[kiboy6]

You can do this manually now by preferences local artwork and then going through the cache folder periodically to move stuff you want to move. That's actually what I do right now (mostly in cases where I'm getting a weird mix of images in the downloads).

Yeah, that makes sense I suppose. I just figured that the local music folder would be a nicer home for all those nice images than buried in the appdata folder within indecipherable subfolders.

However on further thought, i wouldn't want a separate folder to be created for every artist that plays on a compilation or , worse, last.fm radio.

For me the ideal solution would be:
-if "artist" folder exists than place image in extrafanart folder within artist folder. (Creating extrafanart folder if necessary)

- If artist folder does not exist than place images in /local music path/other artist images/artist/extrafanart , creating these folders if necessary. That way the music folder wouldn't get cluttered up, but all images would be easily accessible.

I understand the reluctance to write new folders, but I personally would be willing to run the risk of running the script with this setup

However if this isn't possible then your suggestion of copying images over periodically would certainly be a lot more practical if within the appdata cache the images were placed in folders based on the artist's name instead of cryptic folder names like "0ab78719". Any chance of that?

Of course I don't mean to sound greedy. Just as it already is this script is amazing beyond belief....just wondered if my ideal setup would appeal to other users too?

I assume based on your question that your local image folder is on an SMB share or something like that.

You're right, however only coincidentally! What I meant was: if XBMC cannot access the internet will it still use all the images from the cache and extrafanart folders?

Thanks so much again pkscout