2013-12-03, 00:30
(2013-12-02, 23:25)pkscuot Wrote:(2013-12-02, 12:24)cw-kid Wrote: However the Artist SlideShow box is empty / blank in both skins so can we add this please as a feature request or fix if it should be displaying the generic "Various Artists" images
OK, now I see what's happening. There is a MusicBrainz entry for Various Artists, but with the number of albums in there, I suspect in many cases AS is choking trying to find a match. I'm hesitant to add Various Artists as a special case in the code, but I do see the value in getting this information. Let me tinker a bit and see how I feel about the necessary code modifications.
In the short term you can get these images to display by manually downloading them from fanart.tv and putting them in a local directory. Then if you have AS set to use one of the options that includes local images, the Various Artists images would show when appropriate.
Many thanks
I already have a "Various Artists" folder on my file server under the music folder and it already contains an extrafanart sub-folder with those back drop images from Fanart.tv. But due to our previous conversation about "local" images not being displayed as I am using a network SMB:// path that is why they are not being displayed as "local" fanart.
Cheers
(2013-12-03, 00:09)pkscuot Wrote:(2013-12-02, 12:24)cw-kid Wrote: However the Artist SlideShow box is empty / blank in both skins so can we add this please as a feature request or fix if it should be displaying the generic "Various Artists" images
OK, there is a new beta version (1.5.8.2) that should now display the various artwork artists properly if XBMC returns the name of the artist as Various Artists (case insensitive).
It's available at https://github.com/pkscout/script.artist...master.zip
As for showing that artwork if no other artwork is returned, that's (kind of) a no go. I say kind of because it's a bit more complicated than I want to take on to add an option to download artwork if no artwork is found. But there is already an option available to have a local fallback folder of images if no images are found. So if you want the various artists images to show if no other artwork is found, download them, but them in a local folder, and point the fallback folder there. Check out the wiki for more specific instructions.
Hi pkscuot
OK many thanks I will try the new version tomorrow and your suggestion.
Thank you for your time and effort with this essential add-on !
