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On texturecache,py you can create a log with @logfile=c:\tc.log. There's no log for mklocal.py apart from what you see on the screen, but if you add "--dryrun" then it shouldn't make any changes to the file system (changes to the media library only happen if you run the output from mklocal.py through "texturecache.py set").
Texture Cache Maintenance Utility: Preload your texture cache for optimal UI performance. Remotely manage media libraries. Purge unused artwork to free up space. Find missing media. Configurable QA check to highlight metadata issues. Aid in diagnosis of library and cache related problems.
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(2015-07-09, 01:23)Glorious1 Wrote: You're right, it doesn't make a difference. So just name it disc.png and clearart.png, tell Artwork Downloader to import it to Kodi, and you're done. I don't see what the big problem is. Kodi does not recognize the extra artwork automatically, so people who download their own local artwork still need to use AD.
The difference is I don't need to run Artwork Downloader to scan through my entire library (over 10,000 items) just to add 3 pieces of artwork to 1 new movie. So I do it manually. It's my choice to do it manually and I enjoy doing it manually. But that's the reason I need files Kodi will recognize as well as files Artwork Downloader will find. To combine the 2 into 1 is the goal of my first post. Still working on that solution for myself which I hope to share with others and who knows if it can be worked into the add-on itself.
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2015-07-16, 21:05
(This post was last modified: 2015-07-16, 21:21 by diedrichg.)
Hello authors, I am having an issue in Isengard 15.0 RC2 where I am unable to update the Thumb because the "Thumb 16:9" menu item is not the same as Thumb which is the image that is being displayed. You can see this by viewing Movies and setting the view to List. I'm not seeing a nice, large poster of the movie and am rather seeing some obscure image or movie clip.
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2015-07-22, 20:07
(This post was last modified: 2015-07-22, 20:09 by Milhouse.)
There's an error in the script, add PRINTF=printf at line 3. You also need to change the various filepaths to reflect your own system - this was an example/proof of concept (not particularly well written, I admit) based on my system at the time, so paths such as /mnt/share/bin/texturecache.py won't work on your system. Blindly copying the script won't work, you really need to understand what it's doing and adapt it to your own set up.
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2015-07-22, 21:37
(This post was last modified: 2015-07-23, 05:01 by kazak.)
In some cases, AD doesn't grab the most downloaded, highest rated poster. It some cases, it downloads the poster with 0 votes and almost no downloads. Why is it doing this and how can I change this behavior? I would like all my other addons and media clients using the same posters (most common ones) without any issue.
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Hi all. After having to re-install Kodi from the start, my Artwork Downloader seems not to be working properly anymore. Previously after installing AEON MQ5, I got all the Logos/Clearart and Disc Arts downloaded automatically for all the Movies and TV Shows in my collection. Now this doesn't happen anymore and I don't know what I am doing wrong...
In order to get the Disc Art and Logo/Clearart, I have to do the following:
- For each Movie / TV Show
- Select the Movie
- Click on "C" (context menu)
- Click on "Get Logo/Clearart GUI Mode"
- Select the favourite Disc Art or Logo
So it's a manual process that needs to be done for each movie.
Is there a way to do it once and for all for all movies in my collection? I tried to remove the Movie Source and re-add it, selecting Themoviedb as a scraper, but it didn't work.
Thanks!
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I am having a new problem and I'm not sure if it's AD related or an issue with the Universal Scraper.
When I scrape a new movie into my database when I've already created all the local extra art I want (logo, clearart and disc) AD would easily allow me to manually add these arts and when I accessed the artwork options I only had 2; local art or browse:
When I run AD in automatic mode the proper local art is added no problem.
Now when I go to quickly add these arts I've given a ton of options in these arts that all seem to be posters and banners and others things that are not the proper types of art let alone anything local. Is it AD doing something odd, or, as I susspect, the Universal Scraper populating thumbnail fields incorrectly?
Thanks!
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Started artwork downloader and downloaded almost everything.
In the Transparency i cant find the folder where this is downloaded. Also search C: and D: without finding anything.
Anybody knows where these files are filed?
Thx in advance
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They should be downloaded in your library AFAIK.
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2015-08-05, 03:52
(This post was last modified: 2015-08-05, 04:22 by rmrector.)
That isn't what I said.
Artwork Downloader adds the artwork URLs into the database, and when a skin tries to display that artwork, Kodi downloads it and adds it to the texture cache. Most artwork doesn't get downloaded anywhere else, except extrafanart/extrathumbs.
Edit: unless you enable 'use local files', in which case it works as Namoi and Milhouse have said.