Box Set Contribution Guide

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Introduction

This page contains the contribution guidelines (rules) for contributing Box Sets. There is an instruction guide on how to create box sets available here, or, you can watch our video on how to create box sets here.

Box sets can be created using our Collection Management software on Windows or on Mac using My Movies for Mac OS X.

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Box Set Types

Box sets comes in many different types, but overall, they can be split in three categories:



If you in any situation is unsure in which category your box set fits, please ask on our forums before contributing it.

Multi Case - Multi Barcode Box Sets

The below image shows an example of a box set containing individual cases, where each case have their own barcode.

Multi Case - Multi Barcode Box Sets

Since the individual cases have their own barcodes, they are valid in the service both as individual titles and as titles within the box set, where the same title will exist in the service as duplicates, using the individual case's own barcode on standard items, and the generic "000000000000" (12 zero's) barcode when appearing as child of a box set container.

The following rules apply when contributing such box set:



Notice! Box set child titles will earn contribution points despite using the generic "000000000000" barcode, even though titles using this barcode in normal situations does not earn contribution points (See main disc title contribution guide).

Titles within a box set with individual barcodes can be added from the online service individually, without any relation to the box set.

Multi Case - Single Barcode Box Sets

The below image shows an example of a box set containing individual cases, where only the box set case itself have barcodes, but where each child title have their own printed cover.

Multi Case - Single Barcode Box Sets

Since the individual cases do not have barcodes, they are only valid in the service as titles within the box set. These titles have not been sold as individual titles.

The following rules apply when contributing such box set:



Titles within a box set without individual barcodes can only be added from the online service as part the box set.

Single Case Box Sets

The below image shows an example of a box set containing individual discs within one box, referred to as "Single Case Box Set".

Single Case Box Sets

The discs in a "Single Case Box Sets" may be packed differently, but common is that the titles in the box set does not have their own individual covers.

The following rules apply when contributing such box set:



Titles within a box set in a single case can only be added from the online service as part the box set.

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Extra Material and Digital Copy Discs

Discs containing extra materials, digital copies or similar have different ways of being handled.

  1. If the title is a multi disc release, but for a single movie, this is not a box set, and should be handled as a single title with multiple discs.
  2. If the title is a multi-disc release with multiple movies, and a one or more dedicated discs for extra material, digital copies or similar, then this is a box set and the extra discs may be added each one as a child title.


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Box Set Sorting Rules

Box set child titles should have their sort title set to the name of the box set container, followed by a leading numeric value, and the title of the child title, such as "Bourne Collection, The Ultimate 01: The Bourne Identity", "Bourne Collection, The Ultimate 02: The Bourne Supremacy".

The numeric value comes from the following priority:

1. On box sets containing multiple movies, the printing order on either the cover or the individual discs defines the number order.

2. On box sets where option one does not apply, the number is set based on the movie production year, lowest production year first.

3. On box sets where neither option one or two applies, the number order follows the position of the child titles in the box set container the way it was packed when received. Since this can be difficult to know, the numbers may in this case be left out, leaving others with the knowledge, the option to add them later.

In case of a box set containing bonus disc(s) in individual cases, these are numbered with the highest number, sorting them last in the box set container.

Box set containers follows the standard contribution guidelines sorting rules, as outlined specifically on that page.

In case the option to include the box set container itself in the box set, on the presentation front-end is used, the application front-end will force the box set container to be sorted on top.

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TV Series

Box sets containing TV Series, should not be added as box sets, but as a single title containing multiple discs, despite being distributed as a box set.

The only exception to this is in the case where a box set contains more than one TV Series, in which case each series would make one child title.

TV Series box sets are considered one title with multiple discs, just as a single movie title distributed with both a DVD, Blu-ray and a Digital Copy disc, which also is not considered a box set.

The episode mapping option on TV Series adds the front-end options of displaying each episode individually with specific episode data, and should be used for this purpose.

For example, a DVD containing two different TV series, such as "The Best of Friends and Joey", should be added as a box set, with one child profile each for "Friends" and "Joey". However, a DVD set such as "Friends: The Complete Series", should not be added as a box set, as it is just one TV series.

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Nested Box Sets

Box sets always consists of one container item, and one or more child titles, nested box sets, or box sets within box sets is not supported.

Even in rare situations where a box set is packaged in multiple inner box sets, the container must be one item, and all child titles placed directly below this.

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Data Limitations on Box Set Container

Since a box set container is a container only, there are various information that should not be entered, or handled specially:

The following information refers to one specific movie, and should therefore be left blank on a box set container. This information is automatically blocked in current versions of the applications:



The following information should be handled specially: