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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,819 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't own a BD drive and I know there are people who don't own a DVD-ROM drive....so it would be really great if it was possible to physically type the information into the ADD DVD box.
Someone recently gave me the Disc ID information for 2 blu-ray children I own but I couldn't copy/type that information into the ADD by DISC box. |
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Would be a good idea.
Would also work for profiles where the Disc Id is inserted in the parent, but no childs has been created. (Of course this could only happen at TV series) |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Unfortunately I could see such a possibility easily abused by making up fake disc IDs. I know it's inconvenient for those without the necessary hardware but it also certifies that you actually own the disc. You can get a DVD-ROM for very little money today so that shouldn't be an obstacle. It's worse with BD-ROMs but that too will change over time. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 | | | | Last edited: by Nexus the Sixth |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,918 |
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| Registered: April 14, 2007 | | Posts: 415 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting KinoNiki: Quote:
Unfortunately I could see such a possibility easily abused by making up fake disc IDs. I know it's inconvenient for those without the necessary hardware but it also certifies that you actually own the disc. You can get a DVD-ROM for very little money today so that shouldn't be an obstacle. It's worse with BD-ROMs but that too will change over time. What benefit do you get by using a fake disc ID? It is easy to fake a UPC - just take it from something else. You could even get that accepted into the online database, but nobody else will be using it. |
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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 8,738 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting jmbox: Quote:
You could even get that accepted into the online database, but nobody else will be using it. Which is exactly what some people are doing, unfortunately. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | I suppose they do that so someone who don't own a dvd will be unable to modify it. Not a bad idea if we consider that Ken prefer to have an unreliable database... | | | | Last edited: by Jimmy S |
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| T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,738 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting No_Name_Needed: Quote:
I suppose they do that so someone who don't own a dvd will be unable to modify it. And fortunately it doesn't play out that way.  |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | I know, since the person will find it anyway with a search by name.
I don't like that anyone can contribute anything (whatever Ken can say it's a big flaw), but I wasn't serious this time. Creating false UPC isn't really a good thing... |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting jmbox: Quote:
What benefit do you get by using a fake disc ID?
It is easy to fake a UPC - just take it from something else. You could even get that accepted into the online database, but nobody else will be using it. I'm not talking about UPCs obviously, but they can at least be verifed with other sources just by doing a Google search so eventually someone will find out. Also, the scans would have to match the UPC. But how do you check the validity of a disc ID? By ensuring that only those with the disc at hand can enter it, that's how. The benefits(?) would be the same to any person who wishes to create online profiles that would normally not be permitted in the database. Making it easier to do is not something I would encourage. It's not like we have too few problems with bad data already so we must create another one. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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