[apachehaovk]

Hey all!

So I have tons of shows and use a skin set to banners for easy readability. 

Problem is some shows cant download a banner cause,,,,  well, the TVDB doesnt have banner artwork for it.  No biggie.
I figured I could just download an image (doesnt have to be the correct banner size, I literally don't care as long as it says the show name) and add it.

Problem is when I delete the source image, it completely blanks out the banners on some while keeping others?  It seems it caches some images into the user Kodi folder (which I want as I only want one folder to back up) and others not.

Is there a way to just manually add a bunch of banners and force kodi to cache the images to its Kodi folder so I can delete the images I downloaded?

Thanks!

[apachehaovk]

Sorry for the bump but has anyone dealt with this before?

ok it seems its just not caching the files for some reason.  Some do and some done.  Sometimes i can do it a few times and it will stick.  Is there a way to force a cache of the image so I can delete the sources?

[izprtxqkft]

for banners - https://kodi.wiki/view/Artwork_types#banner
which are used in various places including tv shows - https://kodi.wiki/view/TV-Show_artwork
best place for artwork is fanart.tv - https://fanart.tv/series/79349/dexter/?section=banner

[Karellen]

If you use local artwork, the original artwork needs to remain in place, even after it is cached. If you delete it, then the cached image is deleted also.

[apachehaovk]

Got it.  Whats interesting, is a I have few working now after multiple reboots and the source images deleted.  Still using the cached files.  Odd.