2011-07-18, 03:32
So, I built my machine with great pride and anticipation a month or so ago and have been fiddling with it to configure it the way I want... but havent been able to configure it the way I want yet... I m not sure if I m messing up or issues with xbmc.
So rather than creating multiple threads, I wanted to create on thread that asks all the issues I m facing and hoping the great souls here will help me resolve it.
So here s my main issue right now
#1 Fanarts are missing. I rescan lib with imdb/themoviedb nothing happens. I select a movie and hit reload and say get FANART, but it doesnt find anything. I was able to get the fanart before may be 2-3 weeks ago, but I always had the problem of it getting overwrriten or just goes plain missing after some days. So I have to either rescan the entire lib or hit reload on every single movie. But now if I reload or rescan, it doesnt make a difference. No fanart is grabbed, the thumb seems ok. Whats the solution?
#2. Smart playlists are either not smart or I am plain dumb:
I have multiple sources of media, like English movies, I have in D: and H:. So I create a smart playlist with D and H as the "path starts with" rule. This finds all the movies and displays, FINE. But now I want to create a HD playlist using the above playlist, so I use condition1. resolution >719 and playlist is English. But it doesnt find the right content. It pretty much gives me my entire library.
#3. How do I get backdrops for individual file submenu. So under Movies I have 3 submenus , English, language#2, language#3. and I want to create different backdrops for each sub menu. How?
My setup: Win 7 / xbmc dharma build. (no nightly builds installed yet)
As I get more problems I ll keep updating the above list. But these are my highest priority problems.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Edit:
Also i have media center master running but thats not helping either. I think I have all the values set properly in mcm to get the fanart etc but still xbmc doesnt read any.
So rather than creating multiple threads, I wanted to create on thread that asks all the issues I m facing and hoping the great souls here will help me resolve it.
So here s my main issue right now
#1 Fanarts are missing. I rescan lib with imdb/themoviedb nothing happens. I select a movie and hit reload and say get FANART, but it doesnt find anything. I was able to get the fanart before may be 2-3 weeks ago, but I always had the problem of it getting overwrriten or just goes plain missing after some days. So I have to either rescan the entire lib or hit reload on every single movie. But now if I reload or rescan, it doesnt make a difference. No fanart is grabbed, the thumb seems ok. Whats the solution?
#2. Smart playlists are either not smart or I am plain dumb:
I have multiple sources of media, like English movies, I have in D: and H:. So I create a smart playlist with D and H as the "path starts with" rule. This finds all the movies and displays, FINE. But now I want to create a HD playlist using the above playlist, so I use condition1. resolution >719 and playlist is English. But it doesnt find the right content. It pretty much gives me my entire library.
#3. How do I get backdrops for individual file submenu. So under Movies I have 3 submenus , English, language#2, language#3. and I want to create different backdrops for each sub menu. How?
My setup: Win 7 / xbmc dharma build. (no nightly builds installed yet)
As I get more problems I ll keep updating the above list. But these are my highest priority problems.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Edit:
Also i have media center master running but thats not helping either. I think I have all the values set properly in mcm to get the fanart etc but still xbmc doesnt read any.
