Problem with "&" or "-"? (1 Viewer)

[mrceolla]

Let me start by saying I've uploaded many images to htbackdrops.com and had the Fanart Handler pull them in just fine. But I'm having a problem with this one particular artist.

I found one thread talking about this but had no real resolution.

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...st-with-and-or-in-the-name.91696/#post-698896

Plus I'm not 100% sure this is an ampersand issue anyway.

I have an artist called "DJ T-Rock & Squashy Nice" in the ID3 tags. MP displays this as such. I uploaded some images for this artist to htbackdrops.com with the same string for the images 'Title'. These images do not show up when playing these tracks in MP. I checked the Managed Fanart tab and there no entries for this artist at all.

I made sure the images were being returned in the htbackdrops.com query by using this URL:

http://htbackdrops.com/api/TESTKEY/searchXML?keywords=dj t-rock %26 squashy nice&inc=rating,keywords,caption,mb_name,mb_aliases,mb_tags

It returns a HUGE list but my images are in there. However, the "title" node of the XML shows "&" in place of the "&". Could this be an issue?

Here is some XML of my images. Again, this is within a huge list returned by the URL above.:

-<image>
<id>34184</id>
<aid>1</aid>
<album>1</album>
-<title>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock &amp; Squashy Nice]]>
</title>
-<filename>
<![CDATA[DJ_T-Rock___Squashy_Nice_1-1280x720.jpg]]>
</filename>
-<keywords>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock Squashy Nice]]>
</keywords>
-<caption>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock & Squashy Nice Art]]>
</caption>
<filesize>567229</filesize>
<dimensions>1280x720</dimensions>
<rating>0</rating>
<votes>0</votes>
</image>
-<image>
<id>34185</id>
<aid>1</aid>
<album>1</album>
-<title>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock &amp; Squashy Nice]]>
</title>
-<filename>
<![CDATA[DJ_T-Rock___Squashy_Nice_2-1280x720.jpg]]>
</filename>
-<keywords>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock Squashy Nice]]>
</keywords>
-<caption>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock & Squashy Nice Portraits]]>
</caption>
<filesize>491537</filesize>
<dimensions>1280x720</dimensions>
<rating>0</rating>
<votes>0</votes>
</image>
-<image>
<id>34186</id>
<aid>1</aid>
<album>1</album>
-<title>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock &amp; Squashy Nice]]>
</title>
-<filename>
<![CDATA[DJ_T-Rock___Squashy_Nice_Getting_Through-1280x720.jpg]]>
</filename>
-<keywords>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock Squashy Nice]]>
</keywords>
-<caption>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock & Squashy Nice - Getting Through Cover Art]]>
</caption>
<filesize>803507</filesize>
<dimensions>1280x720</dimensions>
<rating>0</rating>
<votes>0</votes>
</image>
-<image>
<id>34187</id>
<aid>1</aid>
<album>1</album>
-<title>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock &amp; Squashy Nice]]>
</title>
-<filename>
<![CDATA[DJ_T-Rock___Squashy_Nice_3-1280x720.jpg]]>
</filename>
-<keywords>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock Squashy Nice Digging]]>
</keywords>
-<caption>
<![CDATA[DJ T-Rock Digging]]>
</caption>
<filesize>661670</filesize>
<dimensions>1280x720</dimensions>
<rating>0</rating>
<votes>0</votes>
</image>

What exactly does the Fanart Handler do with this XML response? What nodes does it try to match on?

Is there a problem with the Fanart Handler, htbackdrops.com, or do I just need to edit my image properties in a particular way to get these pulled in?

Thanks for any input.

 

[mrceolla]

Nobody? Should I be asking this question elsewhere?

 

[kiwijunglist]

Maybe @cul8er is busy

 

[cul8er]

hi,

will see what I can find. will test in a few days and let you know what I find.

cheers
cul8er

 

[mrceolla]

Great! Thank you!