2011-07-25, 20:57
kiboy6 Wrote:In the old WIP thread I suggested a "force refresh" of the slideshow every 30 seconds or so....
Think this would take care of all these problems but not sure if it's possible - despite creating this amazing script Ronie claims to be a python novice
believe it or not, but i am :-)
as mentioned before, i don't know if it's possible...
i just did a few tests, but doesn't work so far.
i would need to download the images in one thread and
have a second thread available to handle the periodic refresh.
i know diddly about python and threading.
kiboy6 Wrote:If the placeholder pic was always displayed when a new song starts (if there are no previously cached images for the new artist), this too would proof against the "getting stuck on one artist" problem a few of us seem to be having.
same problem as above, if the script is busy downloading an image, it can't do anything else...no even displaying a fallback picture.
kiboy6 Wrote:Finally, on the subject of the placeholder pic: I see now that this placeholder pic is handled by the skin. Is there any way (at skin level if ness) this could point to a folder containing a few generic images and the slideshow then displaying all of them?
yup, the skin can specify a fallback image or a folder of images. no problem.