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here is a sample from my xml file :
<Movie Number="3" Source="lost season2" MediaLabel="Nouveau nom" Date="28/11/2005" OriginalTitle="lost season2|Lost S02E06".......

When importing the xml file in AMC the pipe character is replaced by strange square.
any idea ? solution ?

Not a bug, it is the way the program handles the XML files:
The "|" is currently used as linebreak for storing movies in XML.
The strange square is a linebreak displayed by a text field that does not support more than 1 line.
In a future version I will put info in CDATA sections probably, to avoid the need of a special character for linebreaks.
Until then, you can use all the characters except the "|"

my problem is that i am using the DB for xlobby and xlooby uses the character | to create subcategories (for TV shows)
I will look for an alternative in xlobby.

Ha, ha, just been playing with XML export and bumped into this one... :-)

The thing is that my DB is becoming quite large, so I thought I'd use XML with extermal pictures, and it all works fine except the | character, which I use to separate levels in XLobby...

Anyway - what is the recommended maximum size of the AMC database? mine's around 80Mb...

Is that too much?

You mean for the .amc file? The only problem is that the whole file is loaded in memory.
You can also have external pictures with a .amc file actually.

I just discovered this one too :( I had been talking to MyFilms guy on MediaPortal with intention of using | as a multi-filename seperator but realised after testing that you use it for CR/LF which on single line fields causes problems. Ironically, I text searched the xml of my ANT db and didn't have any |'s. I can see that it might be used in the description & comments listbox fields, but not in the other fields.

If i make a carriage return in the description field (or actors), and exporting it to XML, that CR is converted to a |.

Thats pretty annoying when i open it on my webtrack site..

Is there any workaround on that ??

Regards, Beaker

Well, everything about that is said above...
For Webtrack, you have to configure the replacement of "|" to linebreaks or <br> I suppose.