ListItem.Cast doesn't show up when in the normal library view but it does if I use the library data provider addon!
videodb://movies/titles/ - no cast
plugin://service.library.data.provider/?type=recentmovies - cast
What's going on?
Did some more digging -
(2011-03-30, 18:58)Hitcher Wrote: [ -> ]According to the wiki -
Quote:Shows a concatenated string of cast members of the currently selected movie in a list or thumb control
But I can't get it to show anything in a list.
Bug?
Thanks.
(2011-03-30, 19:27)spiff Wrote: [ -> ]not a bug. problem is it requires many extra queries which slows down the listing tons...
(2011-03-30, 19:52)spiff Wrote: [ -> ]no, it's available in the info dialog... eventually we'll add background fetching of info, then it will be avail in the listings as well (after a brief delay).
So the question is: Is this still not possible without a big overhead?
Thanks.
Short answer: yes. If you examine the JSON-RPC requests being made, you'll see a separate query (or 3) done for each item.
I think some cleanup work on the background loader would be needed before this was efficient.
OK, thanks for the reply. Looks like we need to change the label.
(2014-07-19, 08:13)Hitcher Wrote: [ -> ]OK, thanks for the reply. Looks like we need to change the label.
No worries, we can just move the plot outline up and show 4 lines instead of 3.
