Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.4.301 (1 Viewer)

[Lehmden]

AW: Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.4.301

Hello.

You don't need to use Videodatabase at all for that, just name your fanart as filename and put it in MPConfig \Thumbs\Skin FanArt\Scraper\Movies folder.

This is exact what I've tried first but this did not work Also I don't had set FileSize to 0x0. I've done this now (0x0), deleted Fanarthandler db as suggested and tried again...

Result: I still did not have any backdrop for my holiday video but now I also did not have any backdrop from MovingPictures in BasicHome (random MovingPictures) any more. I have to use random Movies instead in BasicHomeMenuEditor.....

After that I've added the Moving Pictures fanart and my own fanart manually in FH Config. Result, nothing excerpt I now have all Fanart laying around twice on my C: Drive. In Thumbs/Moving Pictures/Backdrops/Original and in Thumbs/Skin Fanart/UserDef/movies ... But FH did not use it at all. All path are default, nothing changed manually.

I'm using Win7 32 SP1, MePo 1.2, latest Backdrop Skin 1.0, latest MovingPictures 1.2.2 and latest fanarthandler 2.2.5.5.515...

By the way, the issue with no fanart shown after starting Mepo I reported earlier in backdrop thread is still not fixed with new FH...

Edit:
Now I have it "working" somehow. If I start MePo and wait at least 5 Minutes without doing anything than the custom fanarts are displayed. It seems that FH did not display the backdrop if they called while refreshing local media. The last log shows it costs about 4 Minutes and 8 seconds to refresh local media and if don't call fanart within this time it seems to work. This seems to be a bug and perhaps the same reason why I don't have backdrops in Basic Home after starting MePo...

I will install StreamedMP later to see if this is FanartHander or Backdrop Skin related and report results...

 

[Holzi]

AW: Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.4.301

Hello!
Did some tests and the coverflow view in MyPictures works like a charm now. Smooth as it should be. =) In both, StreamedMP and Backdrop Skin with high quality thumb background.
Thank you so much!

EDIT:
One more question.. I am in the picture coverflow view und cycle through it.. now I want to watch a picture and click on it. If I go back now I am always at the beginning of the coverflow no matter which picture I clicked to watch.
I think its better to straight come back to the picture I clicked in the coverflow view.. but I don't know if its a skin issue or a fanart handler issue. In listview this works tho.

 

[cul8er]

Hi Lehmden,

Please test the attached version (in this post) and see if startup times are improved.

best regards
cul8er

 

[Lehmden]

AW: Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.4.301

Hi cul8er
I will test soon, but I think this is a Backdrop Skin related problem. I've installed StreamedMP and Maya last night, both did not have startup problems. Fanarts are there as soon MePo is started... Next to test is Avalon and new aMPed 3.3 as I need a 4:3 Skin for my old 4:3 CRT TV in Bedroom (I did not like default skin). If this went well also its really clear that the issue belongs to Backdrop, not to FH. I will post a report later in Backdrop thread as it belongs there, I think.

 

[Holzi]

AW: Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.4.301

I made some more tests about the coverflow view which goes back to the beginning as soon I've watched a picture.. I think this is definitely not a fanart handler related problem as it happens also with other skins. I guess this is a mediaportal issue...
Thank you!

 

[Lehmden]

AW: Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.4.301

Hello.
I've done a huge test session now. I've installed lots of skins to see the behaviour with new FanartHandler.dll provided today.
With all Skins I did two MePo starts. First start with an empty FanartHandler.db3 second with filled DB. I've collected Debug-Level-Logs and attached them.

I setup MePo to start in Windowed mode so I can watch Taskmanager CPU Load icon. First Skin to test is Backdrop 1.0 as it is my preferred one.

Start with empty FH- DB CPU load raises up to nearly 100% for about 5 minutes. At startup I did not have any backdrops in Basic Home. After around 3 minutes the backdrop appears. The high CPU load lasts as long as the DB would be updated. As this happens only once this would be no problem. After finished updating DB I start MePo again. This time a backdrop appears instantly at startup as expected. So the new dll is a big improvement. But the high CPU load stays on until the refresh of local fanart is done. This lasts as long as the complete update of DB, something around 5 minutes. In this time it is difficult to use MePo as due lack of CPU power the media playback stutters a lot. MePo is fully usable after the refresh, but 5 minutes is way to long to wait at every start...

Next Skin to test is aMPed 3.3 Same test, same behaviour as backdrop excerpt aMPed did not show backdrops delivered by FH on Basic Home. CPU Load is at 100% for about 5 minutes at MePo start, same as with Backdrop.

Next Avalon 0.9 Avalon does exactly the same as backdrop. At first start with empty DB it last 3 Minutes before first backdrop appears. With filled DB this happened instantly with startup. But also 5 minutes 100% CPU load at start.

Then I tested Maya 1.1 and StreameMP 1.6.6. Both did exactly the same as aMPed 3.3 as both did not show up FH- delivered backdrops in Basic Home like aMPed.

I've attached the collected logs. The logs with "-1" are logs with empty DB and the "-2" are with filled DB...


By the way. I had a look in my Thumbs/Skin Fanart Folder. Without any action done by me I now have all TVSeries fanart twice on my C: Drive, all Moving Pictures fanart is there three times. Both in their original path and TVSeries fanart is copied to Skin Fanart/UserDef/TV and Moving Pictures fanart is copied twice to Skin Fanart/UserDef/movies. So now my Skin Fanart folder is about 1.25 GB and has more than 3500 files in. Is this really the way it should be? 1000 files with 500MB are scrapped by FH for music, but 2500 Files for movies and series with 0.75 GB are just copied over from another folder on same drive. Why do not use them from original place? And why copying movie files twice?

 

[cul8er]

Hi Lehmden,

The 5min at startup seams very long. What happenins during the local scan is that your thumb directory is scanned for new files.... Do you have that on you local disk?

best regards
cul8er

 

[Lehmden]

AW: Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.4.301

Hi.
Yes they are on default path "C:\Program Data\Team Mediaportal\Mediaportal\Thumbs\"
I've done Defrag and Chkdsk yesterday to be sure all other parameters are fully ok. SATA is set to AHCI, Win7SP1 is fully updated, S.M.A.R.T. is ok, "Windows Performance Index" gives the drive 5.9 Points. So this should not be related to some system errors, I think. During MePo start there are no other HDD consuming tasks running. I've checked that.

Right now I'm downloading Backdrop V1.0.1 When this is finished (25 MB last about 2 hours here to download, if connection is "good" ) After that I can do more tests, if you need some..

Hi.
Yes they are on default path "C:\Program Data\Team Mediaportal\Mediaportal\Thumbs\"
I've done Defrag and Chkdsk yesterday to be sure all other parameters are fully ok. SATA is set to AHCI, Win7SP1 is fully updated, S.M.A.R.T. is ok, "Windows Performance Index" gives the drive 5.9 Points. So this should not be related to some system errors, I think. During MePo start there are no other HDD consuming tasks running. I've checked that.

Right now I'm downloading Backdrop V1.0.1 When this is finished (25 MB last about 2 hours here to download, if connection is "good" ) After that I can do more tests, if you need some..

 

[cul8er]

Hi Lehmden,

Thanks for your help. Please test the attached version (I have added more debug info, and tried to optimize some code) and then post your fanarthandler.log file.

Thank you in advance!

best regards
cul8er

 

[Lehmden]

AW: Fanart Handler Plugin v2.2.4.301

Hello.
Thanks for helping me to get my MediaPortal working as i like... Its my own personal interest to get this working. So it's really no problem to test...

I've installed Backdrop 1.0.1, generated my basic Home, replaced the FanartHadler.dll with the one from last post and start MePo.

I think we nailed down the Issue to the TVSeries part of it. In Log you see, on all other parts the refresh is really fast (less than one second). Refreshing local fanart for TVSeries last from 15:15:00 to 15:19:13 (4 minutes 13 seconds) until it got Hash.

Is it possible that there are some "bad" .jpg in TV Series fanart causing this?