2018-04-26, 07:46
(2018-04-25, 14:53)Yanta Wrote:Well, I think I've narrowed the artwork issues down a bit (I have repeated this several times with exactly the same results).(2018-04-25, 14:43)Klojum Wrote: There is the option of going for a fresh install. If a MySQL shared database works for one machine, it works for the other. That has been so for years. And caching thumbnails is either done by each Kodi device on its own, or you give it a push by already copying the Thumbnails folder as well as the Textures13.db to other Kodi clients. That part shouldn't be rocket science.
Yes. I will be fresh installing again tomorrow. If I had a dollar for every fresh install I've done....
I also read on one post here that Kodi will not hit up the scraper sites in this situation because (To quote the post) "It would crash those sites hitting it with thousands of requests"...
Scenario 1
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If A Movie is in a set
AND there are two or more movies in that set that are offline media
AND there are one or more online media
AND there are two or more different movies in the set
---> Artwork will be lost for two or more movies in that set requiring manually adding it back
(Sets with two or more online versions of the same movie are never affected, nor are movies in a set where only offline media exists and that media is of a single movie (Eg a 3D versions, and a 2D BD version)
Scenario 2
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If a movie is renamed
AND the artwork is manually downloaded
The artwork is lost on import and has to be manually added again
Example: "Joy Ride " in Australia is called "Roadkill". I renamed the library entry and changed the artwork. It was then lost when I imported to the new server.
Scenario 3
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When copying the thumbnails folder and thumbs13.db files to a new client
AND there are missing artwork.
AND then the artwork is then added to the the client library
ANY subsequent attempt to copy the Thumbnails and Thunbs13.db files from the server to to the client results in the loss of ALL artwork within the Clients library.
A fresh install is the only way I've found to fix this and you only get one shot to get it right.
Why this occurred in the first place: I exported the library from my Test-PC, built the server and set up MySQL. I then imported that export into the Server resulting in scenarios (1) and (2) above.
What I should have done was start from the absolute beginning. I'd spent weeks fine tuning things (titles, versions, sets etc), and was trying to avoid having to do that work all over. In hindsight, it has cost me much more time and frustration.
I have also found that movies appear to randomly drop from sets, and sets from time to time just vanish. Haven't isolated the cause
Now that I have figured out the finicky process the replicate the library I can start setting up clients and backups. I have a feeling "fresh installs" are going to be a regular occurrence.
I'll respond with the performance issues once I've done more analysis.
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