[DVDFolks] [ANNOUNCE] 0.8 Preview 5 available

[Doug Wright]

Changes in 0.8 preview 5
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Fixed a couple of small mistakes I made when copy/pasting, that had 
rather a large impact..

Changes in 0.8 preview 4
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Fixed regression that added in an extra middle letter for single-named
cast/crew
Crew role determination now handles alternate names properly in all cases
Crew role determination also now handles 'uncredited' as well as
'(uncredited)'
Removed sound fields (removed from DVD Profiler)
Added support for the new writer fields from the latest DVD Profiler
beta (original material / characters by)
Improved wording on 'remember previous'
Fixed regression where empty cast roles were filled with Director!
Prefix handling now works with single names.



Changes in 0.8 preview 3
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Added 'la' to middle name prefixes
Fixed stupid error that meant composers were credited as sound editors
Changed default credit for cinematography section to DP
TV crew credits can now key off episode number as well as title - should
fix *numerous* IMDb inconsistencies I've noticed.
Added basic translation support (load up program in text, scroll down to
near bottom and edit away. Lines 690-696 and 730-731 should contain all
displayed text)
Fixed issue when different name fields contained same content (e.g. Doug
  E. Doug)

Changes in 0.8 preview 2
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Role-matching is now case-sensitive (fixing that pesky New Line bug)
Names with 'the' (eg The Edge, Cedric the Entertainer) are now placed
solely in the first-name field.
Sir, Dame added to 1st name prefixes
St/St. added to last name prefixes.

Changes in 0.8 preview 1
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TV Crew based on episode lists. If a crew member has an episode name in
their role, they are considered for inclusion/removal based on list
found in guest cast page. If the crew member does not have an episode
listed, they are included anyway.
Removal of 'year' text from role names.
Fixed the crew regressions from 0.7 preview 2 -> 0.7 final.
Crew should have some speed improvements, but my net connection is flaky
today so it's hard for me to tell!
I've also removed the code that stopped invalid crew words being allowed
after colons (e.g. Executive Producer:New *Line* Cinema), because there
were many, many bad crew slipping through the net because of it eg Sound
Mixer: second unit. If anyone has a suggestion on how else I can
seperate the good from the bad, I'm willing to hear it!


Plans
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I keep saying I'll add year-based detection to TV regulars. One day I'll
manage to write some code to do this that actually works!

In the meantime, DVDFolks 0.8 will get a final release Saturday evening
(I'll fix any bugs that get reported). It's had more time to gestate
that 0.1-0.7 put together - its time to release it...


It's available from
http://www.dougweb.org/dvdpro/dvdfolks/DVDFolks0.8preview5.hta

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