2022-01-04, 18:31
@MB1968
Yup, I don't even need to watch your video to know exactly what you are experiencing.
1 - This is because a) Either the skin or the studios.white addon is missing the icon, OR b) if it's just a different icon but for the right network/studio then the icons in the skin and the addon don't match.
2 - This seems to happen when no studio icon is found. If you back out to the main menu and then return to view at the same place you saw the wrong studio you should now see the icon is gone replaced by a empty space or ... (depending on the view).
3 - Same principle as #2. The last found icon remains visible until the next one is found. So no matter if it's one or ten shows between them the last found studio will be displayed.
4 - That's exactly right. That's how I figured out the pattern and therefor the cause.
5 - Absolutely the behaviour I would expect to see, and I do see it too, thus validating my hypothesis.
The problem is not limited to TV shows or the white icons. It effects both coloured and white studio icons for both movies and shows. In fact it isn't unique to Leia either as I have the same problem on my MQ7 Matrix installation.
All my TV shows have the appropriate network icon so it's hard to notice any issues. Movies on the other hand, I have several without studio icons so it was easy to discover the pattern.
As I said previously, after Kodi has been up and running for a length of time, how long I'm guessing depends on the size of your library, at least part of the problem self rectifies. The persistent studio icon problem disappears and movies without icons just have a blank space or ... (depending on the view) but of course icons won't appear if they aren't in the skin or addon. It may help to restart Kodi in order to clear any persistent icons. Having said that, I was only able to verify using movies since as I said, all my TV shows have icons.
Which brings me to the relevance of why I use unpacked resource addons. If you have basic knowledge of Photoshop or similar software you can easily create your own studio icons and add them to the skin and/or addons. You might have noticed I've submitted icons including the Canadian MPAA for inclusion in the skin. These are all created by myself from images readily found on the web.
With all my talk about scripts fetching data from online db I might have mislead you. No scrapers or scripts actually retrieve studio (or any other) icons. They must be stored locally either in the skin or an addon. An earlier problem that was solved was that the script wouldn't display the studio until it fetched the extra info and thus if the movie or show wasn't in the online db it wouldn't display the studio. That however is fixed but the icon must be available locally.
It seems time doesn't heal all wounds but in this case it fixes some. So, if you don't get the same results as I, since I can't easily test TV shows, it will be up to @latts9923 to try to recreate and solve the problem. Coding is above my pay grade. But you have provided lots of info that should prove useful.
I hope this clarifies some things for you.
Yup, I don't even need to watch your video to know exactly what you are experiencing.
1 - This is because a) Either the skin or the studios.white addon is missing the icon, OR b) if it's just a different icon but for the right network/studio then the icons in the skin and the addon don't match.
2 - This seems to happen when no studio icon is found. If you back out to the main menu and then return to view at the same place you saw the wrong studio you should now see the icon is gone replaced by a empty space or ... (depending on the view).
3 - Same principle as #2. The last found icon remains visible until the next one is found. So no matter if it's one or ten shows between them the last found studio will be displayed.
4 - That's exactly right. That's how I figured out the pattern and therefor the cause.
5 - Absolutely the behaviour I would expect to see, and I do see it too, thus validating my hypothesis.
The problem is not limited to TV shows or the white icons. It effects both coloured and white studio icons for both movies and shows. In fact it isn't unique to Leia either as I have the same problem on my MQ7 Matrix installation.
All my TV shows have the appropriate network icon so it's hard to notice any issues. Movies on the other hand, I have several without studio icons so it was easy to discover the pattern.
As I said previously, after Kodi has been up and running for a length of time, how long I'm guessing depends on the size of your library, at least part of the problem self rectifies. The persistent studio icon problem disappears and movies without icons just have a blank space or ... (depending on the view) but of course icons won't appear if they aren't in the skin or addon. It may help to restart Kodi in order to clear any persistent icons. Having said that, I was only able to verify using movies since as I said, all my TV shows have icons.
Which brings me to the relevance of why I use unpacked resource addons. If you have basic knowledge of Photoshop or similar software you can easily create your own studio icons and add them to the skin and/or addons. You might have noticed I've submitted icons including the Canadian MPAA for inclusion in the skin. These are all created by myself from images readily found on the web.
With all my talk about scripts fetching data from online db I might have mislead you. No scrapers or scripts actually retrieve studio (or any other) icons. They must be stored locally either in the skin or an addon. An earlier problem that was solved was that the script wouldn't display the studio until it fetched the extra info and thus if the movie or show wasn't in the online db it wouldn't display the studio. That however is fixed but the icon must be available locally.
It seems time doesn't heal all wounds but in this case it fixes some. So, if you don't get the same results as I, since I can't easily test TV shows, it will be up to @latts9923 to try to recreate and solve the problem. Coding is above my pay grade. But you have provided lots of info that should prove useful.
I hope this clarifies some things for you.
