2013-08-04, 17:45
(2013-08-04, 09:48)johnyb Wrote: Now it seems better but show is showing thumbnails on more movies but seems to be taking ages to load still, system A immediatley loads the thumgnails.
Sounds like delays due to caching. If you want to automate that, there's a script for that.
(2013-08-04, 09:48)johnyb Wrote: I was of of the impression each XBMC system creates its own thumbnails locally it it doesnt have the image in its local cache. So why would I need to have the images in the Movie share itself for this to work.
Yes, each client will cache artwork locally for performance reasons. Low powered clients may also resize artwork so that it is smaller, with reduced quality, but faster to display. Each client needs access to the original artwork (in your case, on your share) so that they can create their locally cached (and potentially resized) version.
(2013-08-04, 09:48)johnyb Wrote: Also then what happens when a new movie is added? There will not be thumbnail images is the Movie share (because ive not exported the library) - Will thumbnails only appear on the system the library was updated on?
Thanks
You should ensure that artwork is available on the share before you scan in new movies, otherwise artwork will be retrieved from the internet. Use a media manager like Ember.
The problem with internet artwork is that although the artwork may exist at the time you scan in the movie on Client A, it may have changed (or may even no longer exist) by the time client B, C or D tries to access it for its local cache. If you want consistency of quality and availability across all of your clients, stick with local artwork.
(2013-08-04, 09:48)johnyb Wrote: BTW: When iniitally adding the advancedsettings.xml file to each of the systems (as per guide), it doesnt say reboot beeen adding the xml file and importing the library. I have been doing to since assume XBMC will only pickup this xml file from boot. Is this correct?
Restarting XBMC is necessary to pick up the changes in a modified advancedsettings.xml - if the easiest way to achieve a restart of XBMC on your platform is by rebooting then so be it. Exiting XBMC and restarting is usually sufficient.
