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Pa negre [videorecording] = Black bread / Cameo ; Isona Passola presenta una producció de Massa d’Or Produccions ; en producció associada amb Televisió de Catalunya amb la participació de TVE ; una pel lícula d’Agustí Villaronga ; guió i direcció, Agustí Villaronga ; productora, Isona Passola. (OCLC #758283201)

Though many people do DVD copy cataloging based only on the container, I have better luck finding good records, especially for foreign language materials, viewing the title frames of the DVD. Some days this means I get to watch the first few minutes of every Korean film in the box, which is a bonus.

This particular item says “Pan negro” on the container, but “Pa negre” in the title frames. Both forms of the title are in the high-quality record I found, but only “Pa negre” appears in its Title column in OCLC search results. One could have found the best/popular record by searching “pan negro”, but would have to be careful to not ignore the other form in search results (keeping in mind that translations may look significantly different).

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Supernatural. The complete first season [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Entertainment ; created by Eric Kripke. (OCLC #178961060)

We got this (used) DVD set as a gift to the library from a professor using it for his class. Though the packaging says “quality guaranteed”, I confirmed that we had all the correct discs and that each one would play. Though I probably could have quickly done the copy cataloging based on the container and assumed everything was fine, I’d prefer not to leave any problems for the professor to discover in class while he still has time to return the item to the seller.

The same professor gave us two seasons of The Rockford Files as well; should be a fun class!