2017-05-07, 23:01
(2017-05-07, 21:34)ticketwire Wrote: I'm having an issue with the 'Movies' home screen tile. For some reason it's not showing any background fanart when I have this tile selected and set to Random Movies.
Under the Skin Settings, I have the Movies menu item Background set to '(Skin Playlist) Random Movies,' but it only shows black. When I set it to something like (Skin Playlist) Unwatched Movies or (Skin Playlist) New Movies, the background fanart works, but I would rather it show the fanart for all my movies in a random order. The (Skin Playlsit) Random TV Shows works fine, so I'm not sure why the Random Movies one doesn't.
Also when I go into Movies, the Spotlight section is empty. For TV it shows unwatched episodes. Is there any way to fix this, or have the Spotlight show something else? Thanks.
As you've noticed, the backgrounds operate on the basis of custom playlists, and this is no different than any other skin that uses such backgrounds. The idea is to have Kodi make up a list of files, then rotate their fanart in a seamless fashion. However, the larger the library, the longer it takes to sort all of them in a random order, and you need more juice from your PC.
For example, I have a couple hundred films in my library, and it takes me about 30 seconds to see any image after setting up the backgrounds. That's just how long my ageing PC needs to populate the playlist and start showing me the fanart. But, after that, everything works as it should. By relaxing some playlist rules, I was able to speed things up, but not by much. I'd imagine that this time will vary based on the rig, with stronger set-ups having no delay whatsoever. I have no idea what might happen on Linux or Android...