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Thank you for your reply!

I´ve been using Mediaportal for a while and right now I think it is the best HTPC software. IMHO better than MeediOS (very, very difficult to configure), Mytheatre, ProgDVB and ALTDVB, not to mention Windows Mediacenter.

My idea was a bit different. I´m using Black and White 1080p skin, and I have fan art for my music and movies (I´m using My Films Plug-in because my movies DDBB is in ANT movie Catalog).

The fan art system works pretty good (i.e. if I select a movie, the background shows the fan art for this particular movie. If I play a song for an artist with fan art the background shows the picture name after the artist or the song).

But (there is always a "but") , what I want is that the background changes showing different pictures for that artist / album / movie. As far as I know when you name the fan art file after the artist / album / film there is only 1 background and it doesn´t change. If you have 5 pictures for the group "queen" you can only show 1 of them (I tried to name the pictures "queen1.jpg", "queen2.jpg".. but the only way it works is that the name is exactly the same than the artist)

If you have
<texture>\FanArt\Music\#Play.Current.Artist.png</texture>

and the fan-art is named "queen.png" when you play a file with the artist field ="queen" the picture queen.png will be shown as background.

If you have 5 pictures of the queen and you want these pictures to be shown when you play a file from the artist (and change every 10-20 sec). I have tried the following:

You have:

<description>Backdrop</description>
<type>multiimage</type>
<id>0</id>
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>0</posy>
<width>1920</width>
<height>1080</height>
<imagepath>backdrops_music</imagepath>
<timeperimage>120000</timeperimage>
<fadetime>1000</fadetime>
<loop>yes</loop>
<randomize>true</randomize>

My first idea was to change this, creating a directory for every artist pictures

<description>Backdrop</description>
<type>multiimage</type>
<id>0</id>
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>0</posy>
<width>1920</width>
<height>1080</height>
<imagepath>backdrops_music/#Play.Current.Artist</imagepath>
<timeperimage>120000</timeperimage>
<fadetime>1000</fadetime>
<loop>yes</loop>
<randomize>true</randomize>

I created the following directory: backdrops_music/queen/

And put it 5 pictures of queen (1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, 4.jpg and 5.jpg)

No surprise it didn´t work.

For the record, my XML abillities are very limited. I hope my idea is clear now, though.

<blockquote data-quote="Ganton" data-source="post: 402882" data-attributes="member: 90369">Thank you for your reply!I´ve been using Mediaportal for a while and right now I think it is the best HTPC software. IMHO better than MeediOS (very, very difficult to configure), Mytheatre, ProgDVB and ALTDVB, not to mention Windows Mediacenter.My idea was a bit different. I´m using Black and White 1080p skin, and I have fan art for my music and movies (I´m using My Films Plug-in because my movies DDBB is in ANT movie Catalog).The fan art system works pretty good (i.e. if I select a movie, the background shows the fan art for this particular movie. If I play a song for an artist with fan art the background shows the picture name after the artist or the song).But (there is always a &quot;but&quot;) , what I want is that the background changes showing different pictures for that artist / album / movie. As far as I know when you name the fan art file after the artist / album / film there is only 1 background and it doesn´t change. If you have 5 pictures for the group &quot;queen&quot; you can only show 1 of them (I tried to name the pictures &quot;queen1.jpg&quot;, &quot;queen2.jpg&quot;.. but the only way it works is that the name is exactly the same than the artist)If you have&lt;texture&gt;\FanArt\Music\#Play.Current.Artist.png&lt;/texture&gt;and the fan-art is named &quot;queen.png&quot; when you play a file with the artist field =&quot;queen&quot; the picture queen.png will be shown as background.If you have 5 pictures of the queen and you want these pictures to be shown when you play a file from the artist (and change every 10-20 sec). I have tried the following:You have:&lt;description&gt;Backdrop&lt;/description&gt;&lt;type&gt;multiimage&lt;/type&gt;&lt;id&gt;0&lt;/id&gt;&lt;posx&gt;0&lt;/posx&gt;&lt;posy&gt;0&lt;/posy&gt;&lt;width&gt;1920&lt;/width&gt;&lt;height&gt;1080&lt;/height&gt;&lt;imagepath&gt;backdrops_music&lt;/imagepath&gt;&lt;timeperimage&gt;120000&lt;/timeperimage&gt;&lt;fadetime&gt;1000&lt;/fadetime&gt;&lt;loop&gt;yes&lt;/loop&gt;&lt;randomize&gt;true&lt;/randomize&gt;My first idea was to change this, creating a directory for every artist pictures&lt;description&gt;Backdrop&lt;/description&gt;&lt;type&gt;multiimage&lt;/type&gt;&lt;id&gt;0&lt;/id&gt;&lt;posx&gt;0&lt;/posx&gt;&lt;posy&gt;0&lt;/posy&gt;&lt;width&gt;1920&lt;/width&gt;&lt;height&gt;1080&lt;/height&gt;&lt;imagepath&gt;backdrops_music/#Play.Current.Artist&lt;/imagepath&gt;&lt;timeperimage&gt;120000&lt;/timeperimage&gt;&lt;fadetime&gt;1000&lt;/fadetime&gt;&lt;loop&gt;yes&lt;/loop&gt;&lt;randomize&gt;true&lt;/randomize&gt;I created the following directory: backdrops_music/queen/And put it 5 pictures of queen (1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, 4.jpg and 5.jpg)No surprise it didn´t work.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />For the record, my XML abillities are very limited. I hope my idea is clear now, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ganton, post: 402882, member: 90369"] Thank you for your reply! I´ve been using Mediaportal for a while and right now I think it is the best HTPC software. IMHO better than MeediOS (very, very difficult to configure), Mytheatre, ProgDVB and ALTDVB, not to mention Windows Mediacenter. My idea was a bit different. I´m using Black and White 1080p skin, and I have fan art for my music and movies (I´m using My Films Plug-in because my movies DDBB is in ANT movie Catalog). The fan art system works pretty good (i.e. if I select a movie, the background shows the fan art for this particular movie. If I play a song for an artist with fan art the background shows the picture name after the artist or the song). But (there is always a "but") , what I want is that the background changes showing different pictures for that artist / album / movie. As far as I know when you name the fan art file after the artist / album / film there is only 1 background and it doesn´t change. If you have 5 pictures for the group "queen" you can only show 1 of them (I tried to name the pictures "queen1.jpg", "queen2.jpg".. but the only way it works is that the name is exactly the same than the artist) If you have <texture>\FanArt\Music\#Play.Current.Artist.png</texture> and the fan-art is named "queen.png" when you play a file with the artist field ="queen" the picture queen.png will be shown as background. If you have 5 pictures of the queen and you want these pictures to be shown when you play a file from the artist (and change every 10-20 sec). I have tried the following: You have: <description>Backdrop</description> <type>multiimage</type> <id>0</id> <posx>0</posx> <posy>0</posy> <width>1920</width> <height>1080</height> <imagepath>backdrops_music</imagepath> <timeperimage>120000</timeperimage> <fadetime>1000</fadetime> <loop>yes</loop> <randomize>true</randomize> My first idea was to change this, creating a directory for every artist pictures <description>Backdrop</description> <type>multiimage</type> <id>0</id> <posx>0</posx> <posy>0</posy> <width>1920</width> <height>1080</height> <imagepath>backdrops_music/#Play.Current.Artist</imagepath> <timeperimage>120000</timeperimage> <fadetime>1000</fadetime> <loop>yes</loop> <randomize>true</randomize> I created the following directory: backdrops_music/queen/ And put it 5 pictures of queen (1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, 4.jpg and 5.jpg) No surprise it didn´t work. :) For the record, my XML abillities are very limited. I hope my idea is clear now, though. [/QUOTE]