2012-04-12, 21:44
So I use Ember to manage thumbnails / posters / etc.. externally, since it's easier (for me) than the xbmc built in media manager. The problem comes when I decide to change an image that xbmc has already cached.
A search so far has only yielded two results,
1) Deleting the entire thumbnail cache, and letting XBMC refresh itself.
--- This seems wholly inefficient to me, and while it works, it's akin to using a nuke to demolish a single building. Not really a preferred method in my opinion
2) [Windows] Going through the registry to find the cache file name of what you've replaced, and just deleting that specific cache file, then letting XBMC rebuild it upon next access.
--- While this is more precise, it requires alot of manual intervention to get it to work properly, something that should be automated.
Is there a way to have xbmc refresh it's media cache for items that I know I've changed? either via api or otherwise?
I'd like to setup a timer to have it refresh it's cache on a given interval (say every 24 hours), or even something added to a web interface addon, or third party through api, to tell xbmc to refresh <this> image in it's cache.
or even a third party addon - program that generates the thumbnail cache images themselves, independent of xbmc?
A search so far has only yielded two results,
1) Deleting the entire thumbnail cache, and letting XBMC refresh itself.
--- This seems wholly inefficient to me, and while it works, it's akin to using a nuke to demolish a single building. Not really a preferred method in my opinion
2) [Windows] Going through the registry to find the cache file name of what you've replaced, and just deleting that specific cache file, then letting XBMC rebuild it upon next access.
--- While this is more precise, it requires alot of manual intervention to get it to work properly, something that should be automated.
Is there a way to have xbmc refresh it's media cache for items that I know I've changed? either via api or otherwise?
I'd like to setup a timer to have it refresh it's cache on a given interval (say every 24 hours), or even something added to a web interface addon, or third party through api, to tell xbmc to refresh <this> image in it's cache.
or even a third party addon - program that generates the thumbnail cache images themselves, independent of xbmc?