2014-01-04, 21:34
I'm having trouble with the scrapers when making a launcher: thumbnails and fanart do not display by default. From what I can tell, game information is downloaded correctly and images are properly located, but they're just not being displayed unless I go in and manually edit each file. That tells me at least that I'm using the correct console and the first scraper is working. I'm using Aeon MQ 5 skin if that makes any difference. I've tried and observed the following:
First, I have thumbnails and screenshots already saved locally the way I want them and for each of the following scraper settings create a new launcher and attempt to add-items.
1. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - GamesDB, automatic, do not overwrite; fanart - GamesDB, automatic, do not overwrite
2. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - Google, automatic, do not overwrite; fanart - Google, automatic, do not overwrite
3. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - local images, GamesDB; fanart - local images, GamesDB
In each case, the games are detected, but images are not displayed. If I edit the game and try to re-import scraper data for it, the default images appear to have the correct image and directory but aren't displaying the image.
Second, I copied the image directories and created new, blank directories and tried the following:
1. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - GamesDB, automatic, do not overwrite; fanart - GamesDB, automatic, do not overwrite
1. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - GamesDB, automatic, overwrite; fanart - GamesDB, automatic, overwrite
In each case it appears the scrapers are doing their job in downloading images, but they are still not being displayed. I still have to go into each game and manually link the local image for display to work.
That's what I've troubleshooted so far. Could this be a skin issue or something else?
Update: when editing thumbnails manually, all games following the updated thumbnail will display the same image.
Update update: Yup. Closing XBMC and re-opening must have gotten the skin to correctly cache the images. It looks like Aeon MQ's fault.
First, I have thumbnails and screenshots already saved locally the way I want them and for each of the following scraper settings create a new launcher and attempt to add-items.
1. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - GamesDB, automatic, do not overwrite; fanart - GamesDB, automatic, do not overwrite
2. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - Google, automatic, do not overwrite; fanart - Google, automatic, do not overwrite
3. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - local images, GamesDB; fanart - local images, GamesDB
In each case, the games are detected, but images are not displayed. If I edit the game and try to re-import scraper data for it, the default images appear to have the correct image and directory but aren't displaying the image.
Second, I copied the image directories and created new, blank directories and tried the following:
1. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - GamesDB, automatic, do not overwrite; fanart - GamesDB, automatic, do not overwrite
1. info - GamesDB, automatic; thumbs - GamesDB, automatic, overwrite; fanart - GamesDB, automatic, overwrite
In each case it appears the scrapers are doing their job in downloading images, but they are still not being displayed. I still have to go into each game and manually link the local image for display to work.
That's what I've troubleshooted so far. Could this be a skin issue or something else?
Update: when editing thumbnails manually, all games following the updated thumbnail will display the same image.
Update update: Yup. Closing XBMC and re-opening must have gotten the skin to correctly cache the images. It looks like Aeon MQ's fault.