2018-06-22, 18:18
(2018-06-22, 04:31)jurialmunkey Wrote:1. Ohhhh I thought you meant the poster view actually called "poster." I had chosen the info list one over standard list because I do like having the runtime/RT ratings available at a glance. Ultimately, I prefer Showcase view anyhow, but I was having that issue. However, to point #2:(2018-06-21, 15:17)mooses Wrote: Thanks for the reply:
1. Pretty much just a combination of aesthetics and because that particular view doesn't cause any issues with animated posters. Any of the views with multiple posters (not landscapes or fanart) with animated art enabled causes that missing poster issue, so I picked the compromise that worked best and still looked good. I don't mind having the plot, it's mostly the redundant file info I marked that's already found elsewhere on the same screen I'd want to get rid of. I figured it was probably a huge pain for you to have to code in due to exactly what you said regarding all the different combinations. I was just curious. I'm pretty happy with that view.
2. Thanks. It's a very strange issue. I've also noticed that there are a few animated posters/artwork in the repository that don't play fully. I know you mentioned you don't use it, but is there a size limit or something for animated stuff in Kodi? Thanks for looking into it. Part of me thinks that I might just end up going back to static posters since I am not sure there's a huge demand out there for animated, and I'm not talented enough to make my own!
Again, great skin. Really really like it. Didn't think I could find one I liked better than Arctic: Zephyr, but there it is!
1. No, I meant why not use the standard list view that is just a list of movies - similar to the info list view you are using, but without the plot info etc.? Nonetheless, I definitely agree with you about redundant info - the main reason that particular view has the double up is because I reuse the list code for all list view types to ensure consistency.
2. I'm not aware of any size limit for animated gifs, but it is a possibility - might be tied to hardware e.g. free ram, or might be hardcoded - really not sure.
BTW - Can you test latest git and see if you are still having the issue with missing posters in showcase view?
If this change doesn't work, then it probably means there is some problem with the actual artwork that you are using - Kodi doesn't like some types of gifs, so it might be trying to display the artwork, but it doesn't work so it shows the fallback image (circle with line through it).
2. Updating to the latest git seems to have fixed it. Time will ultimately tell, but the last few hours of messing around with different things hasn't caused any static posters to suddenly go missing. Part of me thinks maybe it was some strange conflict between the animated scraper and artworkbeef not being able to decide an image to display. But that's just a guess. I don't know how any of the code stuff works. At any rate, seems to be okay now and I'm back to Showcase view. If it stops working again I'll update. It's strange that the .gif stuff is so sensitive. I've been trying to find more info on creating my own animated posters and as you said the limits seem to be pretty strict.
Thanks again for the help and the great skins.