I think a handy feature would be to include DVD cover spine scans.

I don't store my DVD's in the same order they're shown in DVD profiler, so would find it handy to be able to see the spine before looking, making it easier to locate the DVD, as this is the way DVDs are stored.

As they would be quite thin, I could see them fitting in well down the side of the screen.

I can see the anti-piracy position.
If they were in lower thumbnail resolution only for a shelf-like list display, it might work.

If the spine scans were extremely low-resolution, printing wouldn't yield anything useable.
It would look cool to have a mini virtual "shelf" on our computer desktops.

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If the spine scans were extremely low-resolution, printing wouldn't yield anything useable.
It would look cool to have a mini virtual "shelf" on our computer desktops.

Doom:

That would be a local choice and has nothing to with the Online, there are virtual shelves available. It WOULD mean you would have to provide all of your own Cover Scans, this is an very old and long ago settled discussion. Including spines, in some form is a violation of the Copyright and would endanger Invelos, therefore the Rule is as it is.

But if you choose to provide complete cover art for your own consumption, be our guest. 

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If I understand you correctly, midnit, the simple answer is no. You would have to do one of three things. 1) Scan the entire cover
2) Scan Front with spine
3) Scan Back with spine

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Gotcha.  I'm not sure if either of those solutions has much appeal.  Ideally the spine is it's own image.  I'm thinking then you can design a layout that displays those spine images consecutively.  Click on a spine and the proper profile is displayed, maybe below the shelf.  I don't think I'd want to lose the rear image and expanding either image to include the spine would mean some partial image displaying in order to get the proper effect.

At this point, it's probably the least thing I have to worry about.  I'm still finding low-res images in my database. 

couldn't a place for the spine be available in the program but just not allow spines to be contributed. Kind of like how the actor headshots are done.

Also, I imagine there is some way that this can be done with an html window and local images of the spines.

-Agrare

Agrare:

Some of the layouts support image galleries which would allow you to do that, but I don't expect to see it ever within the program itself, simply playing it very conservatively from a legal standpoint relative to Invelos. If they don't support it, they can in no way be held liable for the actions of their users and this has been an issue for other websites.

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