Movie Summary in full screen mode?

dustyny@hotmail.com · Post by **dustyny@hotmail.com** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:48 pm

Please forgive me if this has been asked a bajillion times. I searched on the forum but didn't find any results ("Full screen" and Summary"). I'm extremely new to the program and I'm just trying to figure out if it meets my needs/wants before buying.

So my question is (you can ignore the rest if you choose)
Can I show the summary of the movie in full screen mode.. Seems silly that you can bring up all the movie info (Title, staring, rating) except the summary. Am I missing something here?

Not really related I guess, just a small explanation of my objective:
Having finally purchased a Mac Mini for my living room I was hoping I could use my previous dvd catalog (Delicious Library) to create a media center where I could launch my divx movies from but apparently they don't support that (unless I missed something). This is what brought me to DVDPedia.

I'm very impressed with DVDPedia so far and I think I'll buy it after I test it a little longer but the missing movie summary in full screen mode is kind of a big deal to me. Hopefully this is something that can done..

Well thats it for now I guess. Thanks for you time and any answers, tips, advice that you might give.. =D

-dusty

dustyny@hotmail.com · Post by **dustyny@hotmail.com** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:32 am

50+ views and not a single reply. Anyone? Anything? Or should I just keep looking for another product?

Post by **Conor** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:19 pm

We want to do that in a future release. We are still working on displaying information in several lines, in a way that is nice when the summary is so large that it does not fit of the screen.

dustyny@hotmail.com · Post by **dustyny@hotmail.com** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:50 pm

Ah thanks for the reply. At least now I know it's not available (and I'm not crazy).

I'm sure you guys have some great ideas on how to solve this.. I'd be very happy with just a scroll box like you see on flash based websites.. Where the text that scrolls up just fades out while the text coming in on the bottom fades in as it scrolls up.. Simple and looks great..

Well I wouldn't say the lack of summary is a deal killer but it would surely make the product a slam dunk for my purposes..

Well thanks.. =D

JoshFink · Post by **JoshFink** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:02 pm

I was just about to post this as well. This is huge for me as I have a ton of movies and most of the time my wife has no clue what they are. Occasionally she reads though descriptions and is pleased to find something she might like.

Thanks

Josh

JoshFink · Post by **JoshFink** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:41 am

JoshFink wrote:I was just about to post this as well. This is huge for me as I have a ton of movies and most of the time my wife has no clue what they are. Occasionally she reads though descriptions and is pleased to find something she might like.

Thanks

Josh

Is there any time frame for this feature? Believe it or not, it's actually a huge feature for someone who doesn't know what every movie is.

Thanks

Josh

Post by **Nora** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:58 pm

We don't have a set timeframe but it's definitely something we want to include soon.

jeremymc7 · Post by **jeremymc7** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:25 pm

dustyny@hotmail.com wrote:
Well I wouldn't say the lack of summary is a deal killer but it would surely make the product a slam dunk for my purposes..

Well thanks.. =D

Agreed this one feature that alone would get several of my friends to switch over from their windows machines, which they're clinging to because they HAVE to have description no matter what.

lannp · Post by **lannp** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:16 am

I updated my DVDPedia this morning to see that the summary (long, long awaited) has been done! Now the full screen has the movie summary! This is GREAT! I have so many movies some of which I have not watch and the summary really helps. Thank you! Thnak you! Thank you! Now I have a few more wishes and will post them on the features request side.

Post by **Conor** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:57 pm

You are welcome.

jeremymc7 · Post by **jeremymc7** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:27 pm

lannp wrote:I updated my DVDPedia this morning to see that the summary (long, long awaited) has been done! Now the full screen has the movie summary! This is GREAT! I have so many movies some of which I have not watch and the summary really helps. Thank you! Thnak you! Thank you! Now I have a few more wishes and will post them on the features request side.

This rocks, any chance you can send up some screen prints or a quick video. I need to know what this looks like before I get back from my trip!

jeremymc7 · Post by **jeremymc7** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:40 pm

Can SOMEONE please send up some screen prints of what full screen looks like in the new version with the additional info now included.

Thanks !

Post by **Conor** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:07 am

The details are now customizable so it will look slightly different depending on the settings, but here is a screenshot.

Bruji

Movie Summary in full screen mode?

Movie Summary in full screen mode?

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