2008-08-31, 10:41
I've noticed that certain fanart is not getting picked up by XBMC.
Since I started using the media companion, I moved all of my movies into sub-folders, which seems to produce much better results overall.
However, where the files are split into two parts, although media companion is correctly scanning them, it seems that it's naming the fanart in a way that xbmc doesn't detect.
For instance, after running media companion:
The correct info and thumbnail gets pulled through into XBMC, but no fanart loads for it. It appears that where there is only a single file in a folder, everything works properly, so I can only assume it's the way the fanart files are named...
Since I started using the media companion, I moved all of my movies into sub-folders, which seems to produce much better results overall.
However, where the files are split into two parts, although media companion is correctly scanning them, it seems that it's naming the fanart in a way that xbmc doesn't detect.
For instance, after running media companion:
Code:
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\folder.jpg
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\Hot Fuzz (2007).part1-fanart.jpg
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\Hot Fuzz (2007).part1-fanart2.jpg
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\Hot Fuzz (2007).part1-fanart3.jpg
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\Hot Fuzz (2007).part1-fanart4.jpg
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\Hot Fuzz (2007).part1.avi
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\Hot Fuzz (2007).part1.nfo
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\Hot Fuzz (2007).part1.tbn
\\movies\Hot Fuzz (2007)\Hot Fuzz (2007).part2.avi
The correct info and thumbnail gets pulled through into XBMC, but no fanart loads for it. It appears that where there is only a single file in a folder, everything works properly, so I can only assume it's the way the fanart files are named...