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[Matt]

A coming build of Media Center 14 will change the sidecar format used for video tagging from MyMovies XML to JRiver XML.  It will be the same format as an MPL playlist, which is a simple XML playlist format used most other places in the program.

Once you upgrade to this new build, you will need to 'Update Tags (from library)' to rewrite your sidecar files with files that will be readable by future versions of Media Center.

As always, it's recommended that you make a Library Backup so that nothing can be lost.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

[rpalmer68]

A coming build of Media Center 14 will change the sidecar format used for video tagging from MyMovies XML to JRiver XML.  It will be the same format as an MPL playlist, which is a simple XML playlist format used most other places in the program.

Once you upgrade to this new build, you will need to 'Update Tags (from library)' to rewrite your sidecar files with files that will be readable by future versions of Media Center.

As always, it's recommended that you make a Library Backup so that nothing can be lost.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

For those if us creating our own sidecar files outside of MC for importing , can we get an example of the format please?

Cheers
Richard

[Matt]

For those if us creating our own sidecar files outside of MC for importing , can we get an example of the format please?

Cheers
Richard

You could export a single file playlist using File > Export Playlist and choose MPL.  This is the format, and it should be easier to work with.

The sidecar will continue to use the same filename and XML extension.

[raym]

But if I have a My Movies "save title" XML export, will MC still support this?

[Matt]

You can still import My Movies playlists, just like before.

[raym]

You can still import My Movies playlists, just like before.

Yes, but it seems individual XML exports (using the My Movies "save title" feature) is no longer supported.

After spending weeks getting this right, I'm a bit bummed this no longer works 

Why can't this feature continue to be supported so we can get individual title data into MC? MC could just save the data back to the same file as an MPL after this.

Cheers.

[Matt]

Yes, but it seems individual XML exports (using the My Movies "save title" feature) is no longer supported.

After spending weeks getting this right, I'm a bit bummed this no longer works 

Why can't this feature continue to be supported so we can get individual title data into MC? MC could just save the data back to the same file as an MPL after this.

Cheers.

We'll try to make that work again.  It may be a week or two because Yaobing, the real brains behind sidecar tagging, is on vacation.

[rpalmer68]

Ralf,

Here is an updated "JRSideCar_stylesheet.xml" xsl stylesheet for our script that generates the new sidecar format.

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<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                version="1.0">
<xsl:output indent="yes"/>
   <xsl:template match="capture">
     <MPL Version="2.0">
       <Item>
         <Field Name="Series"><xsl:value-of select="ws_name"/></Field>
         <Field Name="Description"><xsl:value-of select="epg_item/epg_description"/></Field>
         <Field Name="Genre">TV Recordings</Field>
       </Item>
     </MPL>
   </xsl:template>
   
</xsl:stylesheet>

Richard