[RB0135]

Hi All.

Need some help getting the backgrounds (fanart) to rotate.

I have Kodi Leia (18.7 64bit running on Windows 10 Professional 64 bit).
I am using skin.aeonmq7.leia.mod (version: 1.0.2.5)

Now, in MQ8 with MULTI-MOD the same setup (same Kodi) is working perfectly and the backgrounds revolve (however I don't like the main menu interface and there are a lot of other issues with MQ8 that dont seem to be ever going to be fixed, hence why I want to use MQ7).

I do all my own scraping with my own program and my program puts out exactly what Kodi wants. A proper NFO file (most programs don't) and all extrafanart named correctly such as <moviename>-fanart1.jpg, etc. Extrafanart is saved in the movie directory and I only have one movie per directory.

When Kodi scrapes the Movie (I have scrape local only as I do not want other scripts running to get information I already have, plus the movie storage is shared by 2 other Kodi devices, identically setup with the same issue), the textures13.db has all extranfanart references. Following is what is recorded for one of the movies in the Textures database (I removed the other columns such as the kodi cache filename, etc):

1    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\fanart.jpg
2    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\clearart.png
3    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\poster.jpg
4    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\discart.png
5    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\banner.png
6    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\clearlogo.png
7    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\fanart1.jpg
8    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\fanart2.jpg
9    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\fanart3.jpg
10    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\fanart4.jpg
11    C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\fanart5.jpg

Now, all other Fanart is working such as logo, discart, banner, clearlogo, etc and I changed one file to see if it was reading from my movie directory and it was.

So, after experimenting, I found this in the Kodi Log (repeated each time I selected a movie):

2020-07-06 08:55:07.389 T:25696   ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Abominable (2019)\extrafanart\
2020-07-06 08:55:10.551 T:25696   ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting C:\Videos\Test-Movie\Trolls World Tour (2020)\extrafanart\

Therefore, why does MQ7 look for an ExtraFanart directory for the backgrounds, instead of following Kodi's recommended location? Just for giggles, I created an extrafanart directory in the movie folder, copied the fanart1...fanart5 files into that directory, and when the movie was selected from the list, the backgrounds still didnt revolve... BUT.... when I went into INFO of the movie, that started revolving. Deleted the extrafanart directory and they stopped revolving.

I have tested this in several views (Right List, List 3d (v2), Kodiflix) and all the same result. In the Movie ART menu, I only have Extrafanart turned on.

I don't use Artwork Beef or any other Artwork scraper. I do have the Skin Helper service installed (V1.1.24). The rest of the scripts installed is just what comes with the MQ7 skin and MQ8 skin.

Have I missed a setting?

As mentioned, the exact setup (same database, same movie location, etc) works fine in MQ8.

Thanks.....