[Simorgh]

You need to at least enable debug logging..

"special://thumbnails" should map to your ~/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails folder - have you checked if the files are actually there?

Where can I set it so special://thumbnails point to ~/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails folder?

Sometimes Kodi will return an error when "downloading" (ie. caching) artwork which results in the script believing the artwork couldn't be cached, but Kodi does in fact successfully cache the artwork, so it's possibly a false negative - search your cache to see if the artwork has actually been cached, ie.:

Code:

texturecache.py s tt0066206_fanart.gif

If the above search lists the cached item (the second column will be something like e/e79ceed5.gif) in addition to your original artwork in the "animatedgifs" folder then it's just a false negative and nothing to worry about.

Code:

Cosmc@SimorghOSMC:~$ ./texturecache.py s tt0066206_fanart.gif
Matching row ids:

This is what I get.

Alternatively:

Code:

texturecache.py nc movies Patton

will list any artwork for the movie "Patton" that remains uncached, so if this lists your gifs then it's definitely not being cached.

Code:

osmc@SimorghOSMC:~$ ./texturecache.py nc movies Patton
Need to cache: [animatedfanart] for movie: Patton

Cache pre-load activity summary for "movies", filtered by "Patton":

              |  animatedfanart|    fanart   |    poster   |    TOTAL
--------------+----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------
Cached        |        -       |      -      |      -      |      0
Deleted       |        -       |      -      |      -      |      0
Duplicate     |        -       |      -      |      -      |      0
Error         |        -       |      -      |      -      |      0
Ignored       |        -       |      -      |      -      |      0
Not in Cache  |        1       |      -      |      -      |      1
Skipped       |        -       |      1      |      1      |      2
Undefined     |        -       |      -      |      -      |      0
=========================================================================
TOTAL         |        1       |      1      |      1      |      3

       Loading: 00:00:00.10
       Parsing: 00:00:00.00
     Comparing: 00:00:04.26
TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:00:04.37

I don't know if I have screwed things or what.