Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.3.197 (and music fanart scraper) (5 Viewers)

[edterbak]

Cool! Thanks for the quick reply Cul8er

I can tinker some more now

 

[SilentException]

Hi cul8er!

I'm still seeing black fanart in some occasions. I'm not sure if it's skin or FanartHandler problem.

MediaPortal: SVN
FanartHandler: v2.2.3.197 for MePo SVN
Skin: Black Glass Nova for MePo 1.2 - latest SVN (blackglass - Project Hosting on Google Code)

Last time I checked I saw black backgrounds in OnlineVideos and MyVideos (shares view).

No suspicious log messages but I can include log files later

Thanks!

 

[cul8er]

Hi SilentException,

Thanks for your report.

1. Please add the exact title and foldername of the movie that causes the black fanart.
2. Please attach the fanart jpg you have for this movie.

And I will have a good way of trying to track this problem.

best regards
cul8er

 

[azimek]

General Multiseat DB deadlock problem!

Hi !

first of all - GREAT WORK!

Just changed to MP 1.1.2 and latest StreamedMP with latest extensions.
Using Fanart and Tv Series, and so on.

My setup has the databases on a network share so all clients are able to access them.
In the last days I am experiencing deadlocks on the databases. Fanart or TV Series is locking the DB and I have to restart MP on the client that locks the DB to get everything back to normal.

Perhaps the Multiseat Setup should be tested more by all developers who are deploying database driven extensions.
So this is not only a fanart problem.

Perhaps there is a better setup of the mutiseat environment than putting all the databases on a network share?!?

Do you have any suggestions?

Thank's a lot

André

 

[Razorblade]

AW: Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.3.197 (and music fanart scraper)

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[Deda]

Hi cul8er, dunno if you have seen this little conversation https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...portal-1-2-0-svn-88760/index9.html#post690068

As I described there, problem with no fanart in my videos movie info screen (windoId 2003) is that selected item for that screen returns null and fanart can't be displayed. I tried to implement that screen in your plugin so what I did is following:

in file FanartSelected.cs I added at line 180:

else if (GUIWindowManager.ActiveWindow == 6622)
{
    FanartHandlerSetup.SelectedItem = GUIPropertyManager.GetProperty("#selecteditem2");
}
[COLOR=Red]else if (GUIWindowManager.ActiveWindow == 2003)
{
    FanartHandlerSetup.SelectedItem = GUIPropertyManager.GetProperty("#title");
}[/COLOR]

and in file RefreshWorker.cs line 223:

if (windowId == 6 || windowId == 25 || windowId == 28[COLOR="Red"] || windowId == 2003[/COLOR])

with that it works but it will better that you checked this and do implementation.

 

[SilentException]

Hi SilentException,

Thanks for your report.

1. Please add the exact title and foldername of the movie that causes the black fanart.
2. Please attach the fanart jpg you have for this movie.

And I will have a good way of trying to track this problem.

best regards
cul8er

Hi,

first let me answer the questions and then explain what i figured out

1. It was happening on shares view, with no specific movie. I was just browsing the directory (even without any movies) and it would just turn to black after few UP/DOWN actions.
2. See 1

But I think i figured out the problem in the skin. In all common.fanart include XMLs there was black.png defined as first (bottom) image. So when FanartHandler failed providing fanart, black would be shown.

Here is a sample XML from Black Glass Nova SVN:
common.window.video.fanart.xml - blackglass - Project Hosting on Google Code

Can you confirm this might cause the problem?

Thanks!

 

[Tgx]

Hi SilentException,
1. It was happening on shares view, with no specific movie. I was just browsing the directory (even without any movies) and it would just turn to black after few UP/DOWN actions.
2. See 1

But I think i figured out the problem in the skin. In all common.fanart include XMLs there was black.png defined as first (bottom) image. So when FanartHandler failed providing fanart, black would be shown.

Here is a sample XML from Black Glass Nova SVN:
common.window.video.fanart.xml - blackglass - Project Hosting on Google Code

My 2 cents!

The black background is there to prevent the fanart handler fanart from merging with the beneath skin backdrop during fading transitions. As long as the dummy controls are working right there should be no problems with the black background. This system has always worked correctly up until recently when the new features for myvideos have been introduced.

Sorry for not explaining it before!

Tgx

 

[SilentException]

Hi SilentException,
1. It was happening on shares view, with no specific movie. I was just browsing the directory (even without any movies) and it would just turn to black after few UP/DOWN actions.
2. See 1

But I think i figured out the problem in the skin. In all common.fanart include XMLs there was black.png defined as first (bottom) image. So when FanartHandler failed providing fanart, black would be shown.

Here is a sample XML from Black Glass Nova SVN:
common.window.video.fanart.xml - blackglass - Project Hosting on Google Code

My 2 cents!

The black background is there to prevent the fanart handler fanart from merging with the beneath skin backdrop during fading transitions. As long as the dummy controls are working right there should be no problems with the black background. This system has always worked correctly up until recently when the new features for myvideos have been introduced.

Sorry for not explaining it before!

Tgx

Thanks Tgx for the input. Can you explain one more thing, how come in Black Glass I have no such problems and there is no "black.png" defined there?

 

[Tgx]

In Black Glass the fanarts are placed beneath a semitransparent colored overlay and when the transitions take place, the merging effect between the fanart and the skin backdrop is strongly mitigated by the above colored overlay. Furthermore, in Black Glass there is a different transition mechanism that eases off this bad effect.

Thanks

Tgx