Aus source: DevotedDvd.com.au

Tell us about your wildest feature dreams. Or just harmless suggestions for improvement.
Post Reply
akan
Junior Member
Junior Member
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:15 pm

Aus source: DevotedDvd.com.au

Post by akan »

Hi, just recently purchased the pedias and started scanning in my dvd collection of mainly R4 dvds. While ezydvd and jbhifi are good sources, I've noticed quite a few of my dvds do not show up with either ezydvd or jbhifi (even though I've bought some of them from jbhifi) and have found that when i search using the barcode on devoteddvd.com.au they show up. Was wondering if this site had been looked at as an additional source recently (i think it might have been a couple of years ago) as it seems to have a larger database with barcodes, particularly the more obscure boxset/movie collections (eg Too cool 4 school movie collection, barcode 9324915058835)? It also looks like it should be fairly easy to use the search function as it uses a standardised search string: http://www.devoteddvd.com.au/shop/advan ... 94&x=0&y=0 where 9398710595994 is the barcode. Other good feature of the site is that it has a fair amount of dvd info.

The other site I've found which has a pretty good database is fishpond.com.au (though not as good as devoteddvd.com.au and doesn't have as much dvd info).

Thanks,

Alistair
User avatar
Nora
Site Admin
Posts: 2155
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:03 am
Contact:

Re: Aus source: DevotedDvd.com.au

Post by Nora »

Thanks for the suggestion. We're trying to limit new search site additions to sites that provide an API for developers since that makes it easier to write the plug-in and maintain it.
JBHifi should work fine with barcode searches though (ezydvd unfortunately doesn't support them). Could you send me a couple of sample UPCs that you used for searches, along with the titles, so we can take a look at that here? Thanks!
akan
Junior Member
Junior Member
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:15 pm

Re: Aus source: DevotedDvd.com.au

Post by akan »

well so far the following do not show up on jbhifonline using the barcode search but do with devoteddvd.com.au:

Too cool 4 school movie collection, barcode 9324915058835
Mansfield Park/A Room with a view, barcode 9398710595994 (bought this from JB Hifi)
Lost: Season 1, barcode 9398514173039 (bought from JB Hifi)
My name is Earl: Season 1, barcode 9321337068886 (bought from JB Hifi)
Kingdom of Heaven, barcode 9321337048451
The Big Lebowski, barcode 44005507027 (bought from JB Hifi)
Sahara, barcode 9324915057241
Heroes: Season 1, barcode 5050582520057 (bought from JB Hifi)
Battlestar Galactica: Season 2, barcode 5050582448627

I would appreciate it if you could seriously look at adding devoteddvd.com.au as it appears to me to have a bigger UPC database at the moment compared to jbhifonline.

Thanks!
aestivus
Inductee
Inductee
Posts: 1
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:41 pm

Re: Aus source: DevotedDvd.com.au

Post by aestivus »

This is another request for DevotedDVD or Fishpond, please! So far, I haven't had any real luck with getting JBHifi to work with a barcode search.

I'm only really testing so far, but I am, otherwise, really impressed with the software, though!
User avatar
Conor
Top Dog
Posts: 5346
Joined: Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:58 pm
Contact:

Re: Aus source: DevotedDvd.com.au

Post by Conor »

Fishpond looks quite nice and a possibility, thank you for bringing it to our attention.
Post Reply