diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteRegionData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteRegionData.cs
index 7acbd22105..b5644195da 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteRegionData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteRegionData.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ using System.Data;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Xml;
 using log4net;
 using Mono.Data.Sqlite;
 using OpenMetaverse;
@@ -1862,17 +1863,26 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.SQLite
             
             if (!(row["Media"] is System.DBNull))
             {
-                string rawMeArray = (string)row["Media"];
-                OSDArray osdMeArray = (OSDArray)OSDParser.DeserializeLLSDXml(rawMeArray);
-                
-                List<MediaEntry> mediaEntries = new List<MediaEntry>();
-                foreach (OSD osdMe in osdMeArray)
+                using (StringReader sr = new StringReader((string)row["Media"]))
                 {
-                    MediaEntry me = (osdMe is OSDMap ? MediaEntry.FromOSD(osdMe) : new MediaEntry());
-                    mediaEntries.Add(me);
+                    using (XmlTextReader xtr = new XmlTextReader(sr))
+                    {            
+                        xtr.ReadStartElement("osmedia");     
+                        
+                        OSDArray osdMeArray = (OSDArray)OSDParser.DeserializeLLSDXml(xtr.ReadInnerXml());
+                        
+                        List<MediaEntry> mediaEntries = new List<MediaEntry>();
+                        foreach (OSD osdMe in osdMeArray)
+                        {
+                            MediaEntry me = (osdMe is OSDMap ? MediaEntry.FromOSD(osdMe) : new MediaEntry());
+                            mediaEntries.Add(me);
+                        }
+                        
+                        s.Media = mediaEntries;               
+                        
+                        xtr.ReadEndElement();
+                    }
                 }
-                
-                s.Media = mediaEntries;
             }
                         
             return s;
@@ -1921,14 +1931,32 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.SQLite
             
             if (null != s.Media)
             {
-                OSDArray meArray = new OSDArray();
-                foreach (MediaEntry me in s.Media)
+                using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
                 {
-                    OSD osd = (null == me ? new OSD() : me.GetOSD());
-                    meArray.Add(osd);
+                    using (XmlTextWriter xtw = new XmlTextWriter(sw))
+                    {                
+                        xtw.WriteStartElement("osmedia");
+                        xtw.WriteAttributeString("type", "sl");
+                        xtw.WriteAttributeString("major_version", "0");
+                        xtw.WriteAttributeString("minor_version", "1");
+                        
+                        OSDArray meArray = new OSDArray();
+                        foreach (MediaEntry me in s.Media)
+                        {
+                            OSD osd = (null == me ? new OSD() : me.GetOSD());
+                            meArray.Add(osd);
+                        }              
+                        
+                        xtw.WriteStartElement("osdata");
+                        xtw.WriteRaw(OSDParser.SerializeLLSDXmlString(meArray));
+                        xtw.WriteEndElement();
+                        
+                        xtw.WriteEndElement();
+                        
+                        xtw.Flush();   
+                        row["Media"] = sw.ToString();                
+                    }
                 }
-                
-                row["Media"] = OSDParser.SerializeLLSDXmlString(meArray);
             }
         }