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<blockquote data-quote="OrionHall" data-source="post: 320635" data-attributes="member: 56502">But that's the point - the import process cannot possibly update every bit of information whenever it's run!&nbsp; It would take ages - and if any of the Internet-based fields are selected you'll be prompted to select the correct movie each time too.&nbsp; At present AMCUpdater has no way to ensure that the Internet lookup 'remembers' which movie is which - the grabber doesn't support using the IMDB (or similar) uniqueID.&nbsp; The import process is meant to be as quick and easy as possible for imports; if any information is missing for some reason then you need to run a manual update to correct that.&nbsp; That's just the way it works.The additional problem is that the Cover Art can only come from the Internet - so if you select 'Picture' on the Database Fields tab then the program will assume an Internet lookup is needed.&nbsp; I'm working on the code now to see if I can make the 'Is Internet Lookup Needed' code handle the possibility that the cover art is already present and just needs to be linked.&nbsp; It's complicated to do though, so may take a while.&nbsp; Please remember that it's impossible for one utility to be 'everything for everyone' - we have to draw the line somewhere!Cheers,Orion.Hi,The 'strip characters' list supports Regular Expressions to make it more flexible.&nbsp; The sample of \([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\) is designed to strip year values in brackets - and the ( and ) symbols are special characters in RegEx, so they need a \ to make RegEx process them as plain text.To remove 'DVDRIP' from the titles just enter 'DVDRIP' and it will work.&nbsp; But if you want to enter a RegEx special character it needs to be 'escaped' by a backslash before it.&nbsp; There's plenty of RegEx tutorials online - a quick Google shows this page has a list of Reserved Characters - <a href="http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-1050915.html" target="_blank">here</a>Hope that helps!Orion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OrionHall, post: 320635, member: 56502"] But that's the point - the import process cannot possibly update every bit of information whenever it's run! It would take ages - and if any of the Internet-based fields are selected you'll be prompted to select the correct movie each time too. At present AMCUpdater has no way to ensure that the Internet lookup 'remembers' which movie is which - the grabber doesn't support using the IMDB (or similar) uniqueID. The import process is meant to be as quick and easy as possible for imports; if any information is missing for some reason then you need to run a manual update to correct that. That's just the way it works. The additional problem is that the Cover Art can only come from the Internet - so if you select 'Picture' on the Database Fields tab then the program will assume an Internet lookup is needed. I'm working on the code now to see if I can make the 'Is Internet Lookup Needed' code handle the possibility that the cover art is already present and just needs to be linked. It's complicated to do though, so may take a while. Please remember that it's impossible for one utility to be 'everything for everyone' - we have to draw the line somewhere! Cheers, Orion. Hi, The 'strip characters' list supports Regular Expressions to make it more flexible. The sample of \([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\) is designed to strip year values in brackets - and the ( and ) symbols are special characters in RegEx, so they need a \ to make RegEx process them as plain text. To remove 'DVDRIP' from the titles just enter 'DVDRIP' and it will work. But if you want to enter a RegEx special character it needs to be 'escaped' by a backslash before it. There's plenty of RegEx tutorials online - a quick Google shows this page has a list of Reserved Characters - [URL="http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-1050915.html"]here[/URL] Hope that helps! Orion. [/QUOTE]

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