Use only one picture for generated picture folder thumbs?

coopers · 2008-06-06, 11:56

Hi folks,

Currently when viewing pictures in MP, it creates a thumbnail for the folder as you navigate in "my pictures" in mediaportal.
Currently that thumbnail is a composite of 4 photos from the folder.

Is there a way to just use a single picture for this? 4 photos in a composite is nice, but it's a bit too small.

thanks!

rtv · 2008-06-06, 14:05

No - currently not.
The size solely depends on the skins though. Users with larger display / beamers might disagree with you

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-06-06, 17:53

Quote:

Currently when viewing pictures in MP, it creates a thumbnail for the folder as you navigate in "my pictures" in mediaportal.
Currently that thumbnail is a composite of 4 photos from the folder.

Is there a way to just use a single picture for this? 4 photos in a composite is nice, but it's a bit too small.

Hoping to get a piclens style layout for this in a future release, but no one to spend time on it atm, so may not appear until MP2.

coopers · 2008-06-07, 09:29

Ok, thanks guys.

I guess I can go through and create folder.jpg's myself. Possibly I can python script something to help me do it quickly.

I notice the jpgs created are quite small in size/resolution. Is there a "recommended" size that I should use? (I note that larger FOLDER.jpg files seems to affect performance, it's slower to load them). Was there a reason behind how the file size selected for auto-generated folder.jpg in mediaportal?

rtv · 2008-06-07, 11:14

The configuration options for thumbnail quality should give you the reason:
Display size <-> Performance

2008-06-06, 11:56	#1 (permalink)
coopers Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 138 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country: My System	Use only one picture for generated picture folder thumbs? Hi folks, Currently when viewing pictures in MP, it creates a thumbnail for the folder as you navigate in "my pictures" in mediaportal. Currently that thumbnail is a composite of 4 photos from the folder. Is there a way to just use a single picture for this? 4 photos in a composite is nice, but it's a bit too small. thanks!

2008-06-06, 14:05	#2 (permalink)
rtv Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Osnabruck Posts: 2,517 Thanks: 85 Thanked 95 Times in 69 Posts Country: My System	No - currently not. The size solely depends on the skins though. Users with larger display / beamers might disagree with you __________________ My amazon wishlist - that stuff might help me to improve MediaPortal

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rtv Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Osnabruck Posts: 2,517 Thanks: 85 Thanked 95 Times in 69 Posts Country: My System	The configuration options for thumbnail quality should give you the reason: Display size <-> Performance __________________ My amazon wishlist - that stuff might help me to improve MediaPortal

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coopers Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 138 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country: My System	Ok, thanks guys. I guess I can go through and create folder.jpg's myself. Possibly I can python script something to help me do it quickly. I notice the jpgs created are quite small in size/resolution. Is there a "recommended" size that I should use? (I note that larger FOLDER.jpg files seems to affect performance, it's slower to load them). Was there a reason behind how the file size selected for auto-generated folder.jpg in mediaportal?