First of all, many thanks for having me in this forum.........PVD is a wonderful program and I know I'm gonna have a lot of fun updating my collection of movies.
Welcome, Ally.
Thanks for trying, but we already checked this.
Edit pvdconfig.ini and inspect/overwrite appropriate sections with this...
Previous tests forcing the use of the default configuration should have ruled-out the configuration file as the source of the problem.
All the credits are as "in database". I am pretty sure the problem has smth to do with this:
Set IMDB plugin to overwrite Actors field and the problem should be fixed.
I agree that's the way it looks, but I thought we had already ruled that out...
Yes, those check boxes were a bit confusing at first, but shortly after joining the forum, I found a helpful post that explained how they worked. I've experimented with both the shades and checkmarks, but lately I can't get the roles to download either way.
RazorHall, regardless of the impact on this situation, the overwrite settings for all people fields should always be set to overwrite (i.e., a solid check mark). This helps maintain the integrity of the movie/people relations in the database.
To my mind, this appears to be a user-specific issue. That means either the configuration files are corrupt or the database is. The fact that the problem comes and goes to me indicates that there may even be a hardware issue...
In other words—it has to be a configuration, database or "system" problem—and it seems we've ruled-out the first two. And one possible system problem is a corrupt installation file. If that has happened, it's important to run ScanDisk anyway, but I don't know if you could be sure that would fix the problem. A more direct approach would be to reinstall the program—in a way that ensures all files are replaced (the installation routine should do this anyway, but in this circumstance we want to be absolutely sure)...
0. It probably doesn't need to said at this point, but prepare yourself for this making no difference whatsoever...
1. Move the configuration and database files to a secure location where they won't be found by the program.
2. Uninstall the program.
3. If they still exist, delete the installation, configuration and data folders.
4. Run ScanDisk.
5. Reinstall the program.
6. Test using the default configuration and database to see if the problem remains.
7. Replace the configuration and database files with the old ones, and test to see it the problem remains/returns.