazon Prime so I figured why not. Let's try hotlinking to the image instead resizing accordingly.
img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/pv-target-images/0146f47b3c5a07c9ca51a483ef9d8c43d09a2270ebb7544a6fae34cff5721248.jpg" width="400" height="225"
Well look at that. DVD Profiler for PC displays the image without issue. Rinse and repeat for all 10 episodes. No issues. I then tried random images from various websites including this one. Again, no issues.
So it appears the issue here is limited to images residing on my secure web space, i.e. "https://www.lowpro.net", the file permissions having been reset for good measure since encountering this issue. Sadly that hasn't helped. And again, no issues with DVD Profiler for iOS or a conventional web browser. I also added my website as a Trusted Site to IE.
Any thoughts? I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Well, short of finding a different provider to host my website. At least I've narrowed down the scope of the issue. That's something I guess. | Posted: Topic Replies: 18, Topic Views: 6126 |
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| Flag all profiles, copy a profile that has Media Banners turned off, paste to all Flagged profiles selecting only the Media Banners option from the "Paste Profile Data" window. Done deal. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. | Posted: Topic Replies: 5, Topic Views: 3224 |
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This is an older laptop (Asus ROG Strix GL702VM) with a fresh install of Windows 11 Home which I've since upgraded to Windows 11 Pro 24H2. Also, the HTML file in the temp folder is a mirror image of the "Overview (HTML Window)" that's currently being displayed, i.e. all img tags are pointing to JPG's stored on my website, "https://www.lowpro.net".
The HTML file in the temp folder displays the images without issue when viewed using any of the browsers I have installed. No issues with my phpDVDProfiler based website as well which contains the same HTML for a given "Overview" section. DVD Profiler for iOS also displays the images within a given HTML window without issue. It's only DVD Profiler for PC that's displaying broken img links instead. This includes the "Preview" tab accessible via "View\HTML Windows\Edit". Nothing but broken img links there as well.
Not sure what goes on behind the scenes with DVD Profiler for PC, but it's clear the application is caching any images that populate within the HTML windows just as a conventional browser would, those images then being used going forward short of performing a right click within the given HTML window and hitting up the refresh option. On the Windows 7 laptop I'm migrating over from the images come down and populate for a given HTML window without issue, said images continuing to be displayed over multiple sessions of the application and Windows whether I have access to the Internet or not.
This evening when I get home from work I'll have time to take a look at this again. I appreciate the feedback provided. Hopefully I can get this figured out. Hopefully the root cause once found can be addressed. We'll see I suppose. Worse case scenario I'll have broken img links within DVD Profiler for PC. At least the img links populate without issue using DVD Profiler for iOS and my phpDVDProfiler based website. Those are the primary methods I use to actually browse my DVD's and Blu-ray's. I only use DVD Profiler for PC to edit existing profiles and or create/delete profiles prior to syncing locally with DVD Profiler for iOS or exporting a XML to update phpDVDProfiler. | Posted: Topic Replies: 18, Topic Views: 6126 |
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Quoting rdodolak:
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So that's the path to the html file being used by DVD Profiler, but what is the path for the images within the html file? Are the images actually in the file location the html file is specifying?
Any images that populate within the HTML window for a given profile are cached. The cached images are then displayed going forward short of performing a right click and selecting the refresh option. That being said, the images aren't cached in that temp folder. Not sure where they're cached. | Posted: Topic Replies: 18, Topic Views: 6126 |
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Quoting mediadogg:
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DVD Profiler does not usually store images for HTML windows in AppData. Do you have a mismatch in expected default folders somewhere? (shooting in the dark here)
Thanks for chiming in. I'll take a look at that. All my images are stored online. DVD Profiler does cache the images for a given profile's HTML window locally once viewed for the first time. Not sure where that folder location is though. Well, at present all I get are broken image links. Perhaps that's the issue. Perhaps DVD Profiler for PC is failing to cache the images locally, hence they aren't being displayed within the HTML window. | Posted: Topic Replies: 18, Topic Views: 6126 |
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I recently installed DVD Profiler 4.0 Build 1762 under Windows 11 Home. Prior I had only run DVD Profiler under Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. That being said, everything is working great with one exception. For the "Overview" section of my profiles I use a HTML Window, my TV series profiles including numerous images which are stored online, not locally. Below is a recent example, my online profile for the TV series, "Landman".
(Click on the image above to view my online profile for this title.)
The images populate without issue when viewing the profile via my phpDVDProfiler based website per the above. The images also populate without issue when viewing the profile via the DVD Profiler mobile app which I sync directly with DVD Profiler for PC. Within DVD Profiler for PC however all the image links are broken. Accessing the properties of the HTML Window (file:///C:/Users/ASUS/AppData/Local/DVD%20Profiler/Temp/Design/3B878279A04DC47D60932CB294D96259/index.html) the temp HTML page populates the images without issue as well via my web browser. See below.
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So what gives? Any thoughts? I'm logged in to Windows 11 with local admin rights. I have Full Control over the folder where DVD Profiler is installed, the executable set to run as an administrator. I turned off Windows Firewall for good measure and still no dice. None of the image links populate within DVD Profiler for PC. They're all broken. No issues with my Windows 7 build. | Posted: Topic Replies: 18, Topic Views: 6126 |
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The pretzels people turn themselves into attempting to comply with some collective standard for what a given profile and data point should look like. Honestly, I'll never get it. For purposes of contribution to the online database, sure. In that context I'd agree. Quasi marketing blurbs (...not a tagline) should not be included within the "Overview".
That being said, by all means, do whatever the heck you want to do with your profile locally. There's absolutely no reason to submit to some collective set of rules. It's your collection. Contribute a given profile if you like following the current rules obtaining a consensus if need be, then lock your local profile down and do with it as you see fit. Short of contributing a given profile it doesn't matter what you do. You're not impacting anyone else's profiles in that case.
The "Overview" section for me personally is a substitute for physically reading the back portion of the given cover art. Anything is fair game. If I want to include a marketing blurb or tagline that's presented prior to the actual "synopsis" of a title I include it. If I don't, I don't. My "Overview" sections include the "Bonus Feature" details from the back portion of the given cover art as well, most of the time verbatim. Sometimes I'll include certain "Bonus Features" which are present on the discs, but not mentioned on the cover art.
My disc level profiles include only the "Bonus Feature" items included on the given disc, the verbiage from the Blu-ray menus used in most cases. For TV series content my "Overview" sections include the "Synopsis", "Bonus Features" and an "Episode List" and an "Episode Guide" which follows the episode breakdown per disc, everything divided by separators. It's all in one place, quick and easy to digest. | Posted: Topic Replies: 5, Topic Views: 4113 |
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yea, but you are failing to realize: i bet people (MYSELF INCLUDED) would rather have info in the profile than NO INFO WHATSOEVER. i, too, have been using it since it was Invocative. i've submitted several profiles back in the day and they were rejected. so i said to myself, fine - i won't help out. now, for the last 18+ years, if it's not in the database, i have to go through the pain of putting in BASIC info and cover image myself. (no cast info, which REALLY sucks...)
i'd just be nice to have the info there, THEN if someone sees a mistake, and wants to fix it - GO FOR IT!
pulling from IMDB or even TMDB would be better than NOTHING.
CastCrewEdit2 is your friend. | Posted: Topic Replies: 25, Topic Views: 15788 |
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| I'm perfectly capable of creating a profile from scratch if needed. I don't need anyone's contributions. I don't need or want the shared Invelos database to alter my local profiles. I don't need Invelos to do jack. To each his own naturally. | Posted: Topic Replies: 40, Topic Views: 22672 |
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