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Actor thumbs problem.
I'm not seeing any actor/ress thumbnails in my library.
I have 'Download actor thumbnails' deselected in settings. Could that be the problem?
I was thinking that having it selected would download actor thumbs from an online db regardless of what's in the media's respective nfo file.
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Which library? MC or Kodi.
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2015-10-22, 16:26
(This post was last modified: 2015-10-22, 16:26 by marhutchy.)
Kodi.... I'm testing it now still.
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Are you using local info only for your scraper? If so, then the nfo should point to the location of the actor images and Kodi should read that from the nfo.
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I am.
I'm confused about this option: Download actor thumbnails.
Does having it selected only download actor thumbs from online databases or does it also retrieves the path from the nfo?
I wouldn't want it download when I already have them stored at a central location.
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As far as I know, Kodi will read the nfo first. If the nfo points to a folder containing actor images (.actors in movie/tv folder) or a centralized folder (i.e. D:\actors), the images shouldn't be downloaded. If you use Artwork Downloader, it should be set to use local files.
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Here's how it works.
If Kodi scrapes the local nfo, it will first
1. Look for a .actor's folder. copy image if found. else
2. download using the actor's thumb info stored in the nfo.
2a If thumb points to a url, it stores the url and dl's the image.
2b If the nfo points to a central actor location, ie local folder.
2b1 copies actor image from local folder.
2b2 faults if it can't find or access the local folder.
so, first check how MC is set up.
There are two options, and I Think (can't remember) they work individually.
1 Select Download to .actor folder.
2 Save to central location.
Now, for option 1 only, MC downloads the actors image to a .actor folder, and also stores the original url address in the nfo as Actor's Thumb.
Option 2. MC downloads the actors image to the location set in your preferences, and stores this location in the Actor's Thumb.
For Option 2, Both Media Companion and your Kodi install need to be able to access the central location. This is important specially if Kodi is on a different machine, to get the correct path set in Media Companion.
Hope this hasn't made it more confusing for you.
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hey vbat.
I was trying to update some trailer urls is there a way to manually add youtube trailers, here im thinking of if i just add the youtube link I wont get the plugin format.
MC added the lowest quality trailer to the url, would it be possible to impliment so one could select between multiple trailers (maybe only from edit movie).
and possiblely a way to open the trailer link as of now we only have download trailer if its in url only but it would be nice to be able to open the link to test (with all these remakes and reboots the trailers are wrong).
In the process of this I just now discovered link movie to tv show Very awesome ;D
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