2015-08-24, 05:19
(2015-08-24, 04:41)rmrector Wrote: I've just submitted a pull request to Add 'extrafanart' to Kodi database as 'fanart#', which allows a multi fanart display that doesn't need to hit the filesystem if the images are cached. It does add a plugin:// path, and I am curious about how quickly that responds on a Raspberry Pi. I need to add a bulk mode so a skin can expect 'fanart#' to have all images in 'extrafanart', and it needs a couple more tweaks, but it's mostly down.
Won't skins need to be updated to use the new "fanart#" type or plugin, along with a fall back to the old file system hitting method when "fanart#" artwork is not available? Skin support is probably going to be the biggest hurdle, IMHO, but creating the new artwork types is at least a start (I guess it's a bit chicken & egg).
Not sure why you haven't added extrathumb (thumb#) support as well. Even if the extrathumb artwork isn't ideal right now, having the new thumb# artwork types in the database might see support added eventually in skins - the artwork quality issues can be addressed separately.