clearart on a mac
#1
Hi, I've reading a lot on clearart trying to make sense of all the posts according to their dates and I'm confused

I created a link in guisettings.xml to a ClearArt folder on my external usb and gave it the path "/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/ClearArt". I've also tried with an additional / at the end. Is this folder supposed to contain folders with the series name and inside that, a file called clearart.png or is it supposed to contain a bunch of .png each having the series name?

I'm pretty sure I tried all possibilities but none seem to work. If Clearart is enabled, nothing shows on pause but if its disabled, I get the episode thumb.

I hope I'm making sense and btw, I use an external usb because both my mac and the appleTV access the media over AFP
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jpf55 Wrote:Hi, I've reading a lot on clearart trying to make sense of all the posts according to their dates and I'm confused

I created a link in guisettings.xml to a ClearArt folder on my external usb and gave it the path "/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/ClearArt". I've also tried with an additional / at the end. Is this folder supposed to contain folders with the series name and inside that, a file called clearart.png or is it supposed to contain a bunch of .png each having the series name?

I'm pretty sure I tried all possibilities but none seem to work. If Clearart is enabled, nothing shows on pause but if its disabled, I get the episode thumb.

I hope I'm making sense and btw, I use an external usb because both my mac and the appleTV access the media over AFP

you're supposed to put a 'clearart.png' image in the actual folder of each TV Show, like:
/home/xbmc/Media/TV Shows/House/clearart.png
/home/xbmc/Media/TV Shows/South Park/clearart.png

and the link in guisettings (using the above example) needs to be:
/home/xbmc/Media/TV Shows/

if you can't figure it out, enable debuglogging and check the log for what's going wrong.
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19:06:27 T:2684843808 M:286175232 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi)
19:06:27 T:2684843808 M:286175232 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi
19:06:27 T:2959527936 M:280981504 INFO: ffmpeg[B066D000]: Input #0, avi, from '/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi':
19:06:27 T:2684843808 M:281939968 DEBUG: CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentMovie(/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi)
19:06:34 T:2957398016 M:294809600 INFO: msg: PICTURE::LoadImage: Unable to open image: /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica (2003)/clearart.png Error: (2)
19:06:34 T:2957398016 M:294809600 ERROR: PICTURE: Error loading image /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica (2003)/clearart.png
19:06:38 T:2684843808 M:299814912 DEBUG: SaveFileState - Saving file state for video file /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi

19:06:46 T:2684843808 M:279736320 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi)
19:06:46 T:2684843808 M:279736320 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi
19:06:46 T:2959527936 M:274788352 INFO: ffmpeg[B066D000]: Input #0, avi, from '/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi':
19:06:46 T:2684843808 M:273715200 DEBUG: CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentMovie(/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi)
19:06:58 T:2684843808 M:296280064 DEBUG: SaveFileState - Saving file state for video file /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi

The interestin thing here is that in the first instance, its trying to find a "Battlestar Galactica (2003)" folder which does not exist
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jpf55 Wrote:19:06:27 T:2684843808 M:286175232 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi)
19:06:27 T:2684843808 M:286175232 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi
19:06:27 T:2959527936 M:280981504 INFO: ffmpeg[B066D000]: Input #0, avi, from '/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi':
19:06:27 T:2684843808 M:281939968 DEBUG: CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentMovie(/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi)
19:06:34 T:2957398016 M:294809600 INFO: msg: PICTURE::LoadImage: Unable to open image: /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica (2003)/clearart.png Error: (2)
19:06:34 T:2957398016 M:294809600 ERROR: PICTURE: Error loading image /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica (2003)/clearart.png
19:06:38 T:2684843808 M:299814912 DEBUG: SaveFileState - Saving file state for video file /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Battlestar Galactica/season 1/Battlestar Galactica S01E01 - 33.avi

19:06:46 T:2684843808 M:279736320 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi)
19:06:46 T:2684843808 M:279736320 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi
19:06:46 T:2959527936 M:274788352 INFO: ffmpeg[B066D000]: Input #0, avi, from '/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi':
19:06:46 T:2684843808 M:273715200 DEBUG: CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentMovie(/Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi)
19:06:58 T:2684843808 M:296280064 DEBUG: SaveFileState - Saving file state for video file /Volumes/usbMovies/_TVseries/Dexter/Dexter Year 1/Dexter s01e01.avi

The interestin thing here is that in the first instance, its trying to find a "Battlestar Galactica (2003)" folder which does not exist

apparently the show is called 'Battlestar Galactica (2003)' in xbmc.
the foldername has to match what xbmc is using.
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#5
At this point I know it is not a skin problem but the only safe way I found to rename the main folder is to "Edit Title" from the on screen menu in library mode, otherwise you are constantly asked whether you want to remove the series from the library and, as I found out, you run the risk of having it deleted altogether.(Hooray for backups)
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