2015-03-05, 11:43
Just to make a nice official thread for this request that has come up many times.
I'd like to see extra fanart scraped and included in standardized database fields without the need for using a special add-on. After migrating my media to a new NAS recently I realized how confusing it was with all the add-ons that download extra artwork such as the Artwork downloader extra fanart script or the CDart manager script.
There is some debate about whether these new artwork types should be included in the default skin or not which is understandable, but I think it should be at the very least included in default scraping so Skinners have that choice.
Clearart.png 1000 x 562
Clearlogo.png 800x310 or 400x155
Discart.png 1000x1000
Banner.jpg 1000x185
Suggest DB Fields for the "art" table
media_type clearart
media_type clearlogo
media_type discart
media_type banner
It has been argued in the past that it would be good to have an extensible system to add new artwork types but I personally DO NOT think thats a good idea. I believe artwork should be standardized to only popular fanart available from metadata sites, otherwise you end up with a mess of artwork that is different from skin to skin. Its all about standards and this should be enforced at Kodi level imo
I would like to see this as a standard scraping feature for Movies, TVShows and Music and also include with local scraping.
I'd like to see extra fanart scraped and included in standardized database fields without the need for using a special add-on. After migrating my media to a new NAS recently I realized how confusing it was with all the add-ons that download extra artwork such as the Artwork downloader extra fanart script or the CDart manager script.
There is some debate about whether these new artwork types should be included in the default skin or not which is understandable, but I think it should be at the very least included in default scraping so Skinners have that choice.
Clearart.png 1000 x 562
Clearlogo.png 800x310 or 400x155
Discart.png 1000x1000
Banner.jpg 1000x185
Suggest DB Fields for the "art" table
media_type clearart
media_type clearlogo
media_type discart
media_type banner
It has been argued in the past that it would be good to have an extensible system to add new artwork types but I personally DO NOT think thats a good idea. I believe artwork should be standardized to only popular fanart available from metadata sites, otherwise you end up with a mess of artwork that is different from skin to skin. Its all about standards and this should be enforced at Kodi level imo
I would like to see this as a standard scraping feature for Movies, TVShows and Music and also include with local scraping.
