[pkscout]

Hi. It doesn't seem possible to download images from fanart.tv with Artist Slideshow atm.
In result, you get a black background in music visualisation, when using the artist slideshow addon with default settings. (and there are no previously cashed images)

Full debug-log at: http://pastebin.com/KZMM9m2b

Seems to be an issue with the ssl-certificate of fanart.tv, but maybe someone with more experience can have a look at it.
Manual download of images on the website is still possible.

Otherwise great addon, keep up the good work !

Nice catch. I have no idea when fanart.tv switched to a self signed certificate, but that is definitely the problem. I have updated AS to not verify SSL certs and will push the update as soon as I can. I don't like doing that, but it's the only viable option (other than going with completely unencrypted communications, which would be worse). If you want to patch your version of AS immediately, go to the addons directory then script.artistslideshow/resources/common/url.py. In that line look for lines 35, 37, and 39. At the end of each line you'll see:

Code:

timeout=self.timeout )

replace it with:

Code:

timeout=self.timeout, verify=False )