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Thanks for the new beta. I installed alongside previous versions (don't know if that makes a diff?) and set my "movies" folder then did a "save & quick scan" of the folder. After scanning the main browser pane showed "Displaying 159 of 159 movies" but was empty (tried changing sort order no change). I exited and restarted and then the main browser was working as expected.
Also if you set artwork to "both" what should happen (existing movies and newly found movies)?
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Artwork for movies is still Pre-Frodo. To be worked on once any/all bugs are squashed on the TV Side.
As for after scanning, no movies are displayed. Please go "Movies" (Top bar) and select " Reload Movies From Cache". They should re-appear. Also do a "Refresh all movies" to be sure they are all there.
This is also a Known bug for the movie side.
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Hi Scott,
The empty list I have seen, but only once. I am not sure why it decides to blank on the first install, and should be investigated as I suspect a number of users will experience the problem.
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Media Company renaming feature is one of the most useful for me, is there a way to rename folders as well files ?
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Name of show is Cheongdam Dong Alice (as shown in TVDB). It's been a while since I first scraped it using 3.5.0.6 . Often the case it takes a couple tries to figure out English title of Korean TV Show. I think I was having problems getting 3.5.0.6 to scrape it, and went to TVDB and manually seacrched and found the TVDB ID for it 264413 which I entered into the data entry slot for it, after which it scraped but showed "error" (red X in front of entry in TV show main browser and status : error). But it did create tvshow.nfo and d/l the art. When I attempted to "search this show for new episodes" I kept getting popup that the show was "locked". But I could get episode.nfo files regardless. Then I installed 3.5.3.0 and again searched for new episodes, had trouble but fooled around some (sorry, can't remember exactly what I did) and somehow the error/red X went away and now all seems well. But I couldn't figure out what the status : error / lock / open is telling me or what I should do in the future if a tvshow status is "error".
For the art, what I am asking is when the function is implemented, what do we expect to see when selecting either of the 3 "artwork version" radio buttons on the general preferences? In particular, "Both"?
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OK, well I just tested with "Cheongdam Dong Alice", created a new show under my test folder, and had MC Check Roots for new shows.
This scraped perfectly. No issues. BUT, I did have a problem when trying to scrape any episodes.
Now, this may be because there is absolutely no info loaded at TheTvDb against any episode. No plot, no directors, no episode thumbs either. MC should catch this error, so I'll add to the To Do List.
As for what each option should do,
Pre-Frodo should scrape
folder.jpg
fanart.jpg
season01.tbn etc for all seasons available
season-all.tbn
season-specials.tbn
Notice, tbn as extension for some of the artwork.
Now, Frodo and onwards will give you
poster.jpg
banner.jpg
fanart.jpg
season01-poster.jpg
season01-banner.jpg (If banner is available) Etc for all seasons available.
season-all-banner.jpg
season-all-fanart.jpg
season-all-poster.jpg
season-specials-poster.jpg
Notice all jpg extensions.
And "Both" options, well, that will scrape and save both versions of artwork into the same folder.
The "Both" option is for those people who have mixed XBMC versions, whether Xbox,Dharma, Eden and Frodo, (This is my situation). This will allow Frodo to make use of the extra artwork, while allowing Xbox or Dharma/Eden versions to also pull artwork.
Many people will be upgrading to Frodo, and may just want Frodo from here on in.
Hope that helps.
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Can I change Media Companion to show "poster.jpg" instead of the "folder.jpg" ? Since Frodo I use only "poster.jpg".
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Is there a way to rename existing files that were named for Eden compatibility?
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The problem I have is that each of my files has <tv show> - ____.ext. So a bulk renamer doesn't really work for that.