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<blockquote data-quote="fluxtras" data-source="post: 487315" data-attributes="member: 58394">CoverART Alternative SolutionHi,I found the MediaPortal movie database function crappy. My Video files don't have proper names, but my directories do. I can't search by directory name (even though i told MPortal to treat folders as individual movies).What I do now: I use EAX Movie Catalog and put my video folders in it. Let the Google Image coverart thingie do all the work (in this program you CAN use the Folder option to get the proper names) for finding the proper art (found Google to be the best search engine for this purpose).Then I just use the internal script to put all the folder.jpg in the original folder (General Script - Copy Cover Pictures to Specified Folder). VOILA! All my individual movie folders have now the folder.jpg and I can see them in the normal folder-structure of Mediaportal Videos. I am happy now. Wish that MPortal would make this search function native. I don't care much for the IMDB all-info feature, just want the cover art. Those Thumbnail pictures, I don't care for them either (good work on the plugin though).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fluxtras, post: 487315, member: 58394"] [b]CoverART Alternative Solution[/b] Hi, I found the MediaPortal movie database function crappy. My Video files don't have proper names, but my directories do. I can't search by directory name (even though i told MPortal to treat folders as individual movies). What I do now: I use EAX Movie Catalog and put my video folders in it. Let the Google Image coverart thingie do all the work (in this program you CAN use the Folder option to get the proper names) for finding the proper art (found Google to be the best search engine for this purpose). Then I just use the internal script to put all the folder.jpg in the original folder (General Script - Copy Cover Pictures to Specified Folder). VOILA! All my individual movie folders have now the folder.jpg and I can see them in the normal folder-structure of Mediaportal Videos. I am happy now. Wish that MPortal would make this search function native. I don't care much for the IMDB all-info feature, just want the cover art. Those Thumbnail pictures, I don't care for them either (good work on the plugin though). [/QUOTE]

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