2012-07-17, 01:30
I think in this point we have to make clear, what image types have to be defaults and what to considered as Extra.
IMHO the necessary image types so any view can skinned nice and easy are:
MOVIES:
ListItem.Art(fanart) - FileType: fanart.jpg
ListItem.Art(poster) - FileType (poster style): poster.jpg.
* ListItem.Art(thumb) - FileType (poster style): folder.jpg or poster.jpg if folder.jpg is missing locally.
TV SHOWS:
ListItem.Art(fanart) - FileType: fanart.jpg
ListItem.Art(banner) - FileType (banner style): banner.jpg.
ListItem.Art(poster) - FileType (poster style): poster.jpg.
ListItem.Art(landscape) - FileType (16x9 style): landscape.jpg.
* ListItem.Art(thumb) - FileType (banner style): folder.jpg or banner.jpg if folder.jpg is missing locally.
IMO the default image style for Movies and TV Shows should be Poster for Movies and Banner for TV Shows so there is a difference between them. For me always when browse TV Shows i am waiting to see banners and posters when i browse Movies, but that is just my personal taste. All the other artwork (logo.png etc) could be considered as Extra. It can be supported in the future but let the user to download them. Not the XBMC scraper.
* I don't know if is doable or sounds logical for the others but it looks best for me if the ListItem.Art(thumb) could apply only for file mode.
As for the select/download artwork dialog from a button in DialogVideoInfo i totally agree but only for artwork that are natively supported by XBMC. IMO the natively supported artwork should not be treated and be together with any artwork that can be downloaded by any add-on. If the add-on is missing or broken user it would turn to XBMC (or blame XBMC) for support and find a solution.
Cheers
Nessus
IMHO the necessary image types so any view can skinned nice and easy are:
MOVIES:
ListItem.Art(fanart) - FileType: fanart.jpg
ListItem.Art(poster) - FileType (poster style): poster.jpg.
* ListItem.Art(thumb) - FileType (poster style): folder.jpg or poster.jpg if folder.jpg is missing locally.
TV SHOWS:
ListItem.Art(fanart) - FileType: fanart.jpg
ListItem.Art(banner) - FileType (banner style): banner.jpg.
ListItem.Art(poster) - FileType (poster style): poster.jpg.
ListItem.Art(landscape) - FileType (16x9 style): landscape.jpg.
* ListItem.Art(thumb) - FileType (banner style): folder.jpg or banner.jpg if folder.jpg is missing locally.
IMO the default image style for Movies and TV Shows should be Poster for Movies and Banner for TV Shows so there is a difference between them. For me always when browse TV Shows i am waiting to see banners and posters when i browse Movies, but that is just my personal taste. All the other artwork (logo.png etc) could be considered as Extra. It can be supported in the future but let the user to download them. Not the XBMC scraper.
* I don't know if is doable or sounds logical for the others but it looks best for me if the ListItem.Art(thumb) could apply only for file mode.
As for the select/download artwork dialog from a button in DialogVideoInfo i totally agree but only for artwork that are natively supported by XBMC. IMO the natively supported artwork should not be treated and be together with any artwork that can be downloaded by any add-on. If the add-on is missing or broken user it would turn to XBMC (or blame XBMC) for support and find a solution.
Cheers
Nessus