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ASIN to EAN converter
« on: March 29, 2011, 09:38:47 AM »
In case you're ordering from Amazon and you are interested in the real EAN/UPC of the article (e.g. for DVD Profiler).

http://erwinmayer.com/labs/asin2ean/index.php

You can find the ASIN of every Amazon item in the product details
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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2011, 09:50:53 AM »
Indeed a neat tool, I'm using it for a long time!  :D

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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2011, 11:07:54 AM »
:thumbsup:

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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 03:54:39 PM »
Thanks, Karsten.  That will be very handy!   :thumbup:

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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2011, 04:57:30 PM »
Keep in mind that it's not necessarily the EAN/UPC of the item you will receive (re-release and so on).

For example B002AFVKY8 returns 8-715664-065129 for Amazon UK. But the DVD I got today had 8-715664-064764.
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 08:22:20 PM »
That's fine.  At least I don't have to enter it as a "Manual" profile in the meantime.

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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2011, 11:29:46 PM »
One more hint: For the american UPC you may have to remove the leading "0" to find the profile in DVDP.
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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2011, 09:49:04 PM »
Firstly: Yes I was bored.

Secondly: I was bored.

Thirdly: I was wondering if you could test my own little tool which does exactly the same as the website: http://doena-soft.de/dvdprofiler/3.6.0/AsinToEanConverter.zip
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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2011, 10:14:17 PM »
So, I guess you were really bored!   :P

Brief testing shows it to be working perfectly.

Thanks...I'll be using it!   :thumbup:

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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2011, 08:24:27 AM »
Just started to test it. Really a useful tool. Thanks, Karsten!

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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2011, 08:27:21 AM »
Just in case some of you get the following error:

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Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.Services3
You'll need to install this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9E59C3FB-E7BC-4D91-908E-411A8D329F3D
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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2011, 11:33:45 AM »
Thirdly: I was wondering if you could test my own little tool which does exactly the same as the website: http://doena-soft.de/dvdprofiler/3.6.0/AsinToEanConverter.zip

Works absolutely flawlessly so far.  :thumbup:

For the next time you are bored I have a suggestion: This tool would be even more useful if it would be integrated into a browser-toolbar.

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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2011, 04:06:39 PM »
For the next time you are bored I have a suggestion: This tool would be even more useful if it would be integrated into a browser-toolbar.

That's the problem. I'm not really good at the whole plugin thingy (notice that I've never written a real plugin for DVDP). My tools are all stand-alone, one-purpose-one-tool kind of applications. And browser plugins can't be written in my area of expertise, C#.
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« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2011, 11:30:36 PM »
I'm not really good at the whole plugin thingy [...] And browser plugins can't be written in my area of expertise, C#.
Means you have to be really bored to do this?  :laugh:

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Re: ASIN to EAN converter
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2011, 01:36:46 PM »
Means you have to be really bored to do this?  :laugh:

Precisely. ;)

And just for completeness' sake:



(That's Kill Bill btw ;))
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