(2021-10-27, 22:27)Karellen Wrote: (2021-10-27, 22:22)Little_goliath84 Wrote: Do you mean change language in the fanart.tv section de to en?
Yes. So your first run is in German. That will allow Artwork Dump to download the German artwork.
The second run you change to English and rescrape. This will use the local German artwork that was downloaded, then the second scrape will fill in the blanks with English artwork and download that also.
Hi folks,
just want to highlight few points to others before messing up your library like me
First, Artwork Dump
only creates copies of the downloaded Artwork from the Scraper into the moviefolder! Comparable to the library export function of Kodi BUT without any nfo file creation. I use the moviedb python scraper.
It's also an easy way to check in the moviefolder, which Artwork was donwloaded and which not (I don't have root permissions on my A95X F4).
If you already have local artwork,
don't forget to mark in the Artwork Dump Settings (Settings / Addons / All / Artwork Dump) to enable "don't overwrite existing files", or your local artwork will be overwritten.
If you use info files (where the artwork is noted), it won't show you other artwork than the ones which are set in the nfo files. (I had some nfo files from an older library export when I changed my Android TV Box, I deleted the nfo files to get additional artwork (e.g. from fanart.tv) to be displayed properly in Kodi (Aeon Nox Silvo Skin).
Before rescraping your whole library (
it cleans all entries and redownload every artwork!), let run Artwork Dump (whole library run) to ensure that your displayed and well chosen artwork is copied to the Moviefolders, because Kodi scans local content first, then online.
Check the Artwork settings of Kodi in Settings / Media / Videos is set to Maximum:
https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/Media/Videos#Artwork or choose/whitelist which artwork the scraper should download (for me Fanart, clearlogo, clearart, poster and Landscape is set for movies).
2 ways to update your artwork (after After Dump run beforehand to ensure local copies of the artwork):
1. you can manually refresh each content of every single movie by an individual refresh, point 4.2:
Updating_or_removing_videos (wiki)
2. In my case I had a dozen entries without any clearlogos, they not all exist in German. I had to rescrap the whole library => Go to Settings / Media / Videos where the sources are shown. Open the menu of the source, select "change content" and you will see settings. In the
Fanart.tv section I only changed preferred language from de to en for scraping the missing clearlogos (the other languages on the main setting page I didn't change). Follow Point 4.1 Refresh Source, Step 4-11:
Updating_or_removing_videos (wiki) My folder structure is "Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title". Remark: The other part "Refresh the Source by changing the Scraper in use" didn't work for me.
Run Artwork Dump once again for checking the whole library (again, don't forget to check, if the setting "don't overwrite existing files" and "preload to Kodi cache" are enabled!)
Sources:
Link or zip to the Repository of rmrector (in where you will find Artwork Dump by rmrector):
360078 (thread)
Guide for updating (the library) or removing videos:
Updating_or_removing_videos (wiki)
Wiki from Kodi about Artwork (e.g. naming - see ):
Artwork (wiki)
Artwork Settings for level of Artwork:
https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/Media/Videos#Artwork
Quote:Hopefully rmrector can consider adding a fallback option.
For the english part of the world nonsens, but for all other languages like German, Italian, French etc. would that be a nice option preventing rescraping the whole library, especially for those with bigger entries (>400movies). Then it would be possible to automate Artwork Dump for new entries and let it run in the Background after refreshing the library for new entries.
Quote:Save image files locally to speed up library scanning on a new device or a refreshed library, reduce network load, and persist your preferred artwork with a longer life than URLs to web services - they occasionally change.
The only "concern" I found with Artwork Dump is, my movies are located on a network share. I remarked, that the loading time of the artwork was higher than the use of artwork on my Kodi box.
Maybe I'll import the artwork to kodi and delete it on the network share again.
Cheers
