[pricinosus]

[SOLVED] Custom actor thumb saved in userdata folder
Hallo everybody

This is my first post.

I played with database (i've scaned 10 movies) with a sql editor, but i can't find the record responsible for linking an actor name to a locally stored thumbnail.

For example:
John Travolta have .xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/Video/5/542801eb.tbn

But i can't find in the sql tables "542801eb.tbn"

Where to look to find?

[jmarshall]

You don't. The caching is done based on the name of the actor - there are threads on the forums here for exactly how it's done should you wish to reproduce it.

In the .nfo file for a movie you will be able to specify the actor thumb directly. I think the actor thumbs are also read from a .actors folder adjacent to the movie.

[pricinosus]

Thank you Jmarshall

What i want is :

1.one thumbnail per actor stored only once on hdd (xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/Video), not on every movie folder.
2. the thumb has a "strange" name 542801eb.tbn and nothing to do with John Travolta so hard to find if I want to edit/change manually the tumb for John Travolta.

I will search forums for caching thumbnails "mechanism"

maybe .nfo is the way to go. But in respect of the both condition above.
Thank you again

[pricinosus]

[SOLVED]
Found what I wanted !!!!

1.Select "VIDEO" from Main Menu in Confluence
2.Press Left Arrow on keyboard or Mouse cursor maximum left (slide menu appears) enable "Library Mode"
3.Select "Movies"
4.Select "Actors"
5.select any actor
6.Press "c" or right click (contextual menu appears)
7.Choose "Set Actor Thumb"
8.Browse for image on your hdd

MAGIC !!!!

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