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+--- Thread: Req Skip scraper search for unscrapable artist (/showthread.php?tid=166399)
Skip scraper search for unscrapable artist - whitebelly - 2013-06-04
After selecting 'artist info' for obscure artists not found by any scrapers, there is no way to get past the 'enter artist' osd keyboard. The addition of a button on the "enter artist" osd keyboard to bypass the search and go to the artist info GUI where the user can assign artist thumb and fanart would be very helpful.
RE: Skip scraper search for unscrapable artist - whitebelly - 2013-06-07
An addendum/update to this request.
I was able to accomplish a not so elegant workaround. In the process I determined that within the music database, the 'artistinfo' table does not contain records for un-scraped artists. If a record is not in 'artistinfo', you cannot get to the artist information gui screen. If record entries and deletions in the 'artist' table were cascaded to the 'artistinfo' table, or enforced referential integrity between the two tables such that there is always a record in 'artistinfo' for every artist, then the user could access the artist info screen even for those artists that cannot be found by scrapers. It does not appear there would be any negative effects of doing this, as you can still initiate a refresh from the artist info screen.