Feature Request (if not already possible) (1 Viewer)

[Game_dude]

Would it be possible to automatically add a thumbnail for movies missing cover art? I collect a lot of really old movies ( I meant really old!) and a lot of them don't have any cover art. So I usually have to manually add them. Thanks!!

 

[RoChess]

Would it be possible to automatically add a thumbnail for movies missing cover art? I collect a lot of really old movies ( I meant really old!) and a lot of them don't have any cover art. So I usually have to manually add them. Thanks!!

You could adjust your skin to show like a default cover image when none exists.

On DefaultWide the movingpictures.listview.xml contains the following:

    <control>
      <description>Cover Art</description>
      <type>image</type>
      <id>60</id>
      <posX>31</posX>
      <posY>254</posY>
      <width>257</width>
      <height>380</height>
      <texture>#MovingPictures.Coverart</texture>
      <visible>facadeview.list+control.isvisible(50)</visible>
      <animation effect="fade" time="250" delay="0">WindowClose</animation>
    </control>

You have to prefix that by for example:

    <control>
      <description>Cover Art Default</description>
      <type>image</type>
      <id>60</id>
      <posX>31</posX>
      <posY>254</posY>
      <width>257</width>
      <height>380</height>
      <texture>default_cover_image_inside_media_folder.png</texture>
      <visible>facadeview.list+control.isvisible(50)+!string.equals(#MovingPictures.Coverart,)</visible>
      <animation effect="fade" time="250" delay="0">WindowClose</animation>
    </control>
    <control>
      <description>Cover Art</description>
      <type>image</type>
      <id>60</id>
      <posX>31</posX>
      <posY>254</posY>
      <width>257</width>
      <height>380</height>
      <texture>#MovingPictures.Coverart</texture>
      <visible>facadeview.list+control.isvisible(50)</visible>
      <animation effect="fade" time="250" delay="0">WindowClose</animation>
    </control>

The additional visibility condition of "+!string.equals(#MovingPictures.Coverart,)" ensures that the skin element will only be used when there is no cover.

I did this quick and just woke up, so might not all work as-is, but you get the idea and you can read the MediaPortal skin developer wiki for explanation on each part to fix it if needed, but it should work.

 

[Game_dude]

Thanks for the detailed reply! I tried what you suggested but it didn't seem to work. Though the image I have for the default cover could be in the wrong folder. Do you know where the image is suppose to go? Right now I have it in thumbs/MovingPictures/Covers/Fullsize.

 

[RoChess]

It needs to go in skins\skin-name\Media folder, as that is where skin looks for when you use relative locations.

 

[Game_dude]

Awesome! What do I have to name the file?

 

[RoChess]

well you could stick with "default_cover_image_inside_media_folder.png" or was that hint not obvious enuff? new forum system doesn't allow me to bold stuff inside 'code', or at least not in the short time i made post.

 

[Game_dude]

Could I replace that with something like "DefaultCover.png"? Sorry for the dumb questions

 

[RoChess]

Yes, you can replace it with anything, just match the reference you put in skin file with the filename. If they don't match it doesn't work.

 

[Game_dude]

That seemed to work but now the image I used is overlapping my other cover art lol.

 

[RoChess]

Weird, because the visibility condition should have taken care of that, and only show the default cover when no image exist.

as I typed that I quickly made sure I used the wrong syntax and seems I fell for a known copy-and-paste problem with coding. Remove the exclamation point and it will work.

<visible>facadeview.list+control.isvisible(50)+string.equals(#MovingPictures.Coverart,)</visible>

The exclamation point caused reverse condition, so the image would show when a cover exists