2015-07-08, 23:34
(2015-07-08, 23:09)marhutchy Wrote: All my artworks are stored locally. Naming scheme is artwork.filetype; no movie-name prefix.
How can I get this automation?
It requires you to think about your workflow and decide how and when to run the scripts.
In my case, I've got a scheduled job that pulls down new content, and once the content is finished downloading the scripts are run to update Kodi (scan new movies/tvshows, correct previously missing metadata (eg. plots, and particularly episode thumbs), run Artwork Downloader (I only use it for movie clearlogo/clearart), convert new remote artwork to local artwork, and finally cache all new artwork on all clients). Suspended Kodi clients can even be woken and put back to sleep once the update is finished.
Or you can run the scripts on a schedule (hourly, daily, weekely etc.).
Everyone's workflow is likely to be slightly different, so it's very much a bespoke solution in that sense - a matter of running the texturecache.py/mklocal.py steps as you see fit to get the job done.
I totally accept it's not the solution for everyone though, as developing this level of automation does require a degree of computer savvy that not everyone possesses. But if you can accomplish it, you can forget about spending time managing your library, and training family/friends to do things they're not really interested in doing, and concentrating on watching movies instead...