Hello everyone,

I'm new here and I've been trying the free version of 'DVD Profiler'.
I really like it and I'm thinking about registering it since the price is quite acceptable.

However, will I also get like technical assistance and possible the chance to have some input?
I mean, like giving suggestions in the forums and having a good chance of them being executed.
Because I did see some problems, and some obvious improvements that could be made.

Not to be negative about this software, it already has a lot of functional and useful features.
Searching for something like this, I didn't even think this would exist.
Before I found this I made a similar DVD-list with 'Excel', only in a way that's too much work.

Unless there will be a "full/final" version of the program when buying it.
But I bet I'd just unlock it and it would be the same, besides using it fully with more DVDs than 50.
Not hopefully, cause there are sóme actual issues I'm not sure why they are there.
Or did I accidentally install some BETA-version... I don't know anymore.


So, please let me know how it is.

Greetings,
- MicHaeL

Welcome to the Asylum. New suggestions to better this outstanding product are always welcome but I'd check out the Feature Request Forum first and check to see if your suggestions have already been suggested.  .

Hello,

  Welcome to the forums and DVD Profiler....

as someone who has been using profiler for over 6 years I can tell you that Ken Cole, the owner of Invelos, and sole programmer, is 100% committed to making the best product possible. Many of the best features as well as most important fixes are a result of the user community here on the forums. You will also find the forums are quite robust, with i would estimate several hundred active users who participate in discussions ranging from basic ht stuff, to how we go about creating our user built database.

the only thing you may see that is in any way disappointing, is that because the program is developed by a single person, and has grown so vast... sometimes development is slow. please consider, in order to make a simple change to the program he now needs to change the main program, the windows mobile version, online database, and the plugin developers materials.

the current version of the program is 3.5.1 and it is very recent as it was released less than a month ago... in my experience on average the program get's an update of some kind a few times a year, sometimes less or more depending on the amount of stuff changed, the jump from 2.x to 3.x for example was... epic... and well worth the wait. Your registration payment includes all future updates of the software, and the program is very stable and like i said, updates very regularly.

hope this is more the type of info you were looking for...

Welcome to the DVDP user community, Michael!

I've been using this programme for around 6 years now, and I think it's gotta be the best 30 bucks investment I ever made. Very happy with it! 

Usually, if there's a technical problem, Ken Cole (the owner/software developer) is quick to either fix it or to explain in these forums how to get around it. Small fixes are usually ironed out in the beta phase of a new release. Whenever a new release is scheduled, registered users can get the beta release. Problems are then being reported in these forums and Ken is very quick to release new build numbers in which they have been fixed. So in beta phase, what he does is not increase the release number, but rather the build number.

In general, the longer standing issues have to do either with expanding the feature list even further or with contributions, interpretations of the Contribution Rules and/or modifications to these rules. Sometimes fierce debates on such issues can be found in these forums.

BTW: if you want to search these forums, you're better off using Google with "site:invelos.com" preceding your search terms. The search feature of the forums themselves does not work very well.

DJ

P.S.
There are also some great plug-ins, written by some very kind and helpful fellow DVDP users. Sometimes you'll find these will do exactly what you've missed in the programme itself.

Quoting dee1959jay:
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BTW: if you want to search these forums, you're better off using Google with "site:invelos.com" preceding your search terms. The search feature of the forums themselves does not work very well.
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Good tip! Will save me (also a new user) a lot of time! Thanx

Steve

Welcome to the group....  Before DVDp I used MS Access and nearly pulled out my hair using it....  I have found the application to be quite stable and the support outstanding as it is provided by the community....