diff --git a/pandora/annotation/models.py b/pandora/annotation/models.py
index 55c262d66..477c12255 100644
--- a/pandora/annotation/models.py
+++ b/pandora/annotation/models.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Annotation(models.Model):
     item = models.ForeignKey('item.Item', related_name='annotations')
     clip = models.ForeignKey('clip.Clip', null=True, related_name='annotations')
 
-    public_id = models.CharField(max_length=128, unique=True)
+    public_id = models.CharField(max_length=128, unique=True, null=True)
     #seconds
     start = models.FloatField(default=-1, db_index=True)
     end = models.FloatField(default=-1)
diff --git a/pandora/archive/models.py b/pandora/archive/models.py
index 57ff9378c..cee5e8d75 100644
--- a/pandora/archive/models.py
+++ b/pandora/archive/models.py
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ class File(models.Model):
                 bomDetection = bomDict.get((byte1, byte2, byte3, None))
                 if not bomDetection:
                     bomDetection = bomDict.get((byte1, byte2, None, None))
-
             ## if BOM detected, we're done :-)
             fp.seek(oldFP)
             if bomDetection:
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ class File(models.Model):
         encoding = _detectEncoding(f)
         data = f.read()
         f.close()
-        data = data.replace('\r\n', '\n')
         try:
             data = unicode(data, encoding)
         except:
@@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ class File(models.Model):
             except:
                 print "failed to detect encoding, giving up"
                 return srt
-
+        data = data.replace('\r\n', '\n')
         srts = re.compile('(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d[,.]\d\d\d)\s*-->\s*(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d[,.]\d\d\d)\s*(.+?)\n\n', re.DOTALL)
         i = 0
         for s in srts.findall(data):
diff --git a/pandora/item/models.py b/pandora/item/models.py
index 40a7bc29b..83889e212 100644
--- a/pandora/item/models.py
+++ b/pandora/item/models.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class Item(models.Model):
         layers = {}
         for l in Layer.objects.all():
             ll = layers.setdefault(l.name, [])
-            qs = Annotation.objects.filter(layer=l, item=self)
+            qs = Annotation.objects.filter(layer=l, item=self).select_related()
             if l.private:
                 if user and user.is_anonymous():
                     user = None
@@ -460,11 +460,14 @@ class Item(models.Model):
             return self.itemId
         if not self.get('title') and not self.get('director'):
             return None
-        return ox.get_oxid(self.get('title', ''), self.get('director', []),
-                           str(self.get('year', '')),
-                           self.get('season', ''), self.get('episode', ''),
+        return ox.get_oxid(self.get('seriesTitle', self.get('title', '')),
+                           self.get('director', []),
+                           self.get('year', ''),
+                           self.get('season', ''),
+                           self.get('episode', ''),
                            self.get('episodeTitle', ''),
-                           self.get('episodeDirector', []), self.get('episodeYear', ''))
+                           self.get('episodeDirector', []),
+                           self.get('episodeYear', ''))
 
     '''
         Search related functions
@@ -1003,7 +1006,7 @@ class Item(models.Model):
                 user = s.instances.all()[0].volume.user
                 for data in s.srt(offset):
                     annotation = Annotation(
-                        item=f.item,
+                        item=self,
                         layer=layer,
                         start=data['in'],
                         end=data['out'],