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I think (hope) what Ken was saying is that...

Any slipcase that contains one movie in a single keep case, digipack, slimpak, what have you.. that case type is decieded by what holds the disc.

However, if a digipak or fat keep case holds mutiple movies on multiple discs and is contained in a slip case, the slip case is what you use for the case type of the box set (parent) profile.

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At the moment, TV Sets do not fall under the catagory of 'Box Sets'.  If they did, child profiles would not be optional.  It may not make sense, but those are the rules.

It doesn't make sense relative to the "Slip Case" case type.

If you are saying that "Slip Case" cannot be used for TV Sets, I would strenuously disagree, especially since when Ken made this change, he changed a bunch of TV Set "Boxset" case types to "Slip Case" in the main db.

Your strenuous disagreement is based on faulty logic.  Ken changed the case type 'Box Set' to 'Slip Case' in the program.  ANY profile that had 'Box Set' as a case type was automatically changed.  The fact that there were TV sets changed as well doesn't mean anything.

The fact remains that, at the moment, Box Set rules do not apply to TV Series sets.

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At the moment, TV Sets do not fall under the catagory of 'Box Sets'.  If they did, child profiles would not be optional.  It may not make sense, but those are the rules.

It doesn't make sense relative to the "Slip Case" case type.

If you are saying that "Slip Case" cannot be used for TV Sets, I would strenuously disagree, especially since when Ken made this change, he changed a bunch of TV Set "Boxset" case types to "Slip Case" in the main db.

Your strenuous disagreement is based on faulty logic.  Ken changed the case type 'Box Set' to 'Slip Case' in the program.  ANY profile that had 'Box Set' as a case type was automatically changed.  The fact that there were TV sets changed as well doesn't mean anything.

The fact remains that, at the moment, Box Set rules do not apply to TV Series sets.

Just so that us dummies are clear on this..... Ken changed a bunch of TV Sets to "Slip Case" case types in the main database, but your interpretation is that based on his recent statement here in the forums, we cannot use "Slip Case" for case type for TV Sets going forward because they are not technically a profile type of "Boxset"

Did I get that right?

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Why in hell don't we knock off all this bickering,

I made a proposal (Method 1) that will eliminate all of it.  Why don't we all get behind it and recommend that Ken put it in place?

Or it that just too much to expect?

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Why in hell don't we knock off all this bickering,

I made a proposal (Method 1) that will eliminate all of it.  Why don't we all get behind it and recommend that Ken put it in place?

Or it that just too much to expect?

There was an answer to all of this before Ken mucked it up which was far simpler than anything you have come up with. That answer was to use the case type and ignore the content completely. After-all, we are talking about the case type field and nothing else.

Calling the case type other than what it is creates problems. To call a case type because of it's contents is nonsensical.

That may all very well be true, but its a moot point now.  The horse is already out of the barn.  Going all the way back to restart where you suggest would be far more confusing for most users (and still far too susceptible to interpretation) than my suggestion.  But I agree that it should have been done differently to start with.  Now though, we have to play the cards we've been dealt.

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due to Ken's strange idea of what a case type is.

That may very well be, but the way I see it, is that Ken's "strange idea" happens to match the outcome of each and every poll on the subject. For me personally, Ken's changes combined with his clarification is more than enough. Like you, I will continue to do it the way I have been doing it for the past several years. As of yet, I have never had a single voter disagree with me on case type, so I feel I'm okay.

As for Rifter's suggestions: if we're really going to push for something else, than I favor Hal's proposal. Remove "box set"/"slip case" as a choice from the drop-down menu altogether, and instead add a "slip case" checkbox. You then just pick the appropriate case type from the drop-down menu, and if it comes in a slipcase, you also tick the checkbox. If it doesn't, you don't. Wouldn't leave any room for confusion, I'd say...