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jvanbortel

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JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« on: September 11, 2013, 12:46:58 pm »

Hello,

I currently have JRiver Media Center 19 installed. I also use Media Center Master to organize my metadata. Newer versions of Media Center Master allow for creation of JRiver sidecar files for my TV shows and movies.

I am having trouble with Media Center 19 reading these sidecar files. I even tried manually right clicking on a TV show and selecting Library Tools > Update Library (from tags), but the show refuses to update with my sidecar file info. I do see that when I use Library Tools > Update Tags (from library), it does overwrite my sidecar file, so I know the file name is correct. I also compared a JRiver created sidecar file with a Media Center Master sidecar file, and the formatting is the same.

Can someone please advise on what I might be doing wrong?


Thank you,
Jeremy
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Re: JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2013, 12:52:18 pm »

I'm guessing you've edited the sidecar file with an external editor?

You'll want to use one that saves in the same file format as the sidecar was produced.
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Re: JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2013, 12:57:00 pm »

I don't see JRiver listed at the Media Center Master site.  You could try requesting support from them for JRiver sidecar writing.
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Re: JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2013, 12:57:42 pm »

Yes, I am using Media Center Master to create the sidecar files. I ensured that both are XML files with the following header (which is exactly the same in both the sidecar created with MCM and the sidecar created with JRiver).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<MPL Version="2.0" Title="JRSidecar">


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Jeremy
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Re: JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2013, 01:00:49 pm »

Media Center Master already has JRiver sidecar support. I have it creating JRiver sidecar files in the proper format. It may not be listed on the features page of their site, but it is definitely in there. I have even tried editing a sidecar made with JRiver with the correct information, and then trying to update library from file, to no avail. JRiver just sticks with the incorrect information.

Thank you,
Jeremy
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Re: JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2013, 01:03:29 pm »

Could you mail a sample sidecar to logs (at) jriver [dot] com, and include a link to this thread?

We could use it to test the same on our side.

Thanks.
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Re: JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2013, 01:08:07 pm »

Email has been sent.

Thank you,
Jeremy
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Re: JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2013, 02:49:38 pm »

Figured it out. There is a bug in Media Center Master when it creates JRiver sidecar files for TV shows. It does not put </Item> at the end, it puts another <Item>. I modified one of the sidecar files to properly have the </Item> and it imported properly.


Thank you for the assistance, I will notify the Media Center Master people of this bug.
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Re: JRiver Media Center will not read sidecar files
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2013, 02:52:54 pm »

Nice detective work.

Hopefully it'll be a quick fix for them.
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