2014-01-20, 19:58
(2014-01-17, 17:21)pkscuot Wrote: NEW BETA AVAILABLE
This beta doesn't introduce any new features, but I've completely rewritten the code that does the download of all the data. So if you try this and have problems, please let me know. It's working fine on my Mac and Windows test setups, but with a change like this, some additional testing would definitely be helpful.
v.1.5.9.5
- switched to using requests module and new commonlib for URL handling
- updated xlogger commonlib
https://github.com/pkscout/script.artistslideshow
Registered for the forum to say that I love your script!
I'd be happy to download and install 1.5.9.5 to help test - I'm running a fairly non-standard config so might be useful. Started from a Debian netinst and selected the sid track, currently on xbmc 13 alpha from the deb-multimedia repository. Your version 1.5.9 that's in the standard XBMC repo works just fine on my system, but it will be interesting to run some tests since I've got my data stored on my network server and mounted as a CIFS system to eliminate clogging up the SSD. So far, the AS Helper utility has nailed it every time, though at this point they're all stored as hashed .tbn files, and as expected I have to run the helper after I play an artist for the first time after which new photos get thrown on the network share as desired.
Which leads to my one question, that I believe is actually not related to your script but perhaps you'll know. Apparently all the images your script downloads are also getting stored in my /home/user/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails folder. The hashes that XBMC uses are slightly different, and the folder structure is completely useless - seriously?!? a hex based root folder structure from 0-f? Uh, good luck finding a picture that is miscategorized! Anyway, the question is - do you (or any of the others on here) know how to keep XBMC from stashing an extra copy of the artwork that's getting downloaded? I really only need to store one copy...
Anyway - thanks again for the awesome script. Time to go download the beta and see if I can upset the wife with yet another computer related evening. Haha.
