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Box Sets

To better understand what we’re dealing with, let’s establish a few definitions. Keep Case: a container for an individual disc, whether it is a poly-box, cardboard-box, metal-box, etc. Box Set: Any officially released container that is designed to hold multiple discs.

There are several types of Box Sets: 1 - A Keep-Case Box Set: the Box Set is a Keep-Case and the discs are contained within. 2 - A Box Set Containing Keep-Cases: the Box Set is a container of some sort that holds individual Keep Cases within.

Keep-Case Box Set Examples: A- Carried By The Wind - Tsukikage Ran: Complete Collection (USA UPC 669198210211). This box set is a large-sized Poly-Box Keep-Case which holds 4 discs within it in simple disc trays. B- Fist of Fear - Touch of Death / The Real Bruce Lee: Double-Sided Double Feature (USA UPC 011891987028). This box set is a normal-sized Poly-Box Keep-Case which holds 1 double-sided disc with a movie on each side.

Box Set Containing Keep-Cases Example: A- Moon Phase: Box Set (USA UPC 704400083907). This box set is a large cardboard box container which holds 6 Keep-Cases. Each Keep-Case has it’s own UPC code because they are available for purchase separately from the Box Set as individual items. B- Star Wars Trilogy (USA UPC 024543123415). This box set is a large cardboard box container which holds 4 Keep-Cases. These Keep-Cases are not available for sale separately, so they do not have their own individual UPC codes. C- Family Guy: Season Five (UK UPC 5039036028462). This box set is a medium-sized cardboard box which holds 3 small Keep-Cases, or Thinpaks. These Thinpaks are not available for sale separately, so they do not have their own individual UPC codes. D- Inuyasha: First Season Box Set (USA UPC 782009201632). This box set is a large light-cardboard box container which holds one large Cardboard Keep-Case, which holds 5 discs in simple disc trays. E- The Ultimate Matrix Collection (USA UPC 085393367121). This box set is a large container which holds 10 Discs, each with their own small cd-style Jewel-Case. These Jewel-Cases are not available for sale separately, so they do not have their own individual UPC codes.

Note: for the intent of this article, Extra Discs have different ways of being handled. 1- If the release is a 2-disc single-movie title, and the 2nd disc is just Extras: this is not a box set 2- If the release is a multi-disc release with multiple films, and a dedicated disc for Extras, then this is a box set and the Extras Disc may be added as a Sub Profile.

Box Sets Which Contain More Than One Movie and the Webservice

It’s nice to have information for each movie in a boxset, but there are special ways of achieving this on the Webservice so that each movie will receive it’s own profile containing specific information appropriate to each movie. Basically we will be creating a Main Box Set Profile and then for each movie there will be individual Profiles.

Box Set Main Profile Rules: 1- Production Year should be blank, unless all the movies were produced in the same year. 2- Runtime should be the total number of minutes of all the movies within the Box Set. 3- The IMDB field should be left blank. 4- Aspect Ratio field should be blank, unless all movies share the same aspect ratio. 5- Extras can be listed. 6- Discs: Each disc in the Box Set should be added as a disc with it‘s Disc ID, so if it is a 3-movie set there will be 3 Discs. 7- Audio can be listed if each movie shares the same type of audio tracks, otherwise leave blank. 8- The Description Field should state what is on the Box Set, or what is on an insert if there is nothing on the Box Set representing a description. If neither of these apply, simply list the movie’s titles. 9- Actors and Crew fields must be left blank.

The reason many fields are left blank, is because each movie will have it’s own individual profile with that information on it specifically for that movie. The Box Set is merely a physical holder in this case, with the most amount of information listed that will not conflict with it’s contents.

Once you have made sure that you have followed the normal contribution rules for a title, AND made sure that they conform to the Box Set Main Profile Rules you can contribute the Main Box Set Profile to the Webservice.

Box Set Sub Profile Contribution Rules: 1- If the movie is in a Keep-Case, has it’s own UPC code and is available to purchase separate from the Box Set, contribute the movie as you would in normal circumstances - as if it is an individual title. 2- If the movie is in a Keep-Case , does not have it’s own UPC code and is not available to purchase separate from the Box Set, contribute the movie as you would in normal circumstances but use the following UPC code: UPC 000000000000. Once you contribute the title, it will have to be approved by a Moderator and then the profile will be available for download by other users. 3- If the movie is a disc contained in a simple disc tray without it’s own individual Keep-Case, contribute the movie as you would in normal circumstances but use the Front and Back Covers of the Box Set Main Profile. You will also have to use the UPC 000000000000 and it will have to be approved by a Moderator. 4- Do not treat a 2-Disc single-movie release in which the 2nd Disc is merely extras as a Box Set. 5- These Rules apply to movies only! Box Sets that hold Television Series, individual cartoon shorts or Film shorts will not be handled in this manner and you cannot make separate Sub Profiles within the Webservice for them. This is for full-length motion pictures at this time. In some rare instances, a dedicated Extras Disc may be given it’s own profile, but this only for ease of navigating the discs, and in this instance the profile will most likely not be able to be 100% complete. 6- Important! Please search the Webservice for available Box Set Sub Profiles before contributing duplicates to the Webservice.

Box Sets Which Contain More Than One Movie and Collection Management

Box Set Sub Profiles can be found on the Webservice by the usual methods: searching by Disc ID or searching by Title. If there is not an available Box Set Sub Profile available after searching you may contribute your own Sub Profile after you have made sure that all the above Rules have been met. Please make sure that one does not already exist on the Webservice before spending the time to create one.

When you have downloaded your Sub Profiles from the Webservice, or created and contributed them, they can be added to the Box Set Main Profile by using the Series/Boxset button within Collection Management. You can choose to check the option to Not Include Holding Title as Part of the Series/Boxset, so when you press the Watch button on the Box Set Main Profile in Media Center you will be greeted with the choice of your Sub Profiles: each with their own individual information specific to each movie. If you do not check the box, when you press the Watch button on the Main Profile you will see the Main Profile and the Sub Profiles and each one may be selected to watch their respective discs (if a box set has a dedicated Disc for Extras, then this option will allow you watch it by choosing the Main Profile Watch button within the Main Profile).

Don’t forget to Save Title when you are done adding your Sub Profiles!