[AnalogKid]

You should also add an "Inner" or "Inside" texture...a lot of the movies in my collection have the inlays for the DVD cases as well.

Oh, and for TV shows at the episode level, maybe consider using S01E02 instead of the ^ symbol? Shouldn't be too hard to pull with a regex, and it would still be a tad easier for someone to use via the naked eye, you know?

I did think about the inner and rear cover stuff... and abandoned it as 'overkill' however, thinking about it, there's no harm at all in specifying it, even if no skin will ever use it. I will add this.

I'm in two minds about the S01E02... I half agree with you. But I also like consistency with the other names (Artist^Album^Track).
That said, I've also said that the long winded names should be shortened, I just kept them long for the moment for folks to be able to read better. With that in mind S01E02 might be better (although it's not shorter than ^01^02)

Grrrr this consistency thing still niggles me... BUT S01E02 is kinda standard these days.
hummm so a season thumb would be:

House.S01.tvshow.coverart.portrait

and episode thumb would be:

House.S01E02.tvshow.coverart.portrait


I guess that works well enough.




Just out of curiosity, since you're a skinner (or modder) of some repute...
When you wanted to render say a portrait thumb for a music album, you'd somehow have to ask XBMC for "artist^album^coverart.portrait" right? .... and XBMC would try to give you the art you requested.
I'm just curious what XBMC should happen if it doesn't exist... should XBMC return nothing, or should it return the next best thing "artist.coverart.portrait" (so it's like a hierarchy... if it can't find art for such a detailed element, return the higher level of art?). Just thinking out aloud here... but your opinion would be interesting.