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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 557542" data-attributes="member: 18896"><p><strong>Re: Reduce storage size of MovingPictures 'thumbs' folder.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now that fforde has finally found a solution for the corrupted image download, there are indeed new enhancements on the horizon to do just that. But it's a balance between how important it is and how much time it takes to program it in. So until it is a part of the plugin, you can just keep using your existing method. Eventually I plan to modify the script I've made in this post to do just that, because indeed for those running MediaPortal in a 4:3 SD setup on an older computer, it might slow their system down too much using the large fanart images.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The fanarts are always shown full screen, so there is no need to keep a 'thumbnailed' version for that one. Perhaps a future enhancement is planned (like being able to select/download a different fanart easy as with the MP-TVSeries plugin), which would use the thumbnailed version then.</p><p></p><p>However for covers there already is a usage, and that is regarding the large cover filmstrip navigation and the small cover list navigation. But still even on a 1080p setup there isn't imho a need for cover images to be larger then 800 pixels in height for filmstrip/details view, and the developers do have ideas to make the resize function an option. Until then you can modify the pictures manually, either by using programs such as PaintShopPro/IrfanView/etc who all have build in batch functionality to resize/modify entire folders, or via the script that I wrote for this post.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Note:</strong> The slow scrolling can also be simply related to your computer. Due to the .NET framework a good chunk of memory is required to run MediaPortal and it helps if your videocard has DirectX Video Accelleration (DXVA) support. My HTPC consists of an AMD BE-2400 at the default speed of 2.3Ghz with 2GB of memory and a HD4350 videocard with full DXVA support. And I can scroll the list faster then my eyes can read it. I never actually scroll like that, because I'm in love with the SMS-style input method, so I just key in part the movie name, use the 0+Letter to jump to movies starting with that 'Letter', or I use the page-up and page-down to locate one fast, all in combination with the Category filtering (though I use 'All Movies' a lot of times). It is only on those rare occasions that I need to read all the summaries that I actually scroll the list one movie at a time, but the system has no trouble keeping up then due to all the reading.</p><p></p><p>PS: I just searched the Google SVN to find the existing issues regarding this.</p><p></p><p>Resize images @ <a href="http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=2" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=2</a></p><p>Download/Select backdrop @ <a href="http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=212" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=212</a></p><p></p><p>Please star and/or comment on those issues if you feel they need extra information.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 557542, member: 18896"] [b]Re: Reduce storage size of MovingPictures 'thumbs' folder.[/b] Now that fforde has finally found a solution for the corrupted image download, there are indeed new enhancements on the horizon to do just that. But it's a balance between how important it is and how much time it takes to program it in. So until it is a part of the plugin, you can just keep using your existing method. Eventually I plan to modify the script I've made in this post to do just that, because indeed for those running MediaPortal in a 4:3 SD setup on an older computer, it might slow their system down too much using the large fanart images. The fanarts are always shown full screen, so there is no need to keep a 'thumbnailed' version for that one. Perhaps a future enhancement is planned (like being able to select/download a different fanart easy as with the MP-TVSeries plugin), which would use the thumbnailed version then. However for covers there already is a usage, and that is regarding the large cover filmstrip navigation and the small cover list navigation. But still even on a 1080p setup there isn't imho a need for cover images to be larger then 800 pixels in height for filmstrip/details view, and the developers do have ideas to make the resize function an option. Until then you can modify the pictures manually, either by using programs such as PaintShopPro/IrfanView/etc who all have build in batch functionality to resize/modify entire folders, or via the script that I wrote for this post. [b]Note:[/b] The slow scrolling can also be simply related to your computer. Due to the .NET framework a good chunk of memory is required to run MediaPortal and it helps if your videocard has DirectX Video Accelleration (DXVA) support. My HTPC consists of an AMD BE-2400 at the default speed of 2.3Ghz with 2GB of memory and a HD4350 videocard with full DXVA support. And I can scroll the list faster then my eyes can read it. I never actually scroll like that, because I'm in love with the SMS-style input method, so I just key in part the movie name, use the 0+Letter to jump to movies starting with that 'Letter', or I use the page-up and page-down to locate one fast, all in combination with the Category filtering (though I use 'All Movies' a lot of times). It is only on those rare occasions that I need to read all the summaries that I actually scroll the list one movie at a time, but the system has no trouble keeping up then due to all the reading. PS: I just searched the Google SVN to find the existing issues regarding this. Resize images @ [url]http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=2[/url] Download/Select backdrop @ [url]http://code.google.com/p/moving-pictures/issues/detail?id=212[/url] Please star and/or comment on those issues if you feel they need extra information. [/QUOTE]
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