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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 551281" data-attributes="member: 18896">Re: App to Copy Artwork and Details to Movie FolderI personally use the ; character to replace : in a title, which still allows for a valid filename.And not sure what OS you guys are using, but this is the official Microsoft answer:Use any character in the current code page for a name, including Unicode characters and characters in the extended character set (128–255), except for the following: 

<ul style="margin-left: 20px">
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The following reserved characters: &lt; &gt; : &quot; / \ | ? *</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Integer value zero, sometimes referred to as the ASCII NUL character.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Characters whose integer representations are in the range from 1 through 31, except for streams where these characters are allowed.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any other character that the target file system does not allow.</li>
</ul>The only obvious conversion into filename problem are the :, / and ? chars that are used in certain titles (have never seen any other of the reserved ones, unless somebody can point them out, actually scratch that, I just remembered movie &quot;Bat*21&quot;).So &quot;Star Wars; Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [2005].mkv&quot;, &quot;Æon Flux [2005].mkv&quot; and &quot;Vi på Väddö [1958].avi&quot; are perfect valid filenames. The only reason I sometimes do not use those weird characters is when the auto-approve rate declines from it.My personal replacement list is as follows:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">: = ;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">/ = _</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">? = (nothing, just remove)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">* = ¤ (ALT+0164)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&quot; = '' (two single quotes)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&lt; = [ or (</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&gt; = ] or )</li>
</ul>Chars that MediaPortal or MovingPictures don't recognize are replaced with nothing or space. The only problem I run into is in filenames such as &quot;That's A Problem&quot;, because it doesn't always get the right auto-approval on &quot;that s a problem&quot; (but that is mainly with MediaPortal).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 551281, member: 18896"] [b]Re: App to Copy Artwork and Details to Movie Folder[/b] I personally use the ; character to replace : in a title, which still allows for a valid filename. And not sure what OS you guys are using, but this is the official Microsoft answer: [INDENT]Use any character in the current code page for a name, including Unicode characters and characters in the extended character set (128–255), except for the following: [LIST][*]The following reserved characters: < > : " / \ | ? * [*]Integer value zero, sometimes referred to as the ASCII NUL character. [*]Characters whose integer representations are in the range from 1 through 31, except for streams where these characters are allowed. [*]Any other character that the target file system does not allow.[/LIST][/INDENT] The only obvious conversion into filename problem are the :, / and ? chars that are used in certain titles (have never seen any other of the reserved ones, unless somebody can point them out, actually scratch that, I just remembered movie "Bat*21"). So "Star Wars; Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [2005].mkv", "Æon Flux [2005].mkv" and "Vi på Väddö [1958].avi" are perfect valid filenames. The only reason I sometimes do not use those weird characters is when the auto-approve rate declines from it. My personal replacement list is as follows: [LIST][*]: = ; [*]/ = _ [*]? = (nothing, just remove) [*]* = ¤ (ALT+0164) [*]" = '' (two single quotes) [*]< = [ or ( [*]> = ] or )[/LIST] Chars that MediaPortal or MovingPictures don't recognize are replaced with nothing or space. The only problem I run into is in filenames such as "That's A Problem", because it doesn't always get the right auto-approval on "that s a problem" (but that is mainly with MediaPortal). [/QUOTE]

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