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<blockquote data-quote="fforde" data-source="post: 584004" data-attributes="member: 52082">Hrmm, okay so here is the problem. It is very possible to write a scraper script to import data from an XML file like this, but the scraper scripts <a href="http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=319" target="_blank">currently do not support configuration options</a>, meaning the script would not know where to look for the XML file. This I think is the main reason a MyFilms importer has not been done yet. What we can do to work around the issue is always assume the file is in a specific location and then ask the user to copy their XML file there... It's not pretty but may get the job done.So I spoke with one of our team members (LRFalk01) and he said he would try to put something together. He is a bit busy this week though so he may not get to it until sometime next week. No promises, but we will try to get something workable for you. Please star <a href="http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=781" target="_blank">the issue on our bug tracker</a> to receive updates as we make progress on this. Additionally, any further feedback should be posted over there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fforde, post: 584004, member: 52082"] Hrmm, okay so here is the problem. It is very possible to write a scraper script to import data from an XML file like this, but the scraper scripts [URL="http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=319"]currently do not support configuration options[/URL], meaning the script would not know where to look for the XML file. This I think is the main reason a MyFilms importer has not been done yet. What we can do to work around the issue is always assume the file is in a specific location and then ask the user to copy their XML file there... It's not pretty but may get the job done. So I spoke with one of our team members (LRFalk01) and he said he would try to put something together. He is a bit busy this week though so he may not get to it until sometime next week. No promises, but we will try to get something workable for you. Please star [URL="http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=781"]the issue on our bug tracker[/URL] to receive updates as we make progress on this. Additionally, any further feedback should be posted over there. [/QUOTE]

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