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<blockquote data-quote="moullas" data-source="post: 53649" data-attributes="member: 11027"><p>i think the most elegant solution would be to go without the DB... </p><p></p><p>Instead, find a way to store the movie info in an .xml file, let's say with the same name as the movie name, but with a different extention.</p><p></p><p>Then, all info for a movie are stored with it in the same folder. Another folder could be done to store all the actors, and just do a cross reference from the movie info to lookup the actors details.</p><p></p><p>This would bring </p><p>1) portability to the movies, since even if burned on cd and taken on another pc, the movie info would be available instantly</p><p>2) Fix for the "i have 3 pc's and want a central DB"</p><p>3) Fix for the "i've reinstalled MP or upgraded and need to update 450$@#$@#$@#$ movies"... AGAIN!</p><p>4) Allow for 3rd party application development to create individual movie updates (like the Album Cover Art Downloader for movie covers, but for movie info)</p><p></p><p>I have some programming bg to know that this is not that difficult to implement, however, i can't help with the C# code that is running now.. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Hope this gets to see the light of the day!!!! (or at least enter the long term to-do list <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>See ya</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moullas, post: 53649, member: 11027"] i think the most elegant solution would be to go without the DB... Instead, find a way to store the movie info in an .xml file, let's say with the same name as the movie name, but with a different extention. Then, all info for a movie are stored with it in the same folder. Another folder could be done to store all the actors, and just do a cross reference from the movie info to lookup the actors details. This would bring 1) portability to the movies, since even if burned on cd and taken on another pc, the movie info would be available instantly 2) Fix for the "i have 3 pc's and want a central DB" 3) Fix for the "i've reinstalled MP or upgraded and need to update 450$@#$@#$@#$ movies"... AGAIN! 4) Allow for 3rd party application development to create individual movie updates (like the Album Cover Art Downloader for movie covers, but for movie info) I have some programming bg to know that this is not that difficult to implement, however, i can't help with the C# code that is running now.. :( Hope this gets to see the light of the day!!!! (or at least enter the long term to-do list :) See ya [/QUOTE]
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