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Hi i got a question,
I use the cdArt Manger addon to get all the extrafanart/logo and stuff for my music collection.
cdArt manger have a option to replace illegal Characters, for example all the R.E.M. images are in a folder called R.E.M_
If i play R.E.M., AS dont recognize the folder from cdArt Manager, instead AS download all the pictures again and place them in a Folder named "RP85G1~P"
So I have all the Images twice...
would it be possible to use the same replace illegal characters option from cdArt Manger in AS? So AS use the images that are downloaded by cdArt Manager.
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Thanks for the quick answer
on windows a folder named "R.E.M." is missing the last period. not really a illegal character, but the first thing come to my mind
I will ask the current author of cdArt manger if he can send you the illegal character logic
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I took a look at the change_characters from stefan's github, and I see what it's doing. The thing is, implementing this in AS would be a pretty substantial effort. Not only do I have to make sure directories get written out with the right names, I have to rewrite the entire logic for matching an artist name to a folder name. AS originally dealt with this kind of issues by hashing the artist name (and it still does that for stuff that it downloads). So the only time this comes up is if you have your own directory of artwork you want to use. The worst case is that AS can't find a directory match in your stuff and downloads a few extra files. I know that isn't ideal, and I suppose it is technically a bug, but I don't think I'm going to try and address it. If someone gets inspired and wants to implement the cdART Manager exclusion character logic, I'd accept a pull request and review it.
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Hi,
I've been using your add-on for a long time, on a cubox-i 2, with openelec, Aeon Nox skin.
After updating openelec to 6.0.1. the add-on stopped working.
Is this a known issue or do I have to change settings / configuration of the add-on or the skin?
Thanks for a short feedback.
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Similar problem for me after updating to 6.0.1. But it didn't stop working, it just stopped working correctly. Now AS cycles through the background images of artists already in my library, but doesn't show artwork for the actual artist playing and doesn't seem to be downloading any new artwork. Same effect whether I play a local file or use an addon. I'm hoping if I go in and delete the cache, that'll fix it, but haven't had time to poke around in there yet.
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If somebody will post some log files I will look into it. Otherwise there's zero I can do. I don't have an Ubuntu box on which to test this.
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2016-02-12, 12:05
(This post was last modified: 2016-02-12, 12:51 by EdKo66.)
I'll try to find a way to upload some log files.
Not sure what version of OpenElec this is, but running Kodi15.2 (Raspberry Pi 2)
(Still looking for where to find the log).
Edited: Don't know WHAT happend, but just now I see some artwork popup.